Text 481)
The Cleansing of the Gundicā Temple
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TRANSLATION
Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya frankly requested Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “Please show Your lotus feet to the King at least once.”
TEXT 47
প্রতিভূ কছে,  – রামানন্দ, কহ বিচারিয়া ।।
রাজ্যকে মিলিতে যুগাম্ন সন্ন্যাসী হঞ্চা ? ৪৭ ॥
prabhu kahe,—rāmānanda, kaha vicāriyā rājāke milite yuyāya sannyāsī hañā?
SYNONYMS
prabhu kahe —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said;  rāmānanda —My dear Rāmānanda;  kaha —please ask Me;  vicāriyā —after due consideration;  rājāke —the King;  milite —to meet;  yuyāya —is it befitting;  sannyāsī —in the renounced order of life;  hañā —being.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “My dear Rāmānanda, you should make this request after duly considering whether it is befitting for a sannyāsī to meet a king.
TEXT 48
রাজার মিলনে ভিক্ষুকের ছুই লোক নাশ ।।
পরলোক রন্তু, লোকে করে উপহাস ॥ ৪৮ ॥
rājāra milane bhikṣukera dui loka nāśa paraloka rahu, loke kare upahāsa
SYNONYMS
rājāra milane —by meeting with a king;  bhikṣukera —of the mendicant;  dui loka —in two worlds;  nāśa —destruction;  para-loka —spiritual world;  rahu —let alone;  loke —in this material world;  kare —do;  upahāsa —joking.
TRANSLATION
“If a mendicant meets a king, this world and the next world are both destroyed for the mendicant. Indeed, what is there to say of the next world? In this world, people will joke if a sannyāsī meets a king.”