Tovyt 1४11
The Reda-kirtana Pastimes
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TEXT 130
বাস্তু কছে,—মুকুন্দ আদৌ পাইল তোমার সঙ্গ । তোমার চরণ পাইল সেই পুনর্জন্ম ॥ ১৩৯ ॥
vāsu kahe, —mukunda ādau pāila tomāra saṅga tomāra carana pāila sei punar-janma
SYNONYMS
vāsu kahe —Vāsudeva Datta said;  mukunda —Mukunda;  ādau —in the beginning;  pāila —got;  tomāra saṅga —Your association;  tomāra caraṇa —Your lotus feet;  pāila —got;  sei —that;  punah-janma —transcendental rebirth.
TRANSLATION
Vāsudeva replied, “Mukunda got Your association in the beginning. As such, he has taken shelter at Your lotus feet. That is his transcendental rebirth.”
TEXT 1400
ছোট হঞা নুকুন্দ এবে হৈল আমার জ্যেষ্ঠ । তোমার রুপাপাত্র তাতে সর্বগুণে শ্রেষ্ঠ ॥ ১৪০ ॥
choṭa hañā mukunda ebe haila āmāra jyeṣṭha tomāra kṛpā-pātra tāte sarva-guṇe śreṣṭha
SYNONYMS
choṭa hañā —being junior;  mukunda —Mukunda;  ebe —now;  haila —has become;  āmāra —my;  jyeṣṭha —senior;  tomāra —Your;  kṛpā-pātra —favorite;  tāte —therefore;  sarva-guṇe —in all good qualities;  śreṣṭha —superior.
TRANSLATION
Thus Vāsudeva Datta admitted his inferiority to Mukunda, his son. “Although Mukunda is my junior,” he said, “he first received Your favor. Consequently he became transcendentally senior to me. Besides that, You very much favored Mukunda. Thus he is superior in all good qualities.”
TEXT 1411
পুনঃ  প্রভু  কহে—আমি তোমার নিমিত্তে ।