18 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Antya-lila, Ch. 4

TRANSLATION

“In this way we both spoke to him again and again, and because of this per-
suasion and his respect for us, his mind turned somewhat toward our instruc-
tions.

TEXT 37

“Cotal-gata Sieal atfy caaca afeay p
Wiel-aa CHa’ SB-SAA Sag” 09 |

“toma-dunhara aja ami kemane langhimu?
diksa-mantra deha’ krsna-bhajana karimu”

SYNONYMS
toma—of you; dunhara—of both; ajAad—the order; ami—l; kemane—how;
langhimu—shall disobey; diksd—initiation; mantra—mantra; deha’—just give;
krsna-bhajana—devotional service to Krsna; karimu—l shall perform.

TRANSLATION
“Vallabha replied, ‘My dear brothers, how can | disobey your orders? Ini-
tiate me into the Krsna mantra so that | may perform devotional service to
Lord Krsna.’
TEXT 38
os of aifasica sca free |

CFA BBY AVATAA BAe 1 Ov- |

eta kahi’ ratri-kdle karena cintana
kemane chadimu raghundathera carana

SYNONYMS

eta kahi’—saying this; ratri-kale—at night; karena cintana—began to think;
kemane—how; chaddimu—shall | give up; raghu-ndthera carana—the lotus feet of
Lord Raghunatha.

TRANSLATION

“After saying this, at night he began to think, ‘How shall | give up the lotus
feet of Lord Raghunatha?’

TEXT 39

wa atfa mena af’ Coat otitad |
Hesse Sal-g sty caer facara ov t
