Text 119] Pastimes with Jagadānanda and Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa
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TEXT 117
চারিবৎসর ঘরে পিতা-মাতার সেবা কৈলা । বৈষ্ণব-পণ্ডিত-ঠাঞি ভাগবত পড়িলা ॥ ১১৭ ॥
cāri-vatsara ghare pitā-mātāra sevā kailā vaiṣṇava-paṇḍita-ṭhāñi bhāgavata paḍilā
SYNONYMS
cāri-vatsara —for four years;  ghare —at home;  pitā-mātāra —of the father and mother;  sevā kailā —rendered service;  vaiṣṇava-paṇḍita-ṭhāñi —from a self-realized, advanced Vaiṣṇava;  bhāgavata paḍilā —he studied Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
TRANSLATION
In accordance with the instructions of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he continuously rendered service to his mother and father for four years. He also regularly studied the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam from a self-realized Vaiṣṇava.
TEXT 118
পিতা-মাতা কাশী পাইলে উদাসীন হঞা । পুনঃ প্রভুর ঠাঞি আইলা গৃহাদি ছাড়িয়া ॥ ১১৮ ॥
pitā-mātā kāśī pāile udāsīna hañā punaḥ prabhura ṭhāñi āilā gṛhādi chāḍiyā
SYNONYMS
pitā-mātā —the father and mother;  kāśī pāile —when they passed away at Kāśī (Vārāṇasī);  udāsīna hañā —being indifferent;  punaḥ —again;  prabhura ṭhāñi —to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  āilā —returned;  gṛha-ādi chāḍiyā —leaving all relationships with home.
TRANSLATION
Then his parents died at Kāśī [Vārāṇasī], and he became detached. He therefore returned to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, giving up all relationships with his home.
TEXT 119
পূর্ববৎ অষ্টমাস প্রভু-পাশ ছিলা । অষ্টমাস রহি’ পুনঃ প্রভু আজ্ঞা দিলা ॥ ১১৯ ॥