372 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta { Adi-lita, Ch. 17

TRANSLATION

“Only by Your mercy have my bad intentions vanished. Kindly favor me so that
my devotion may always be fixed upon You.”

TEXT 221

AG BE — HS Fe wea CSA |
ARVISS AYP CACH ACE AHHH W AVS I
prabhu kahe, —eka dana mdgiye tomdya
sankirtana vada yaiche nahe nadfyaya

SYNONYMS
prabhu kahe—the Lord said; eka~—one; déna—charity; magiye—| beg; tomdya—
from you; safkirtana—chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra; vada—opposition;
yaiche—as it may be; nahe—not be; naofydya—in the district of Nadia.
TRANSLATION

The Lord said, “l wish to beg you for one favor in charity, You must pledge that
this sankirtana movement will not be checked, at least in the district of Nadia.”

TEXT 222

ail Sce,— cata acet ae Siferca |
SNCS Sia e’ fea, — SGA a arfeca nara
kajf kahe,—mora vamse yata upajibe
tahake ‘talaka’ diba,—kirtana nd baédhibe
SYNONYMS

kaji kahe—the Kazi said; mora—my; vamse—in the dynasty; yata—all (descen-
dants); upajibe—who will take birth; tahadke—unto them; ta/@ka—grave assurance;
diba~| shall give; kirtana—the sankirtana movement; md@—never; baédhibe—they will
oppose.

TRANSLATION

The Kazi said: ‘To as many descendants as take birth in my dynasty in the
future, 1 give this grave admonition: no one should check the sarikirtana movement.”

PURPORT

As 2 result of this grave injunction by the Kazi, even at present the descendants of
the Kazi’s family do not oppose the sarikirtana movement under any circumstances.
