CC Antya 4.184
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Antya-līlā - Chapter 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 184
- tomāre ‘lālya’, āpanāke ‘lālaka’ abhimāna
- lālakera lālye nahe doṣa-parijñāna
SYNONYMS
tomāre — unto you; lālya — maintained; āpanāke — unto Me; lālaka — the maintainer; abhimāna — conception; lālakera — of the maintainer; lālye — unto the maintained; nahe — not; doṣa — fault; parijñāna — understanding.
TRANSLATION
“My dear Haridāsa and Sanātana, I think of you as My little boys, to be maintained by Me. The maintainer never takes seriously any faults of the maintained.
PURPORT
When a father maintains a child and the child is maintained by the father, the father never takes seriously the faults of the child. Even if they actually are faults, the father does not mind them.