Volume 3 - Prabhupada Books

Text 147] The Lord's Tour of South India
bahu stuti kari' kahe,-suna, daya-maya
jive ei gul)a nahi, tomate ei haya
more dekhi' mora gandhe palaya pamara
hena-more spar5a' tumi, -svatantra isvara
SYNONYMS
bahu-many; stuti-prayers; kari'-presenting; kahe-says; suna-kindly
hear; daya-maya-0 greatly merciful Lord; jive-in the living entity; ei-this;
guf)a-quality; nahi-there is not; tomate-in You; ei-this; haya-is; more
dekhi'-by seeing me; mora gandhe-from smelling my body; palaya-runs
away; pamara-even a sinful man; hena-more-such a person as me; sparsa'­
touch; tumi-You; sva-tantra-fully independent; isvara-the Supreme Per­
sonality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
The brahmar;�a Vasudeva continued: "0 my merciful Lord, such mercy is
not possible for ordinary living entities. Such mercy can be found only in You.
Upon seeing me, even a sinful person goes away due to my bad bodily odor.
Yet You have touched me. Such is the independent behavior of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead."
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kintu achilan bhala adhama hana
ebe aharikara mora janmibe asiya
SYNONYMS
kintu-but; achi/an-1 was; bha/a-all right; adhama-the lowest of mankind;
hatia-being; ebe-now; aharikara-pride; mora-my; janmibe-will appear;
asiya -coming.
TRANSLATION
Being meek and humble, the brahma.,a Vasudeva worried that he would be­
come proud after being cured by the grace of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
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