Text 17] Lord Caitanya Meets Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī
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TRANSLATION
Raghunātha dāsa was inwardly completely renounced, even in family life, but he did not express his renunciation externally. Instead, he acted just like an ordinary businessman. Seeing this, his father and mother were satisfied.
TEXT 16
‘মথুরা হৈতে প্রভু আইলা’,—বার্তা যবে পাইলা। প্রভু-পাশ চলিবারে উদ্যোগ করিলা ॥ ১৬ ॥
‘mathurā haite prabhu āilā’,—vārtā yabe pāilā prabhu-pāśa calibāre udyoga karilā
SYNONYMS
mathurā haite—from Mathurā; prabhu āilā—Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has come back; vārtā—message; yabe pāilā—when he received; prabhu-pāśa—to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; calibāre—to go; udyoga karilā—made an endeavor.
TRANSLATION
When he received a message that Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had returned from Mathurā City, Raghunātha dāsa endeavored to go to the lotus feet of the Lord.
TEXT 17
হেন-কালে মুলুকের এক মেচ্ছ অধিকারী। সপ্তগ্রাম-মুলুকের সে হয় ‘চৌধুরী’ ॥ ১৭ ॥
hena-kāle mulukera eka mleccha adhikārī saptagrāma-mulukera se haya ‘caudhurī’
SYNONYMS
hena-kāle—at this time; mulukera—of the country; eka—one; mleccha—Mohammedan; adhikārī—official; saptagrāma-mulukera—of the place known as Saptagrāma; se—that person; haya—is; caudhurī—tax collector.
TRANSLATION
At that time there was a Mohammedan official collecting the taxes of Saptagrāma.