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CC Madhya 16.148

Bengali

প্রভু লাগি’ ধর্ম-কর্ম ছাড়ে ভক্তগণ ।
ভক্ত-ধর্ম-হানি প্রভুর না হয় সহন ॥ ১৪৮ ॥

Text

prabhu lāgi’ dharma-karma chāḍe bhakta-gaṇa
bhakta-dharma-hāni prabhura nā haya sahana

Synonyms

prabhu lāgi’ — for the sake of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; dharma-karma — all prescribed duties; chāḍe — give up; bhakta-gaṇa — all the devotees; bhakta-dharma — of the duty of a devotee; hāni — the abandonment; prabhura — to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; nā haya — is not; sahana — tolerable.

Translation

All the devotees would abandon all kinds of duties for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s sake, yet the Lord did not like the devotees’ giving up their promised duties.