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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 17]
realized person. Consequently, as the śāstras confirm, one should accept whatever progressive path the mahājanas advocate.'"
PURPORT
This is a verse spoken by Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja in the  Mahābhārata ,  Vana-pārva  (313.117).
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তবে সেই বিপ্র প্রভুকে ভিক্ষা করাইল । মধুপুরীর লোক সব প্রভুকে দেখিতে আইল ॥১৮৭॥
tabe sei vipra prabhuke bhikṣā karāila madhu-purīra loka saba prabhuke dekhite āila
SYNONYMS
tabe —after that;  sei vipra —that  brāhmaṇa ;  prabhuke —unto Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  bhikṣā karāila —gave lunch;  madhu-purīra —of Mathurā;  loka —people in general;  saba —all;  prabhuke —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  dekhite āila —came to see.
TRANSLATION
After this discussion, the  brāhmaṇa  gave lunch to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Then all the people residing in Mathurā came to see the Lord.
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লক্ষ-সংখ্য লোক আইসে, নাহিক গণন । বাহির হঞা প্রভু দিল দরশন ॥ ১৮৮ ॥
lakṣa-saṅkhya loka āise, nāhika gaṇana bāhira hañā prabhu dila daraśana
SYNONYMS
lakṣa-saṅkhya —numbering hundreds of thousands;  loka āise —people came;  nāhika gaṇana —there is no counting;  bāhira hañā —coming out;  prabhu —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  dila daraśana —gave audience.
TRANSLATION
People came by hundreds of thousands, and no one could count them. Therefore Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came out of the house to give audience to the people.