398 Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta { Adi-tila, Ch. 17

PURPORT

According to the system of Vedic society, whenever an unknown sannyasi comes
toa village or town, someone must invite him to take prasdda in his home. Sannydsis
generally take prasdda in the house of a brahmana because the brdhmana worships
the Lord Narayana s//d, or Sd/agrdma-sild, and therefore there is prasdda that the
sannydsi may take. Kesava Bharati accepted the invitation of Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu. Thus the Lord had a good opportunity to explain His desire to take
sannydsa from him.

TEXT 270
gfa w Hea Asie AAT |
Stl BN SF CAA AHA AGA HN 29° Ul
tumi ta’ isvara bata, ——sa@ksét narayana
krpa kari’ kara mora sarmséra mocana

SYNONYMS
tumi—you; ta’—certainly; 7#§vera—the Lord; bata—are; séksat—directly ; nardyana—
the Supreme Lord, Narayana; krpd kari’—showing mercy; kara—please do; mora—
My; sarmsdra—material life; mocana—deliverance.
TRANSLATION

“Sir, you are directly Narayana. Therefore please be merciful unto Me. Deliver
Me from this material bondage.”

TEXT 271

Srey Bea, —Hiy aya, Baa |
GR sare, cA iqe,—-aew als arf n 29s 0

bharati kahena,—turmi fsvara, antaryamt
ye kardha, se kariba,—svatantra nahi dmi

SYNONYMS

bharat? kahena—Kesava Bharati replied; turni—You; 7§vara—the Supreme Person-
ality of Godhead; antaryami—You know everything from within; ye—whatever;
kardha—You cause to do; se—that; kariba—| must do; svatantza—independent; nahi—
not; ami-l,

TRANSLATION

Kesava Bharati replied to the Lord: ‘You are the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, the Supersoul. | must do whatever You cause me to do. | am not indepen-
dent of You.”
