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
aettoca eifey caia ACA Fes CaN |
ACA Hava fort, Stal al afer seo i
nilacale ani’ mora sabe hita kailé
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.
