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The Lord Tastes Nectar
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TEXT 8
রঘুনাথ-দাসের তেঁহো হয় জ্ঞাতি-খুড়া । বৈষ্ণবের উচ্ছিষ্ট খাইতে তেঁহো হৈল বুড়া ॥ ৮ ॥
raghunātha-dāsera teṅho haya jñāti-khuḍā vaiṣṇavera ucchiṣṭa khāite teṅho haila buḍā
SYNONYMS
raghunātha-dāsera —of Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī;  teṅho —he (Kālidāsa);  haya —is;  jñāti —relative;  khuḍā —uncle;  vaiṣṇavera —of the Vaiṣṇavas;  ucchiṣṭa —remnants of food;  khāite —eating;  teṅho —he;  haila —became;  buḍā —aged.
TRANSLATION
Kālidāsa was an uncle of Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī. Throughout his entire life, even in his old age, he tried to eat the remnants of food left by Vaiṣṇavas.
TEXT 9
গোড়দেশে হয় যত বৈষ্ণবের গণ । সবার উচ্ছিষ্ট তেঁহো করিল ভোজন ॥ ৯ ॥
gauḍa-deśe haya yata vaiṣṇavera gaṇa sabāra ucchiṣṭa teṅho karila bhojana
SYNONYMS
gauḍa-deśe —in Bengal;  haya —are;  yata —as many;  vaiṣṇavera gaṇa —Vaiṣṇavas;  sabāra —of all;  ucchiṣṭa —remnants of food;  teṅho —he;  karila bhojana —ate.
TRANSLATION
Kālidāsa ate the remnants of food of as many Vaiṣṇavas as there were in Bengal.
TEXT 10
ব্রাহ্মণ-বৈষ্ণব যত — ছোট, বড় হয় । উত্তম-বস্তু ভেট লঞ্জা তাঁর ঠাঞি যায় ॥ ১০ ॥
brāhmaṇa-vaiṣṇava yata — choṭa, baḍa haya uttama-vastu bheṭa lañā tāṅra ṭhāñi yāya