Text 47]
Rescuing the Lord from the Sea
139
TRANSLATION
Seeing the activities of the fisherman, everyone was astonished. Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, therefore, asked him for information.
TEXT 46
“কহ, জালিয়া, এই দিকে দেখিলা একজন ? তোমার এই দশা কেনে,—কহত’ কারণ ?” ৪৬ ॥
“kaha, jāliyā, ei dike dekhilā eka-jana? tomāra ei daśā kene,—kahata’ kāraṇa?”
SYNONYMS
kaha —please say;  jāliyā —O fisherman;  ei dike —in this direction;  dekhilā —did you see;  eka-jana —someone;  tomāra —your;  ei —this;  daśā —condition;  kene —why;  kahata’ —kindly speak;  kāraṇa —the cause.
TRANSLATION
“My dear fisherman,” he said, “why are you behaving like this? Have you seen someone hereabouts? What is the cause of your behavior? Please tell us.”
TEXT 47
জালিয়া কহে,—“ইহাঁ এক মনুষ্য না দেখিল। জাল বাহিতে এক মৃতক মোর জালে আইল ॥ ৪৭ ॥
jāliyā kahe,—“ihāṅ eka manuṣya nā dekhila jāla vāhite eka mṛtaka mora jāle āila
SYNONYMS
jāliyā kahe —the fisherman said;  ihāṅ —here;  eka —one;  manuṣya —man;  nā dekhila —I did not see;  jāla vāhite —while I was working with the net;  eka —one;  mṛtaka —dead body;  mora jāle —in my net;  āila —came.
TRANSLATION
The fisherman replied, “I have not seen a single person here, but while casting my net in the water, I captured a dead body.