Text 194]
Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth
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TRANSLATION
“After seeing this, I was very much afraid. I asked them not to stop the congregational chanting but to go sit down at home.
TEXT 192
তবে ত’ নগরে হইবে স্বচ্ছদে কীর্তন । শুনি’ সব মোচ্ছ আসি’ কৈল নিবেদন ॥ ১৯২ ॥
tabe ta' nagare ha-ibe svacchande kīrtana śuni' saba mleccha āsi' kaila nivedana
SYNONYMS
tabe ta' —thereafter;  nagare —in the city;  ha-ibe —there will be;  svacchande —with-out disturbance or anxiety;  kīrtana —congregational chanting;  śuni' —hearing this;  saba —all;  mleccha —meat-eaters;  āsi' —coming;  kaila —submitted;  nivedana —petition.
TRANSLATION
“Then all the meat-eaters came to submit a petition, complaining, ‘After this order, there will always be unrestricted congregational chanting in the city.
TEXT 193
নগরে হিন্দুর ধর্ম বাড়িল অপার । ‘হরি’ ‘হরি’ ধ্বনি বই নাহি শুনি আর ॥ ১৯৩ ॥
nagare hindura dharma bāḍila apāra ‘hari’ ‘hari’ dhvani ba-i nāhi śuni āra
SYNONYMS
nagare —in the city;  hindura —of the Hindus;  dharma —religion;  bāḍila —has increased;  apāra —unlimitedly;  hari hari —of the Lord’s name, Hari, Hari;  dhvani —the vibration;  ba-i —except;  nāhi —do not;  śuni —we hear;  āra —anything else.
TRANSLATION
“‘In this way the religion of the Hindus will increase unlimitedly. There are always vibrations of ‘Hari! Hari!’’ We do not hear anything but this.’
TEXT 194
আর মোচ্ছ কহে,—হিন্দু ‘কৃষ্ণ’ ‘কৃষ্ণ’ বলি’ । হাসে, কান্দে, নাচে, গায়, গড়ি যায় ধুলি ॥ ১৯৪ ॥