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  "name":"Cc. Ādi 16.20",
  "h1":"Cc. Ādi 16.20",
  "label":"Text 20",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 16.20",
  "description":"Because the Lord was engaged in various ways in preaching work in East Bengal, His wife, Lakṣmīdevī, was very unhappy at home in separation from her husband."

} —

Cc. Ādi 16.20

Text

ei mata baṅge prabhu kare nānā līlā
ethā navadvīpe lakṣmī virahe duḥkhī hailā

Synonyms

ei mata—in this way; baṅge—in East Bengal; prabhu—Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; kare—does; nānā—various; līlā—pastimes; ethā—here; navadvīpe—in Navadvīpa; lakṣmī—the wife of Nimāi Paṇḍita; virahe—in separation; duḥkhī—unhappy; hailā—became.

Translation

Because the Lord was engaged in various ways in preaching work in East Bengal, His wife, Lakṣmīdevī, was very unhappy at home in separation from her husband.