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SREEGOURANGA
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He was born
beneath a neem tree in Mayapur and was named Nimai. |
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The entire
Nabadwip wonders at his naughtiness, surprised that such |
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a naughty boy
Nimai (Purnima) should be born in a family of Pundits. |
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In time Nimai
changes and as an adult (Binoy Kumar Goswami) he |
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becomes the
leading Pundit of Nabadwip. Mother Sachimata (Rani- |
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sundari) gets
him married to Bishnupriya (KANAN). Returning from |
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Gaya Nimai
asks Bishnupriya what if he has to leave her for the |
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welfare of
mankind and with a smile on her face she says that if he |
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has to leave
her, he should. Nimai takes Sanyas
and leaves the |
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place.
Sachimata weeps bitterly for her son, so does the whole of |
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Nabadwip.
Bishnupriya spends her time counting days and singing |
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songs of
praise for Nimai. Five years pass …….. |
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Nimai, now
enlightened Chaitanya Dev, returns to his motherland. |
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He meets his
mother, meets the Pundits of Nabadwip, performs |
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his duties as
a Sanyasi. Bishnupriya
comes to him and asks what |
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he has to
offer to her…The Sanyasi
tells her to take Krishna’s name |
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but
Bishnupriya knows of no other Krishna than Chaitanya, for her both |
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are the
same-she weeps and asks for mercy, asks him not to leave……. |
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