CC Antya 8.57-58

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

Antya-līlā 8.56 - Antya-līlā 8.59

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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!"

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