Text 78]
The Lord Tastes Nectar
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TRANSLATION
This is the glory of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's causeless mercy, which even the demigods, headed by Lord Brahmā, cannot estimate.
TEXT 77
ভক্তগণ প্রভু-সঙ্গে রহে চারিমাসে ।
প্রভু আজ্ঞা দিলা সবে গেলা গোড়দেশে ॥ ৭৭ ॥
bhakta-gaṇa prabhu-saṅge rahe cāri-māse prabhu ājñā dilā sabe gelā gauḍa-deśe
SYNONYMS
bhakta-gaṇa —all the devotees;  prabhu-saṅge —with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  rahe —remained;  cāri-māse —for four months;  prabhu —Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  ājñā dilā —gave the order;  sabe —unto everyone;  gelā —returned;  gauḍa-deśe —to Bengal.
TRANSLATION
All the devotees remained with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continuously for four months. Then the Lord ordered them back to Bengal, and therefore they returned.
TEXT 78
তাঁ-সবার সঙ্গে প্রভুর ছিল বাহ্যজ্ঞান ।
তাঁরা গেলে পুনঃ হৈলা উন্মাদ প্রধান ॥ ৭৮ ॥
tāṅ-sabāra saṅge prabhura chila bāhya-jñāna tāṅrā gele punaḥ hailā unmāda pradhāna
SYNONYMS
tāṅ-sabāra —all of them;  saṅge —with;  prabhura —of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  chila —there was;  bāhya-jñāna —external consciousness;  tāṅrā gele —when they departed;  punaḥ —again;  hailā —there was;  unmāda —madness;  pradhāna —the chief business.
TRANSLATION
As long as the devotees were in Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu maintained His external consciousness, but after their departure His chief engagement was again the madness of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.