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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 5.141

কমলপুরে আসি ভার্গীনদী-স্নান কৈল ।
নিত্যানন্দ-হাতে প্রভু দণ্ড ধরিল ॥ ১৪১ ॥

kamalapure āsi bhārgīnadī-snāna kaila nityānanda-hāte prabhu daṇḍa dharila

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu arrived at Kamalapura, He took His bath in the Bhārgīnadī River and left His sannyāsa staff in the hands of Lord Nityānanda.

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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 5.142-143

কপোতেশ্বর দেখিতে গেলা ভক্তগণ সঙ্গে ।
এথা নিত্যানন্দপ্রভু কৈল দণ্ড-ভঙ্গে ॥ ১৪২ ॥
তিন খণ্ড করি’ দণ্ড দিল ভাসাঞা ।
ভক্ত-সঙ্গে আইলা প্রভু মহেশ দেখিঞা ॥ ১৪৩ ॥

kapoteśvara dekhite gelā bhakta-gaṇa saṅge ethā nityānanda-prabhu kaila daṇḍa-bhaṅge tina khaṇḍa kari’ daṇḍa dila bhāsāñā bhakta-saṅge āilā prabhu maheśa dekhiñā

When Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to the temple of Lord Śiva known as Kapoteśvara, Nityānanda Prabhu, who was keeping His sannyāsa staff in custody, broke the staff in three parts and threw it into the river Bhārgīnadī. Later this river became known as Daṇḍa-bhāṅgā-nadī.

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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 5.148

নিত্যানন্দে কহে প্রভু, — “দেহ মোর দণ্ড” ।
নিত্যানন্দ বলে, — “দণ্ড হৈল তিন খণ্ড ॥ ১৪৮ ॥

nityānande kahe prabhu, — deha mora daṇḍa nityānanda bale, — daṇḍa haila tina khaṇḍa

When Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu had thus regained external consciousness, He asked Lord Nityānanda Prabhu, “Please return My staff.”

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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 5.149

প্রেমাবেশে পড়িলা তুমি, তোমারে ধরিনু ।
তোমা-সহ সেই দণ্ড-উপরে পড়িনু ॥ ১৪৯ ॥

premāveśe paḍilā tumi, tomāre dharinu tomā-saha sei daṇḍa-upare paḍinu

Nityānanda Prabhu said, “When You fell down in ecstasy, I caught You, but both of Us together fell upon the staff.

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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 5.150

দুই জনার ভরে দণ্ড খণ্ড খণ্ড হৈল ।
সেই খণ্ড কাঁহা পড়িল, কিছু না জানিল ॥ ১৫০ ॥

dui-janāra bhare daṇḍa khaṇḍa khaṇḍa haila sei khaṇḍa kāṅhā paḍila, kichu nā jānila

“Thus the staff broke under Our weight. Where the pieces have gone, I cannot say.

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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 5.151

মোর অপরাধে তোমার দণ্ড হইল খণ্ড ।
যে উচিত হয়, মোর কর তার দণ্ড ॥” ১৫১ ॥

mora aparādhe tomāra daṇḍa ha-ila khaṇḍa ye ucita haya, mora kara tāra daṇḍa”

“It is certainly because of My offense that Your staff was broken. Now You can punish Me on this account as You think proper.”

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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 5.152

শুনি’ কিছু মহাপ্রভু দুঃখ প্রকাশিলা ।
ঈষৎ ক্রোধ করি’ কিছু কহিতে লাগিলা ॥ ১৫২ ॥

śuni’ kichu mahāprabhu duḥkha prakāśilā īṣat krodha kari’ kichu kahite lāgilā

After hearing the story about how His staff had been broken, the Lord expressed a little sadness and, displaying a bit of anger, began to speak as follows.

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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 5.153

“নীলাচলে আনি’ মোর সবে হিত কৈলা ।
সবে দণ্ডধন ছিল, তাহা না রাখিলা ॥ ১৫৩ ॥

nīlācale āni’ mora sabe hita kailā sabe daṇḍa-dhana chila, tāhā nā rākhilā

Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “You have all benefited Me by bringing Me to Nīlācala. However, My only possession was that one staff, and you have not kept it.

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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 5.154

তুমি-সব আগে যাহ ঈশ্বর দেখিতে ।
কিবা আমি আগে যাই, না যাব সহিতে ॥” ১৫৪ ॥

tumi-saba āge yāha īśvara dekhite kibā āmi āge yāi, nā yāba sahite

“So all of you should go before or behind Me to see Lord Jagannātha. I shall not go with you.”

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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 5.155

মুকুন্দ দত্ত কহে, — “প্রভু, তুমি যাহ আগে ।
আমি-সব পাছে যাব, না যাব তোমার সঙ্গে ॥” ১৫৫ ॥

mukunda datta kahe, — prabhu, tumi yāha āge āmi-saba pāche yāba, nā yāba tomāra saṅge

Mukunda Datta told Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “My Lord, You should go ahead and allow all the others to follow. We shall not go with You.”

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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 5.156

এত শুনি’ প্রভু আগে চলিলা শীঘ্রগতি ।
বুঝিতে না পারে কেহ দুই প্রভুর মতি ॥ ১৫৬ ॥

eta śuni’ prabhu āge calilā śīghra-gati bujhite nā pāre keha dui prabhura mati

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then began to walk very swiftly before all the other devotees. No one could understand the real purpose of the two Lords, Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu.

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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 5.157

ইঁহো কেনে দণ্ড ভাঙ্গে, তেঁহো কেনে ভাঙ্গায় ।
ভাঙ্গাঞা ক্রোধে তেঁহো ইঁহাকে দোষায় ॥ ১৫৭ ॥

iṅho kene daṇḍa bhāṅge, teṅho kene bhāṅgāya bhāṅgāñā krodhe teṅho iṅhāke doṣāya

The devotees could not understand why Nityānanda Prabhu broke the staff, why Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu permitted Him to do so, or why, after permitting Him, Caitanya Mahāprabhu became angry.

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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 5.158

দণ্ডভঙ্গ-লীলা — এই পরম গম্ভীর ।
সেই বুঝে, দুঁহার পদে যাঁর ভক্তি ধীর ॥ ১৫৮ ॥

daṇḍa-bhaṅga-līlā ei — parama gambhīra sei bujhe, duṅhāra pade yāṅra bhakti dhīra

The pastime of the breaking of the staff is very deep. Only one whose devotion is fixed upon the lotus feet of the two Lords can understand it.

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