Text 157] Lord Caitanya Meets Raghunatha dasa Gosvami 271

TRANSLATION

After taking dust from the feet of Raghava Pandita, Raghunatha dasa
returned to his home, feeling greatly obligated to Lord Nityananda Prabhu be-
cause of having received His merciful benediction.

TEXT 155
GAS CACS Sara al ScAA Aaya |
atfaca gofinecat atoal Seda MHA See I

sei haite abhyantare na karena gamana
bahire durga-mandape yafia karena sayana

SYNONYMS

sei haite—from that day; abhyantare—in the interior rooms; na karena
gamana—did not go; bdhire—outside; durgéa-mandape—to the place where

Durga worship was performed; yéfid—going; karena sayana—he sleeps.

TRANSLATION

From that day on, he did not go into the interior section of the house. In-
stead, he would sleep on the Durga-mandapa [the place where mother Durga
was worshiped].

TEXT 156

Stal ails’ az Ha AHS AH |
ATSCS FAA Ala Getty [SBA UW sew t

tanhd jagi’ rahe saba raksaka-gana
palaite karena nana upaya cintana

SYNONYMS

tanha—there; jagi’—keeping awake; rahe—stay; saba—all; raksaka-gana—the
watchmen; paldite—to go away; karena—does; ndné—various; upaya—means;
cintana—thinking of.
TRANSLATION

There, however, the watchmen alertly kept guard. Raghunatha dasa was
thinking of various means by which to escape their vigilance.
TEXT 157
caasicr chlwcacts Ha SSG |
agra caics ettocet Shaan aaa 3¢9 A
