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Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta
TEXT 76
সব বৈষ্ণবগণ হরিধ্বনি দিল ।
গোসাঞ্জিদাস আনি' মালা মোর গলে দিল ॥ ৭৬ ॥
saba vaiṣṇava-gaṇa hari-dhvani dila gosāñi-dāsa āni' mālā mora gale dila
SYNONYMS
saba —all;  vaiṣṇava —devotees;  gaṇa —group;  hari-dhvani —chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa;  dila —made;  gosāñi-dāsa —of the name Gosāñi dāsa;  āni' —bringing;  mālā —garland;  mora —my;  gale —on the neck;  dila —gave it.
TRANSLATION
As soon as this happened, the Vaiṣṇavas standing there all loudly chanted, “Haribol!” and the priest, Gosāñi dāsa, brought me the garland and put it around my neck.
TEXT 77
আজ্ঞামালা পাঞ্জা আমার হইল আনন্দ । তাহাই করিনু এই গ্রন্থের আরম্ভ ॥ ৭৭ ॥
ājñā-mālā pāñā āmāra ha-ila ānanda tāhāñi karinu ei granthera ārambha
SYNONYMS
ājñā-mālā —the garland of order;  pāñā —receiving;  āmāra —my;  ha-ila —became;  ānanda —great pleasure;  tāhāñi —then and there;  karinu —attempted;  ei —this;  granthera —of Caitanya-caritāmṛta;  ārambha —beginning.
TRANSLATION
I was greatly pleased to have the garland signifying the order of the Lord, and then and there I commenced to write this book.
TEXT 78
এই গ্রন্থ লেখায় মোরে ‘মদনমোহন’ ।
আমার লিখন যেন শুকের পঠন ॥ ৭৮ ॥
ei grantha lekhāya more ‘madana-mohana’ āmāra likhana yena śukera paṭhana