Text 49] Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth 283

gréma-sambandhe ami toméra matula
bhagind, mui Rustha-vyadhite hafachi vyakula

SYNONYMS

grama-sambandhe—in a village relationship; dmi—I (am); toma@ra— Your; m@tula—
maternal uncle; bhaging—nephew; mui—1; kustha-vyadhite—by the disease of leprosy;
hatiachi—have become; vyaku/a—too much afflicted.

TRANSLATION

“My dear nephew, ! am Your maternal uncle in our village relationship. Please
see how greatly this attack of leprosy has afflicted me.

TEXT 49

Crs nA Beifacs coiata Saqwia |
afas au gal, cuca Same BUR Wad N

loka saba uddh@rite tomara avatara
muni bada dukhi, more karaha uddhara

SYNONYMS

foka— people; saba—all; uddhdarite—to deliver; tommdra—Y our; avatara—incarnation;
mufii—| (am); bada—very much; dukhi—unhappy; more—unto me; karaha—please
do; uddha@ra—deliverance.

TRANSLATION

‘*As an incarnation of God, You are delivering so many fallen souls. | am also a
greatly unhappy fallen soul. Kindly deliver me by Your mercy.”

PURPORT

It appears that although Gopala Capala was sinful, talkative and insulting, he
nevertheless had the qualification of simplicity. Thus he believed Caitanya
Mahaprabhu to be the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead who
had come to deliver all fallen souls, and he appealed for his own deliverance, seeking
the mercy of the Lord. He did not know, however, that the deliverance of the fallen
does not consist of curing their bodily diseases, although it is also a fact that when a
man is delivered from the material clutches his material bodily diseases are auto-
matically cured. Gopala Capala simply wanted to be delivered from the bodily
sufferings of leprosy, but Sri Caitanya, although accepting his sincere appeat,
wanted to inform him of the real cause of suffering.
