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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 4]
TRANSLATION
“My dear Lord, as You cause one to dance, he dances accordingly, but how he dances and who is causing him to dance he does not know.”
TEXT 87
হরিদাসে কহে প্রভু,—“শুন, হরিদাস। পরের জব্য ইঁহো চাহেন করিতে বিনাশ ॥ ৮৭ ॥
haridāse kahe prabhu, —“śuna, haridāsa parera dravya iṅho cāhena karite vināśa
SYNONYMS
haridāse —Haridāsa Ṭhākura;  kahe prabhu —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu addressed;  śuna haridāsa —My dear Haridāsa, please hear;  parera dravya —another’s property;  iṅho —this Sanātana Gosvāmī;  cāhena —wants;  karite vināśa —to destroy.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then said to Haridāsa Ṭhākura, “My dear Haridāsa, please hear Me. This gentleman wants to destroy another’s property.
TEXT 88
পরের স্বাপ্য জব্য কেহ না খায়, বিলায়। নিষেধিহ ইঁহারে,—যেন না করে অত্যায় ॥” ৮৮ ॥
parera sthāpya dravya keha nā khāya, vilāya niṣedhiha iṅhāre, —yena nā kare anyāya’
SYNONYMS
parera —by another;  sthāpya —to be kept;  dravya —property;  keha nā khāya —no one uses;  vilāya —distributes;  niṣedhiha —forbid;  iṅhāre —him;  yena —so;  nā kare —he does not do;  anyāya —something unlawful.
TRANSLATION
“One who is entrusted with another’s property does not distribute it or use it for his own purposes. Therefore, tell him not to do such an unlawful thing.”