Text 31] The Chastisement of Junior Haridasa 141

TRANSLATION

Hearing these calls, Sivananda Sena quickly went there, offered obeisances
to Nakula Brahmacari, and sat down near him.

TEXT 30

SAGTN Ace, —“Sla shat AMT |
OFFA Fo] Vat SlStA fer*oT ie i

brahmacari bale, —“tumi karila samsaya
eka-mand hafid suna tahara niscaya

SYNONYMS

brahmacari bale—Nakula Brahmacari said; tumi—you; karilé sarnsaya—have
doubted; eka-mana haid—with great attention; suna—please hear; tahdra—for
that; niscaya—settlement.

TRANSLATION

Nakula Brahmacari said, ‘I know that you are doubtful. Now please hear
this evidence with great attention.

TEXT 31

scalacattotter aa? corata bift Send |
Bsn ty, AS Sfante Asa 1” os 1

‘gaura-gopdala mantra’ tomara cari aksara
avisvasa chada, yei kariyacha antara”

SYNONYMS

gaura-gopala mantra—the Gaura-gopala mantra; tomara—your; cari aksara—
composed of four syllables; avisvasa chada—give up your doubts; yei—which;
kariyacha antara—you have kept within your mind.

TRANSLATION

“You are chanting the Gaura-gopala mantra composed of four syllables.
Now please give up the doubts that have resided within you.”

PURPORT

Stila Bhaktivinoda Thakura explains the Gaura-gopala mantra in his Amrta-pra-
vaha-bhasya. Worshipers of Sri Gaurasundara accept the four syllables gau-ra-an-
