CC Antya 6.40

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Antya-līlā - Chapter 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunatha dasa Gosvāmī

Antya-līlā 6.39 - Antya-līlā 6.41

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 40

daḍira bandhane tāṅre rākhibā ke-mate?

janma-dātā pitā nāre ‘prārabdha’ khaṇḍāite

SYNONYMS

daḍira bandhane — by bonds of ropes; tāṅre — him; rākhibā — will you keep; ke mate — how; janma-dātā pitā — the father who begets the child; nāre — is not able; prārabdha — the reaction of previous activities; khaṇḍāite — to nullify.

TRANSLATION

"How then could we keep this boy home by binding him with ropes? It is not possible even for one’s father to nullify the reactions of one’s past activities."

Antya-līlā 6.39 - Antya-līlā 6.41