Madhya-līlāChapter 10: The Lord's Return to Jagannātha Purī

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 10.67

nityānanda, jagadānanda, mukunda, dāmodara

cāri-jane yukti tabe karilā antara

SYNONYMS

nityānanda — Lord Nityānanda Prabhu; jagadānandaJagadānanda; mukundaMukunda; dāmodaraDāmodara; cāri-jane — four persons; yukti — plan; tabe — thereupon; karilā — did; antara — within the mind.

TRANSLATION

After this, the other devotees — headed by Nityānanda Prabhu, Jagadānanda, Mukunda and Dāmodara — began to consider a certain plan.

PURPORT

Even though a person is rejected by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the devotees of the Lord do not reject him; therefore the Lord's devotees are more merciful than the Lord Himself. Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura thus sings, chāḍiyā vaiṣṇava-sevā nistāra peyeche kebā: one cannot be relieved from the material clutches without engaging in the service of pure devotees. The Lord Himself may sometimes be very hard, but the devotees are always kind. Thus Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa received the mercy of the four devotees mentioned above.

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