144 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Antya-lila, Ch. 5

TRANSLATION

Hearing this, Ramananda Raya became absorbed in ecstatic love and began
to speak with great transcendental pleasure.

TEXT 58

“oteg Bly FHFa OS HA aa |
Bal a8 apoias Sle atta cated” ev i

“prabhura ajfidaya krsna-katha sunite aila etha
iha va-i maha-bhagya ami paba kotha?”

SYNONYMS

prabhura ajhdaya—under the instruction of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; krsna-
katha—topics of Lord Krsna; sunite—to hear; dila etha—you have come here; iha
va-i—without this; mahd-bhagya—great fortune; dmi—l; paba—will get;
kotha —where.

TRANSLATION

“Following the instruction of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, you have come to
hear about Krsna. This is my great fortune. How else would | get such an op-
portunity?”

TEXT 59

OS BR Sica Al frgcs afaeT |
‘fe sei @facs big P facaics yA feet tes I

eta kahi tare lafia nibhrte vasila
‘ki katha sunite caha?’ misrere puchila

SYNONYMS
eta kahi—saying this; tare—him; lafia—taking; nibhrte vasila—sat in a
secluded place; ki katha—what kind of topics; sunite caha—do you want to hear;
misrere puchila—he inquired from Pradyumna Misra.

TRANSLATION

Saying this, Sri Ramananda Raya took Pradyumna Misra to a secluded place
and inquired from him, “What kind of krsna-katha do you want to hear from
me?”
