Text 154] Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth 339

TRANSLATION

The Lord said, ‘‘My dear uncle, | have come to your home just to ask you some
questions.”
“Yes,” the Kazi replied, ‘‘You are welcome. Just tell me what is in Your mind.”

TEXT 153

AG SCE CNAE AWS, WS COMA AS |
Ji Ba Bra, Sicw cecal FHS 1 seo h
prabhu kahe, —-go-dugdha khao, gabhi tomara mata

vrsa anna upajaya, tate tehho pitd
SYNONYMS
prabhu kahe—the Lord said; go-dugdha khdo—you drink cows’ milk; gabhi—the
cow (is); tomdra—your; matd—mother; vjsa—the bull; amna—grains; upajaya—pro-
duces; ta@te—therefore; tenho—he; pita—(is) your father.
TRANSLATION
The Lord said: ‘‘You drink cows’ milk; therefore the cow is your mother. And
the bull produces grains for your maintenance; therefore he is your father.

TEXT 154

foreratsi aia’ ane —aal cary 4 |
CBA Se SI Sl AS fass y se8 i
pité-matd mari’ khao—eba kon dharma
kon bale kara tumi e-mata vikarma

SYNONYMS

pitd-matad—father and mother; mdri’—killing; khdo—you eat; ebd—this; kon—what
kind of; dharma—religion; kon bale—on what strength; kara—do; tumi—you, e-mata
—such; vikarma—sinful activities.

TRANSLATION

“Since the bull and cow are your father and mother, how can you kill and eat
them? What kind of religious principie is this? On what strength are you so daring
that you commit such sinful activities?"

PURPORT

Everyone can understand that we drink the milk of cows and take the help of
bulls in producing agricultural products. Therefore, since our real father gives us
