### CC Adi 16.20

> এই মত বঙ্গে প্রভু করে নানা লীলা ।\
> এথা নবদ্বীপে লক্ষ্মী বিরহে দুঃখী হৈলা ॥২০॥

> ei mata baṅge prabhu kare nānā līlā\
> ethā navadvīpe lakṣmī virahe duḥkhī hailā

*ei mata*—in this way; *baṅge*—in East Bengal; *prabhu*—Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; *kare*—does; *nānā*—various; *līlā*—pastimes; *ethā*—here; *navadvīpe*—in Navadvīpa; *lakṣmī*—the wife of Nimāi Paṇḍita; *virahe*—in separation; *duḥkhī*—unhappy; *hailā*—became.

**Because the Lord was engaged in various ways in preaching work in East Bengal, His wife, Lakṣmīdevī, was very unhappy at home in separation from her husband.**