CC Antya 8.57-58

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, Chapter 8: Rāmacandra Purī Criticizes the Lord

CC Antya 8.56

CC Antya 8.59

His Divine Grace
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!”