CC Madhya 16.148

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 16: The Lord's Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana

CC Madhya 16.147

CC Madhya 16.149

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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.