CC Madhya 16.148 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 16: The Lord's Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana

Madhya-līlā 16.147 - Madhya-līlā 16.149

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.

TEXT 148

prabhu lāgi’ dharma-karma chāḍe bhakta-gaṇa

bhakta-dharma-hāni prabhura nā haya sahana

SYNONYMS

prabhu lāgi’—for the sake of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; dharma-karma—all prescribed duties; chāḍe—give up; bhakta-gaṇa—all the devotees; bhakta-dharma—of the duty of a devotee; hāni—the abandonment; prabhura—to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; nā haya—is not; sahana—tolerable.

TRANSLATION

All the devotees would abandon all kinds of duties for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s sake, yet the Lord did not like the devotees’ giving up their promised duties.

Madhya-līlā 16.147 - Madhya-līlā 16.149