Text 39] Lord Caitanya Meets Raghunatha dasa Gosvami 221

SYNONYMS

ei-mate—in this way; bare bare—again and again; palaya—he goes away;
dhari’ ne—brings him back; tabe—then; tanra mata—his mother; kahe—speaks;
tana pita sane—with his father.

TRANSLATION

This became almost a daily affair. Raghunatha would run away from home,
and his father would again bring him back. Then Raghunatha dasa’s mother
began speaking to his father.

TEXT 38

“aa ‘aiger’ eau, Sata wee afeR” |
Sta fowl ce Sica fafag eel ov 1

“putra ‘batula’ ha-ila, ihdya rakhaha bandhiya’”’
tanra pita kahe tare nirvinna haha

SYNONYMS

putra—son; bdatula ha-ila—has become mad; ihaya—him; rakhaha bandhiya—
just keep by binding; tafra pita—his father; kahe—says; tare—to her; nirvinna
hafid—being very unhappy.

TRANSLATION

“Our son has become mad,” she said. ‘Just keep him by binding him with
ropes.’’ His father, being very unhappy, replied to her as follows.

TEXT 39

“Say Ot, A BATA |
6 HG aifecs aifacers AA Aa |W Od I

“indra-sama aisvarya, stri apsara-sama
e saba bandhite narileka yanra mana

SYNONYMS
indra-sama—like the heavenly King, Indra; aisvarya—material opulence; stri—
wife; apsara-sama—like an angel of heaven; e saba—all this; bandhite—to bind;
narileka—was not able; yanra mana—whose mind.
