At the time of Ratha Yatra festival all devotees were coming to meet Śrīman Mahāprabhu– their heart and soul. After the cāturmāsya periode was over all devotees one by one came in front of Mahāprabhu to take permission to leave. It was such a heart breaking scenery to see at one side Mahāprabhu, and on the other the devotees, both of them could not bear the separation from each other. Mahāprabhu lowered his head and with tears in his eyes speaking to the different devotees, He was unable to let them go. Because inside he thought that, now they all have came from so far to observe this cāturmāsya vrata—four months day and night chanting, sankirtan, dancing , taking prasādaṁ, doing parikramā etc. And now they are going again back to their family life. So he could not bear to see them jump into fire again. Of course if the family life is totally dedicated to Gaurāṅga than there is no problem in it, but usually that is not the case. Same way Śrīla Prabhupāda also when the gaura mandal-parikramā was over, he also was sitting there, with a heavy heart, seeing all of them leaf and jump into fire (family life). By that we can realize the heart of Śrīla Prabhupāda which can not be compared to thousands of mothers.
Hari Hari Bol