Text 49]
Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth
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grāma-sambandhe āmi tomāra mātula bhāginā, mui kuṣṭha-vyādhite hañāchi vyākula
SYNONYMS
grāma-sambandhe —in a village relationship;  āmi —I (am);  tomāra —Your;  mātula —maternal uncle;  bhāginā —nephew;  mui —I;  kuṣṭha-vyādhite —by the disease of leprosy;  hañāchi —have become;  vyākula —too much afflicted.
TRANSLATION
“My dear nephew, I am Your maternal uncle in our village relationship. Please see how greatly this attack of leprosy has afflicted me.
TEXT 49
লোক সব উজ্জারিতে তোমার অবতার । মুঞি বড় দুখী, মোরে করহ উজার ॥ ৪৯ ॥
loka saba uddhārite tomāra avatāra muñi baḍa dukhī, more karaha uddhāra
SYNONYMS
loka —people;  saba —all;  uddhārite —to deliver;  tomāra —Your;  avatāra —incarnation;  muñi —I (am);  baḍa —very much;  dukhī —unhappy;  more —unto me;  karaha —please do;  uddhāra —deliverance.
TRANSLATION
“As an incarnation of God, You are delivering so many fallen souls. I am also a greatly unhappy fallen soul. Kindly deliver me by Your mercy.”
PURPORT
It appears that although Gopāla Cāpāla was sinful, talkative and insulting, he nevertheless had the qualification of simplicity. Thus he believed Caitanya Mahāprabhu to be the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead who had come to deliver all fallen souls, and he appealed for his own deliverance, seeking the mercy of the Lord. He did not know, however, that the deliverance of the fallen does not consist of curing their bodily diseases, although it is also a fact that when a man is delivered from the material clutches his material bodily diseases are automatically cured. Gopāla Cāpāla simply wanted to be delivered from the bodily sufferings of leprosy, but Śrī Caitanya, although accepting his sincere appeal, wanted to inform him of the real cause of suffering.