Text 181]
The Lord's Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana
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TEXT 179
দূর হৈতে প্রভু দেখি' ভুমেতে পড়িয়া ।
দণ্ডবৎ করে অশ্রু-পুলকিত হঞা ॥ ১৭৯ ॥
dūra haite prabhu dekhi' bhūmete paḍiyā daṇḍavat kare aśru-pulakita hañā
SYNONYMS
dūra haite —from a distance;  prabhu —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  dekhi' —seeing;  bhūmete paḍiyā —falling down on the ground;  daṇḍavat kare —offered obeisances;  aśru —tears;  pulakita —jubilant;  hañā —becoming.
TRANSLATION
Upon seeing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu from a distant place, the Mohammedan governor fell to the ground and offered obeisances. Tears came to his eyes, and he was jubilant with ecstatic emotions.
TEXT 180
মহাপাত্র আনিল তাঁরে করিয়া সন্মান ।
যোড়হাতে প্রভু-আগে লয় কৃষ্ণনাম ॥ ১৮০ ॥
mahā-pātra ānila tāṅre kariyā sammāna yoḍa-hāte prabhu-āge laya kṛṣṇa-nāma
SYNONYMS
mahā-pātra —the Orrisan representative;  ānila —brought;  tāṅre —him;  kariyā sammāna —showing great respect;  yoḍa-hāte —with folded hands;  prabhu-āge —before Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  laya kṛṣṇa-nāma —chanted the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
TRANSLATION
Arriving in that way, the Mohammedan governor was respectfully brought before Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu by the mahā-pātra. The governor then stood before the Lord with folded hands, and he chanted the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
TEXT 181
“অধম যবনকুলে কেন জন্ম হৈল ।
বিধি মোরে হিন্দুকুলে কেন না জন্মাইল ॥ ১৮১ ॥