Text 153] The Activities of Saksi-gopala 185

suni’ kichu mahaprabhu duhkha prakdasila
isat krodha kari’ kichu kahite lagila

SYNONYMS

suni’—hearing this; kichu—some; mahaprabhu—Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
duhkha—unhappiness; prakasila—expressed; isat—little; krodha—anger; kari’—
showing; kichu—something; kahite—to speak; /agila—began.

TRANSLATION

After hearing the story about how His staff had been broken, the Lord ex-
pressed a little sadness and, displaying a bit of anger, began to speak as
follows.

PURPORT

Sri Nityananda Prabhu considered Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s acceptance of
sannyasa to be useless. He therefore relieved the Lord of the trouble of carrying
the staff. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu expressed anger because He wanted to teach
all other sannydsis that they should not give up the staff before attaining the plat-
form of paramaharnsa. Seeing that the regulative principles could be slackened by
such action, Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted to carry the staff personally. However,
Nityananda broke it. For this reason Caitanya Mahaprabhu displayed a little anger.
It is said in Bhagavad-gita, yad yad dcarati sresthas tat tad evetaro janah: Whatever
great people do, others follow. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted to follow the
Vedic principles strictly in order to save inexperienced neophytes who try to imi-
tate paramahamnsas.

TEXT 153
alaioca afer caia aca fas Cat |
ACA Mann for, StSl al alae i seo ti

nilacale ani’ mora sabe hita kaila
sabe danda-dhana chila, taha na rakhila

SYNONYMS
nilacale—to Jagannatha Puri; dni’—bringing; mora—My; sabe—all of you;
hita—benefit; kaila—did; sabe—only; danda-dhana—one staff; chila—there
was; taha—that also; nad—not; rakhila—you kept.

TRANSLATION

Caitanya Mahaprabhu said: ‘You have all benefited Me by bringing Me to
Nilacala. However, My only possession was that one staff, and you have not
kept it.
