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CC Madhya 7.136 (1975)



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 136

'vāsudeva'-nāma eka dvija mahāśaya
sarvāṅge galita kuṣṭha, tāte kīḍā-maya


SYNONYMS

vāsudeva-nāma—of the name Vāsudeva; eka dvija—one brāhmaṇa; mahāśaya—a great person; sarva-aṅge—all over his body; galita—acute; kuṣṭha—leprosy; tāte—in that; kīḍā-maya—full of living worms.


TRANSLATION

There was also a brāhmaṇa named Vāsudeva, who was a great person but was suffering from leprosy. Indeed, his body was filled with living worms.