Text 36]
Talks Between the Lord and Rāmānanda Rāva
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TEXT 35
কান্ঠা ভূমি —সাক্ষাৎ ঈশ্বর নারায়ণ ।।
কাঠা   মুঞি -  রাজসেবী  বিষয়ী  শূদ্রাধন  ॥  ৩৫  ॥
Kāhāṅ tumi  — sāksāt Iśvara nārāvana
Kalalah Lami  -  Sakiya Ivala Mary lala  
kāhān muñi—rāja-sevi visavi sūdrādhama
SYNONYMS
kāhāṅ —whereas;  tumi —You;  sākṣāt —directly;  īśvara nārāyaṇa —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  kāhāṅ —whereas;  muñi —I;  rāja-sevī —government servant;  viṣayī —materialist;  śūdra-adhama —worse than a  śūdra , or fourth-class man.
TRANSLATION
“You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa Himself, and I am only a government servant interested in materialistic activities. Indeed, I am the lowest amongst men of the fourth caste.
TEXT 36
মোরা স্পর্শে  না করিলে ঘুণা, বেদভয় ।।
শোর দর্শন তোমা বেদে  নিষেধস্থ   ১     ৩৬৬   ।।
mora sparśe nā karile ghrțā, veda-bhaya
mora  darśana tomā vede nişedhaya
SYNONYMS
mora —of me;  sparśe —by the touch;  nā —not;  karile —You did;  ghṛṇā —hatred;  veda-bhaya —afraid of injunctions of the  Vedas ;  mora —of me;  darśana —seeing;  tomā —You;  vede —the  Vedic  injunctions;  niṣedhaya —forbid.
TRANSLATIONI
“You do not fear the Vedic injunctions stating that You should not associate with a śūdra. You were not contemptuous of my touch, although in the Vedas You are forbidden to associate with śūdras.
PURPORT