Text 229] Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth 375

TEXT 228

Gara-acaa re) 2am sacats |
Sq Aiaicaa fore a afer cats acy t

Srivdsa-putrera tahan haila parafoka
tabu Ssrivasera citte nd janmifa soka

SYNONYMS

$rivasa—of Srivasa Thakura; putrera—of the son; ta@hdf—there; haifa—took place;
paralfoka—death; tabu—still; sriva@sera—of Srivasa Thakura; citte—in the mind; na—
not; janmifa—there was; Soka—lamentation.

TRANSLATION

At that time a calamity took place—Srivasa Thakura’s son died. Yet Srivasa
Thakura was not at all sorry.

TEXT 229
FSAG ALY CFA BCI Tea |
BATA ZS SS Cor] Datar-arwa 225 1

mrta-putra-mukhe kaila jndnera kathana
Gpane dui bhai haifa srivdsa-nandana

SYNONYMS

mrta-putra—of the dead son; mukhe—in the mouth; kaifa—did; /AGnera—of knowl-
edge; kathana—conversation; dpane—personally; dui—the two; &ha@i—brothers;
haif@—became; srivésa-nandana—sons of Srivasa Thakura,

TRANSLATION

Srt Caitanya Mahaprabhu caused the dead son to speak about knowledge, and
then the two brothers personally became the sons of Srivasa Thakura.

PURPORT

This incident is described as follows by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his
Amrta-pravaha-bhasya. One night while Sif Caitanya Mahaprabhu was dancing with
His devotees at the house of Srivasa Thakura, one of Srivasa Thakura’s sons, who
was suffering from some disease, died. Srivasa Thakura was so patient, however,
that he did not allow anyone to express sorrow by crying, for he did not want the
kirtana going on at his house to be disturbed. Thus k7rtana continued without a
sound of lamentation. But when the kirtana was over, Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who
could understand the incident, declared, “There must have been some calamity in this
house.” When He was then informed about the death of Srivasa Thakura's son, He
