Text 32] The Lord’s Tour of South India 15
TRANSLATION
No one can properly describe Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s affection for
His devotees. He always tolerated all kinds of personal unhappiness resulting
from His acceptance of the renounced order of life.
TEXT 31
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sei duhkha dekhi’ yei bhakta duhkha paya
sei duhkha tanra saktye sahana na yaya
SYNONYMS
sei duhkha—that unhappiness; dekhi’—seeing; yei—whatever; bhakta—the
devotees; duhkha—unhappiness; paya—get; sei duhkha—that unhappiness;
tafra—His; saktye—by the power; sahana—toleration; na—not; yaya—possible.
TRANSLATION
The regulative principles observed by Caitanya Mahadprabhu were some-
times intolerable, and all the devotees became greatly affected by them. Al-
though strictly observing the regulative principles, Caitanya Mahaprabhu
could not tolerate the unhappiness felt by His devotees.
TEXT 32
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gune dosodgara-cchale saba nisedhiya
ekaki bhramibena tirtha vairagya kariya
SYNONYMS
gune—in the good qualities; dosa-udgara-chale—on the plea of attributing
faults; saba—all of them; nisedhiya—forbidding; ekaki—alone; bhramibena—
will tour; tirtha—the sacred places of pilgrimage; vairagya—regulative principles
of the renounced order of life; kariya—observing.
TRANSLATION
Therefore, to prevent them from accompanying Him and becoming un-
happy, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu declared their good qualities to be faults.
