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Šŕi  Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[[Madhya-lilā, Ch. 12
TEXT 31
কিন্তু অমুরাগী লোকের স্বভাব এক হয়। ইষ্ট না পাইলে নিজ প্রাণ সে ছাড়য় ॥ ৩১ ॥
kintu anurāgī lokera svabhāva eka haya iṣṭa nā pāile nija prāṇa se chāḍaya
SYNONYMS
kintu —still;  anurāgī —affectionate;  lokera —of the people;  sva-bhāva —nature;  eka —one;  haya —there is;  iṣṭa —desirable;  nā pāile —without getting;  nija —own;  prāṇa —life;  se —he;  chāḍaya —gives up.
TRANSLATION
“Still, isn’t it the nature of an attached man to give up his life if he does not attain his desired object?
TEXT 322
যাজ্ঞিক-ব্রাহ্মণী সব তাহাতে প্রমাণ। 
কৃষ্ণ লাগি’ পতি-আগে ছাড়িলেক প্রাণ ॥ ৩২ ॥
yājñika-brāhmaṇī saba tāhāte pramāṇa kṛṣṇa lāgi’ pati-āge chāḍileka prāṇa
SYNONYMS
yājñika-brāhmaṇī —the wives of the  brāhmaṇas  who were engaged in performing great sacrifices;  saba —all;  tāhāte —in that connection;  pramāṇa —evidence;  kṛṣṇa lāgi' —for the matter of Kṛṣṇa;  pati-āge —in front of their husbands;  chāḍileka prāṇa —gave up their lives.
TRANSLATION
“For instance, some of the wives of the brāhmaṇas who were performing sacrifices gave up their lives in the presence of their husbands for the sake of Krṣna.”
PURPORT
This refers to the day Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and His cowherd boys and flocks of animals were present on the pasturing grounds near Mathurā. At that time the cowherd boys, being a little hungry, requested food, and Lord Kṛṣṇa asked them to go to