CC Antya 8.57-58 (1975)
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXTS 57-58
- sei-dina eka-vipra kaila nimantraṇa
- eka-cauṭhi bhāta, pāṅca-gaṇḍāra vyañjana
- ei-mātra govinda kaila aṅgīkāra
- māthāya ghā māre vipra, kare hāhākāra
SYNONYMS
sei-dina—that day; eka-vipra—one brāhmaṇa; kaila nimantraṇa—invited; eka-cauṭhi bhāta—one-fourth of a pot of rice; pāṅca-gaṇḍāra vyañjana—vegetables worth only five gaṇḍās; ei-mātra—only this; govinda—the servant of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; kaila aṅgīkāra—accepted; māthāya—his head; ghā māre—struck; vipra—the brāhmaṇa; kare hāhā-kāra—began to say, “alas, alas.”
TRANSLATION
That day, a brāhmaṇa extended an invitation to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. When Govinda accepted only five gaṇḍās’ worth of vegetables and a fourth of a pot of rice, the brāhmaṇa, in great despair, struck his head with his hand and cried, “Alas! Alas!”