CC Madhya 4.189 (1996)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 4: Śrī Mādhavendra Puri's Devotional Service

Madhya-līlā 4.188 - Madhya-līlā 4.190

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 189

parīkṣā karite gopāla kaila ājñā dāna

parīkṣā kariyā śeṣe haila dayāvān

SYNONYMS

parīkṣā — test; karite — to make; gopāla — Lord Gopāla; kaila — did; ājñā — the order; dāna — giving; parīkṣā — the test; kariyā — making; śeṣe — at the end; haila — became; dayā-vān — merciful.

TRANSLATION

“To test the intense love of Mādhavendra Purī, Gopāla, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, ordered him to bring sandalwood from Nīlācala, and when Mādhavendra Purī passed this examination, the Lord became very merciful to him.

Madhya-līlā 4.188 - Madhya-līlā 4.190