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Pastimes of Childhood and Youth
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chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mahā-mantra  with great delight. This is the preaching process of the Caitanya cult. Since the Lord wanted this cult preached all over the world, the International Society of Krishna Consciousness is acting in a humble way so that the vision of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu may be fulfilled all over the world, especially in the western countries.
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এই মত বলে প্রভু করে নানা লীলা।  
 এখা নবদ্বীপে লক্ষ্মী বিরহে দুঃখী হৈল। ২০ ॥
ei mata baṅge prabhu kare nānā līlā  
 ethā navadvīpe lakṣmī virahe duḥkhī hailā
SYNONYMS
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.
TRANSLATION
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.
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প্রভুর বিরহ-সর্প লক্ষ্মীরে দুঃখিল।  
 বিরহ-সর্প-বিষে ভাঁর পরলোক হৈল ॥ ২১ ॥
prabhura viraha-sarpa lakṣmīre daṁśila  
 viraha-sarpa-viṣe tāṅra paraloka haila
SYNONYMS
prabhura —of the Lord;  viraha-sarpa —the separation snake;  lakṣmīre —Lakṣmīdevī;  daṁśila —bit;  viraha-sarpa —of the separation snake;  viṣe —by the poison;  tāṅra —her;  paraloka —next world;  haila —it so happened.
TRANSLATION
The snake of separation bit Lakṣmīdevī, and its poison caused her death. Thus she passed to the next world. She went back home, back to Godhead.
PURPORT
As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā  (8.6),  yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ tyajaty ante kalevaram : one's practice in thinking throughout his entire life determines the