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CC Antya 8.57-58 (1975)

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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!"