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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 18]
SYNONYMS
aneka —many;  dekhinu —have studied;  muñi —I;  mleccha-śāstra —Mohammedan scripture;  haite —from;  sādhya —the ultimate goal of life;  sādhana —how to approach it;  vastu —matter;  nāri nirdhārite —I cannot decide conclusively.
TRANSLATION
“I have studied the Mohammedan scripture very extensively, but from it I cannot conclusively decide what the ultimate goal of life is or how I can approach it.”
TEXT 203
তোমা দেখি জিহ্বা মোর বলে ‘কৃষ্ণনাম’। ‘আমি—বড় জ্ঞানী’—এই গেল আভিমান ॥ ২০৩ ॥
tomā dekhi’ jihvā mora bale ‘kṛṣṇa-nāma’ ‘āmi—baḍa jñānī’—ei gela ābhimāna
SYNONYMS
tomā dekhi’ —by seeing You;  jihvā —tongue;  mora —my;  bale kṛṣṇa-nāma —chants the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mantra ;  āmi —I;  baḍa jñānī —very learned scholar;  ei —this;  gela ābhimāna —false prestige has gone away.
TRANSLATION
“Now that I have seen You, my tongue is chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. The false prestige I felt from being a learned scholar is now gone.”
TEXT 204
কৃপা করি’ বল মোরে ‘সাধ্য-সাধনে’। এত বলি’ পড়ে মহাপ্রভুর চরণে ॥ ২০৪ ॥
kṛpā kari’ bala more ‘sādhya-sādhane’ eta bali’ paḍe mahāprabhura caraṇe
SYNONYMS
kṛpā kari’ —by Your causeless mercy;  bala —speak;  more —to me;  sādhya-sādhane —the ultimate object of life and the process to achieve it;  eta bali’ —say-