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prabhu lagi’ dharma-karma chade bhakta-gana

bhakta-dharma-hani prabhura na haya sahana

SYNONYMS

prabhu lagi’-for the sake of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dharma-karma—all prescribed duties; chade—give up; bhakta-gana—all the devotees; bhakta-dharma—of the duty of a devotee; hani—the abandonment; prabhura—to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; na haya—is not; sahana—tolerable.

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