Text 31]
The Chastisement of Junior Haridāsa
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TRANSLATION
Hearing these calls, Śivānanda Sena quickly went there, offered obeisances to Nakula Brahmacārī, and sat down near him.
TEXT 30
ব্রহ্মচারী বলে,—“তুমি করিলা সংশয়। এক-মনা হঞ্জা শুন তাহার নিশ্চয় ॥ ৩০ ॥
brahmacārī bale, —“tumi karilā saṁśaya eka-manā hañā śuna tāhāra niścaya
SYNONYMS
brahmacārī bale —Nakula Brahmacārī said;  tumi —you;  karilā saṁśaya —have doubted;  eka-manā hañā —with great attention;  śuna —please hear;  tāhāra —for that;  niścaya —settlement.
TRANSLATION
Nakula Brahmacārī said, “I know that you are doubtful. Now please hear this evidence with great attention.
TEXT 31
‘গোরগোপাল মন্ত্র’ তোমার চারি অক্ষর। অবিশ্বাস ছাড়, যেই করিয়াছ অন্তর ॥” ৩১ ॥
‘gaura-gopāla mantra’ tomāra cāri akṣara aviśvāsa chāḍa, yei kariyācha antara’
SYNONYMS
gaura-gopāla mantra —the Gaura-gopāla  mantra ;  tomāra —your;  cāri akṣara —composed of four syllables;  aviśvāsa chāḍa —give up your doubts;  yei —which;  kariyācha antara —you have kept within your mind.
TRANSLATION
“You are chanting the Gaura-gopāla  mantra  composed of four syllables. Now please give up the doubts that have resided within you.”
PURPORT
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Tṭākura explains the Gaura-gopāla  mantra  in his  Amṛta-pra-vāha-bhāṣya . Worshipers of Śrī Gaurasundara accept the four syllables  gau-ra-aṅ-