Text 17] Lord Caitanya Meets Raghunatha dasa Gosvami 211

TRANSLATION

Raghunatha dasa was inwardly completely renounced, even in family life,
but he did not express his renunciation externally. Instead, he acted just like
an ordinary businessman. Seeing this, his father and mother were satisfied.

TEXT 16

‘AQ CALS AG GVA’, — AS ATs NSE |
atg-aiet ofetatca Bycatst Shae nsw tl

‘mathurd haite prabhu dila’, —-vartaé yabe paila
prabhu-pasa calibare udyoga karila

SYNONYMS

mathura haite—from Mathura; prabhu ailé—Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has
come back; varta—message; yabe pailé—when he received; prabhu-paga—to Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; calibare—to go; udyoga karila—made an endeavor.

TRANSLATION

When he received a message that Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had
returned from Mathura City, Raghunatha dasa endeavored to go to the lotus
feet of the Lord.

TEXT 17
(a-FICA ACTA AS CHE AVS |
AVA AYYCTA CH SY “COIGAY 0139

hena-kale mulukera eka mleccha adhikari
saptagrama-mulukera se haya ‘caudhuri’

SYNONYMS

hena-kale—at this time; mulukera—of the country; eka—one; mleccha—
Mohammedan; adhikdari—official; saptagrama-mulukera—of the place known as
Saptagrama; se—that person; haya—is; caudhuri—tax collector.

TRANSLATION

At that time there was a Mohammedan official collecting the taxes of Sap-
tagrama.
