Text 69]
The Lord Tastes Nectar
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TEXT 67
‘कृষ कह’ বলি’ প্রভু বলেন বার বার । তবু কৃষ্ণনাম বালক না করে উচ্চার ॥ ৬৭ ॥
‘kṛṣṇa kaha’ bali’ prabhu balena bāra bāra tabu kṛṣṇa-nāma bālaka nā kare uccāra
SYNONYMS
kṛṣṇa kaha—say Kṛṣṇa; bali’—saying; prabhu—Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; balena—said; bāra bāra—again and again; tabu—still; kṛṣṇa-nāma—the holy name of Kṛṣṇa; bālaka—the boy; nā kare uccāra—did not utter.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked the boy again and again to chant the name of Kṛṣṇa, but the boy would not utter the holy name.
TEXT 68
শিবানন্দ বালকেরে বহু যত্ন করিলা । তবু সেই বালক কৃষ্ণনাম না কহিলা ॥ ৬৮ ॥
śivānanda bālakere bahu yatna karilā tabu sei bālaka kṛṣṇa-nāma nā kahilā
SYNONYMS
śivānanda—Śivānanda Sena; bālakere—unto the boy; bahu—much; yatna—endeavor; karilā—did; tabu—still; sei bālaka—that boy; kṛṣṇa-nāma—the name of Kṛṣṇa; nā kahilā—did not utter.
TRANSLATION
Although Śivānanda Sena tried with much endeavor to get his boy to speak Kṛṣṇa’s holy name, the boy would not utter it.
TEXT 69
প্রভু কহে,—“আমি নাম জগতে লওয়াইলুঁ । স্বাবরে পর্যন্ত কৃষ্ণনাম কহাইলুঁ ॥ ৬৯ ॥
prabhu kahe,—“āmi nāma jagate laoyāiluṅ sthāvare paryanta kṛṣṇa-nāma kahāiluṅ