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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 5]
TRANSLATION
Hearing this, Rāmānanda Rāya became absorbed in ecstatic love and began to speak with great transcendental pleasure.
TEXT 58
“প্রভুর আজ্ঞায় কৃষ্ণকথা শুনিতে আইলা এথা । ইহা বই মহাভাগ্য আমি পাব কোথা ?” ৫৮ ॥
“prabhura ājñāya kṛṣṇa-kathā śunite āilā ethā ihā va-i mahā-bhāgya āmi pāba kothā?”
SYNONYMS
prabhura ājñāya —under the instruction of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  kṛṣṇa-kathā —topics of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  śunite —to hear;  āilā ethā —you have come here;  ihā va-i —without this;  mahā-bhāgya —great fortune;  āmi —I;  pāba —will get;  kothā —where.
TRANSLATION
“Following the instruction of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, you have come to hear about Kṛṣṇa. This is my great fortune. How else would I get such an opportunity?”
TEXT 59
এত কহি তারে লঞ্জা নিভৃতে বসিলা । ‘কি কথা শুনিতে চাহ ?’ মিশ্রেরে পুছিলা ॥ ৫৯ ॥
eta kahi tāre lañā nibhṛte vasilā ‘ki kathā śunite cāha?’ miśrere puchilā
SYNONYMS
eta kahi —saying this;  tāre —him;  lañā —taking;  nibhṛte vasilā —sat in a secluded place;  ki kathā —what kind of topics;  śunite cāha —do you want to hear;  miśrere puchilā —he inquired from Pradyumna Miśra.
TRANSLATION
Saying this, Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya took Pradyumna Miśra to a secluded place and inquired from him, “What kind of kṛṣṇa-kathā do you want to hear from me?”