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Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth
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শ্রীবাস-পুত্রের তাহাঁ হৈল পরলোক । তবু শ্রীবাসের চিত্তে না জন্মিল শোক ॥ ২২৮ ॥
śrīvāsa-putrera tāhāṅ haila paraloka tabu śrīvāsera citte nā janmila śoka
SYNONYMS
śrīvāsa —of Śrīvāsa Thākura;  putrera —of the son;  tāhāṅ —there;  haila —took place;  paraloka —death;  tabu —still;  śrīvāsera —of Śrīvāsa Thākura;  citte —in the mind;  nā —not;  janmila —there was;  śoka —lamentation.
TRANSLATION
At that time a calamity took place—Śrīvāsa Thākura's son died. Yet Śrīvāsa Thākura was not at all sorry.
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মৃতপুত্র-মুখে কৈল জ্ঞানের কথন । আপনে দুই ভাই হৈলা শ্রীবাস-নন্দন ॥ ২২৯ ॥
mṛta-putra-mukhe kaila jñānera kathana āpane dui bhāi hailā śrīvāsa-nandana
SYNONYMS
mṛta-putra —of the dead son;  mukhe —in the mouth;  kaila —did;  jñānera —of knowledge;  kathana —conversation;  āpane —personally;  dui —the two;  bhāi —brothers;  hailā —became;  śrīvāsa-nandana —sons of Śrīvāsa Thākura.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu caused the dead son to speak about knowledge, and then the two brothers personally became the sons of Śrīvāsa Thākura.
PURPORT
This incident is described as follows by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Thākura in his  Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya . One night while Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was dancing with His devotees at the house of Śrīvāsa Thākura, one of Śrīvāsa Thākura's sons, who was suffering from some disease, died. Śrīvāsa Thākura was so patient, however, that he did not allow anyone to express sorrow by crying, for he did not want the  kīrtana  going on at his house to be disturbed. Thus  kīrtana  continued without a sound of lamentation. But when the  kīrtana  was over, Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who could understand the incident, declared, "There must have been some calamity in this house." When He was then informed about the death of Śrīvāsa Thākura's son, He