CC Madhya 9.94
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 94
- aṣṭādaśādhyāya paḍe ānanda-āveśe
- aśuddha paḍena, loka kare upahāse
SYNONYMS
aṣṭādaśa-adhyāya—eighteen chapters; paḍe—reads; ānanda-āveśe—in great ecstasy; aśuddha paḍena—could not pronounce the text correctly; loka—people in general; kare—do; upahāse—joking.
TRANSLATION
The brāhmaṇa regularly read the eighteen chapters of the Bhagavad-gītā in great transcendental ecstasy, but because he could not pronounce the words correctly, people used to joke about him.