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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 5]
TEXT 155
কুষ্ণে গালি দিতে করে নাম উচ্চারণ ।  
 সেই নাম হয় তার ‘মুক্তির’ কারণ ॥” ১৫৫ ॥
kṛṣṇe gāli dite kare nāma uccāraṇa 
  sei nāma haya tāra ‘muktira’ kāraṇa”
SYNONYMS
kṛṣṇe —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  gāli dite —to blaspheme or chastise;  kare nāma uccāraṇa —chants the name of Kṛṣṇa;  sei nāma —that holy name;  haya —becomes;  tāra —his;  muktira kāraṇa —the cause of liberation.
TRANSLATION
“Sometimes it so happens that one who wants to chastise Kṛṣṇa utters the holy name, and thus the holy name becomes the cause of his liberation.”
TEXT 156
তবে সেই কবি সবার চরণে পড়িয়া ।  
 সবার শরণ লৈল দস্তে তুণ লঞ্চা ॥ ১৫৬ ॥
tabe sei kavi sabāra caraṇe paḍiyā 
  sabāra śaraṇa laila dante tṛṇa lañā
SYNONYMS
tabe —thereupon;  sei —that;  kavi —poet;  sabāra —of all;  caraṇe —at the feet;  paḍiyā —falling down;  sabāra —of all the devotees;  śaraṇa laila —took shelter;  dante —in the mouth;  tṛṇa lañā —taking a straw.
TRANSLATION
Upon hearing this proper explanation by Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, the Bengali poet fell down at the feet of all the devotees and took shelter of them with a straw in his mouth.
TEXT 157
তবে সব ভক্ত তারে অঙ্গীকার কৈলা ।  
 তার গুণ কহি’ মহাপ্রভুরে মিলাইলা ॥ ১৫৭ ॥
tabe saba bhakta tāre aṅgīkāra kailā 
  tāra guṇa kahi’ mahāprabhure milāilā