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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 24]
TRANSLATION
“Nārada Muni approved his not wanting more than a daily supply of food, and he blessed him, saying, ‘You are fortunate.’ Nārada Muni and Parvata Muni then disappeared from that place.
TEXT 282
এই ত’ কহিলুঁ তোমায় ব্যাধের আখ্যান । যা শুনিলে হয় সাধুসঙ্গ-প্রভাব-জ্ঞান ॥ ২৮২ ॥
ei ta’ kahiluṅ tomāya vyādhera ākhyāna yā śunile haya sādhu-saṅga-prabhāva-jñāna
SYNONYMS
ei ta’ kahiluṅ—thus I have narrated; tomāya—unto you; vyādhera ākhyāna—the story of the hunter; yā śunile—hearing which; haya—there is; sādhu-saṅga—of the association of devotees; prabhāva—of the influence; jñāna—knowledge.
TRANSLATION
“So far I have narrated the incident of the hunter. By hearing this narration, one can understand the influence derived by associating with devotees.
PURPORT
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to stress that even a hunter, the lowest of men, could become a topmost Vaiṣṇava simply by associating with Nārada Muni or a devotee in his bona fide discipline succession.
TEXT 283
এই আর তিন অর্থ গণনাতে পাইল । এই তুই অর্থ মিলি’ ‘ছাকিবশ’ অর্থ হৈল ॥ ২৮৩ ॥
ei āra tina artha gaṇanāte pāila ei dui artha mili’ ‘chābbiśa’ artha haila
SYNONYMS
ei—this example; āra—another; tina artha—three imports; gaṇanāte—in calculating; pāila—we have obtained; ei dui artha mili’—by adding these two imports; chābbiśa—twenty-six; artha—imports; haila—there have been.