Volume 3 - Prabhupada Books

Text 98] Lord Caitanya's Travels to the Holy Places 345
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TEXT 97
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mahaprabhu puchila tanre, suna, mahasaya
kon artha jani' tamara eta sukha haya
SYNONYMS
mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; puchi/a-inquired; tanre-from him;
suna-please hear; maha-asaya-My dear sir; kon-what; artha-meaning;
jani'-knowing; tom.ira-your; eta-so great; sukha-happiness; haya-is.
TRANSLATION
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked the brahmaQa, "My dear sir, why are you in
such ecstatic love? Which portion of Bhagavad-gita gives you such transcen­
dental pleasure?"
TEXT 98
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vipra kahe,-mDrkha ami, sabdartha na jani
suddhasuddha grta par:;li, guru-ajiia mani'
SYNONYMS
vipra kahe-the brahmaQa replied; mDrkha ami-1 am illiterate; sabda-artha­
the meaning of the words; na jani-1 do not know; suddha-a5uddha-sometimes
correct and sometimes not correct; gita-Bhagavad-grta; par:;li-1 read; guru­
ajiia-the order of my spiritual master; mani'-accepting.
TRANSLATION
The brahmaQa replied , "I am illiterate and therefore do not know the mean­
ing of the words. Sometimes I read Bhagavad-gita correctly and sometimes in­
correctly, but in any case I am doing this in compliance with the orders of my
spiritual master."