Text 37] Pastimes with Jagadānanda and Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa
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TRANSLATION
“As soon as the plunderers on the road see a Bengali traveling alone, they take everything from him, arrest him and do not let him go.
PURPORT
Bengalis are generally not very stout or strong. Therefore when a lone Bengali traverses the roads of Bihar, the plunderers on the road capture him, rob all his belongings and kidnap him for their own service. According to one opinion, the rogues of Bihar know very well that Bengalis are intelligent; therefore these thieves generally force the Bengalis into service requiring intelligence and do not allow them to leave.
TEXT 36
মথুরা গেলে সনাতন-সঙ্গেই রহিবা।
মথুরার স্বামী সবের চরণ বন্দিবা ॥ ৩৬ ॥
mathurā gele sanātana-saṅgei rahibā   mathurāra svāmī sabera caraṇa vandibā
SYNONYMS
mathurā gele —when you go to Mathurā;  sanātana-saṅgei —in the association of Sanātana Gosvāmī;  rahibā —remain;  mathurāra svāmī —the leading men of Mathurā;  sabera —of all;  caraṇa vandibā —worship the feet.
TRANSLATION
“When you reach Mathurā, you should remain with Sanātana Gosvāmī and offer respectful obeisances to the feet of all the leading men there.
TEXT 37
দূরে রহি’ ভক্তি করিহ সঙ্গে না রহিবা।
তাঁ-সবার আচার-চেষ্টা লইতে নারিবা ॥ ৩৭ ॥
dūre rahi’ bhakti kariha saṅge nā rahibā   tāṅ-sabāra ācāra-ceṣṭā la-ite nāribā
SYNONYMS
dūre rahi’ —keeping apart;  bhakti kariha —show devotion;  saṅge —in association;  nā rahibā —do not stay;  tāṅ-sabāra —their;  ācāra —behavior;  ceṣṭā —endeavors;  la-ite nāribā —you cannot take up.