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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 13]
TRANSLATION
Rāmadāsa served Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa in various ways, even massaging his legs. Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa felt some hesitation in accepting all this service.
TEXT 96
“তুমি বড় লোক, পণ্ডিত, মহাভাগবতে । সেবা না করিছ, স্বথে চল মোর সাথে ॥” ৯৬ ॥
“tumi baḍa loka, paṇḍita, mahā-bhāgavate sevā nā kariha, sukhe cala mora sāthe”
SYNONYMS
tumi—you; baḍa loka—a great personality; paṇḍita—a learned scholar; mahā-bhāgavate—a great devotee; sevā nā kariha—please do not serve; sukhe—happily; cala—go; mora sāthe—with me.
TRANSLATION
“You are a respectable gentleman, a learned scholar and a great devotee,” he said. “Please do not try to serve me. Just come with me in a happy mood.”
TEXT 97
রামদাস কহে,—“আমি শূদ্র অধম ! ‘ব্রাহ্মণের সেবা’,—এই মোর নিজ-ধর্ম ॥ ৯৭ ॥
rāmadāsa kahe,—“āmi śūdra adhama! ‘brāhmaṇera sevā’,—ei mora nija-dharma
SYNONYMS
rāmadāsa kahe—Rāmadāsa said; āmi—I; śūdra—a śūdra; adhama—most fallen; brāhmaṇera sevā—to serve a brāhmaṇa; ei—this; mora nija-dharma—my own religious duty.
TRANSLATION
Rāmadāsa replied, “I am a śūdra, a fallen soul. To serve a brāhmaṇa is my duty and religious principle.
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সঙ্কোচ না কর তুমি, আমি—তোমার ‘দাস’ । তোমার সেবা করিলে হয় হৃদয়ে উল্লাস ॥” ৯৮ ॥