CC Madhya 11.140 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 11: The Beḍā-kīrtana Pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Madhya-līlā 11.139 - Madhya-līlā 11.141

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.

TEXT 140

choṭa hañā mukunda ebe haila āmāra jyeṣṭha

tomāra kṛpā-pātra tāte sarva-guṇe śreṣṭha

SYNONYMS

choṭa hañā—being junior; mukunda—Mukunda; ebe—now; haila—has become; āmāra—my; jyeṣṭha—senior; tomāra—Your; kṛpā-pātra—favorite; tāte—therefore; sarva-guṇe—in all good qualities; śreṣṭha—superior.

TRANSLATION

Thus Vāsudeva Datta admitted his inferiority to Mukunda, his younger brother. “Although Mukunda is my junior,” he said, “he first received Your favor. Consequently he became transcendentally senior to me. Besides that, You very much favored Mukunda. Thus he is superior in all good qualities.”

Madhya-līlā 11.139 - Madhya-līlā 11.141