Text 1531
The Activities of Sākṣi-gopāla
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śuni' kichu mahāprabhu duḥkha prakāśilā īsat krodha kari' kichu kahite lāgilā
SYNONYMS
śuni' —hearing this;  kichu —some;  mahāprabhu —Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  duḥkha —unhappiness;  prakāśilā —expressed;  īṣat —little;  krodha —anger;  kari' —showing;  kichu —something;  kahite —to speak;  lāgilā —began.
TRANSLATION
After hearing the story about how His staff had been broken, the Lord expressed a little sadness and, displaying a bit of anger, began to speak as follows.
PURPORT
Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu considered Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s acceptance of  sannyāsa  to be useless. He therefore relieved the Lord of the trouble of carrying the staff. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu expressed anger because He wanted to teach all other  sannyāsīs  that they should not give up the staff before attaining the platform of  paramaharṅsa . Seeing that the regulative principles could be slackened by such action, Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to carry the staff personally. However, Nityānanda broke it. For this reason Caitanya Mahāprabhu displayed a little anger. It is said in  Bhagavad-gītā ,  yad yad ācarati śreṣṭhas tat tad evetaro janaḥ : Whatever great people do, others follow. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to follow the Vedic principles strictly in order to save inexperienced neophytes who try to imitate  paramaharṅsas .
TEXT 153
নীলাঢলে আনি’  মোর সবে হিত কৈলা ।।
সাবে দণ্ডখন  ছিল, তাছা না রাখিলা ॥ ১৫৩ ॥  ।
nilācale āni’ mora sabe hita kailā sabe daņḍa-dhana chila, tāhā nā rākhilā
SYNONYMS
nilācale —to Jagannātha Purī;  āni' —bringing;  mora —My;  sabe —all of you;  hita —benefit;  kailā —did;  sabe —only;  daṇḍa-dhana —one staff;  chila —there was;  tāhā —that also;  nā —not;  rākhilā —you kept.
TRANSLATION
Caitanya Mahāprabhu said: “You have all benefited Me by bringing Me to Nīlācala. However, My only possession was that one staff, and you have not kept it.