Text 91]
Lord Caitanya Meets Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī
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TRANSLATION
Who can understand the influence and mercy of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu? He is so powerful that He induced Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to come eat chipped rice on the bank of the Ganges.
TEXT 90
শ্রীরামদাসাদি গোপ প্রেমাবিষ্ট হৈলা । গঙ্গাতীরে ‘যমুনা-পুলিন’ জ্ঞান কৈলা ॥ ৯০ ॥
śrī-rāmadāsādi gopa premāviṣṭa hailā gaṅgā-tīre ‘yamunā-pulina’ jñāna kailā
SYNONYMS
śrī-rāmadāsa-ādi—headed by Śrī Rāmadāsa; gopa—the cowherd boys; prema-āviṣṭa hailā—became absorbed in ecstatic love; gaṅgā-tīre—the bank of the Ganges River; yamunā-pulina—the bank of the Yamunā River; jñāna kailā—they thought.
TRANSLATION
All the confidential devotees who were cowherd boys, headed by Śrī Rāmadāsa, were absorbed in ecstatic love. They thought the bank of the Ganges to be the bank of the Yamunā.
TEXT 91
মহোৎসব শুনি’ পসারি নানা-গ্রাম হৈতে । চিড়া, দধি, সন্দেশ, কলা আনিল বেচিতে ॥ ৯১ ॥
mahotsava śuni’ pasāri nānā-grāma haite ciḍā, dadhi, sandeśa, kalā ānila vecite
SYNONYMS
mahotsava śuni’—hearing about this festival; pasāri—the shopkeepers; nānā-grāma—various villages; haite—from; ciḍā—chipped rice; dadhi—yogurt; sandeśa—sweetmeats; kalā—bananas; ānila—brought; vecite—to sell.
TRANSLATION
When the shopkeepers of many other villages heard about the festival, they arrived there to sell chipped rice, yogurt, sweetmeats and bananas.