Text 170] Lord Caitanya Meets Raghunatha dasa Gosvami 277

TRANSLATION

Halfway along the path, Raghunatha dasa submitted at the lotus feet of his
spiritual master, ‘I shall go to the home of that brahmana, induce him to
return, and send him to your home.

TEXT 169
Oe Beet AeA TS— cars Si BA” |
8 BA Blea atfay sisal farepa 1 swe I

tumi sukhe ghare yaha— more 4jnd haya”
ei chale aja magi’ karila niscaya

SYNONYMS

tumi—you; sukhe—in happiness; ghare yaha—go to your place; more—to
me; djfid—order; haya—is; ei chale—on this plea; aja magi’—asking permission;
karila niscaya—decided.

TRANSLATION

“You may go home without anxiety. Following your order, | shall persuade
the brahmana.” On this plea, after asking permission, he decided to go away.

TEXT 170
“CAIs THS Sia cos aha ACH |
AMSCS GAA SAT CaS ARH i” 390 ti

“sevaka raksaka dra keha nahi sange
paldite Amara bhdla eita prasange

SYNONYMS

sevaka—servant; raksaka—watchman; dra—and; keha nahi—there is no one;
sange—along; paldite—to go away; dmara—my; bhdla—good; eita—this;
prasange—opportunity.

TRANSLATION

Raghunatha dasa thought, ‘This is the greatest opportunity to go away be-
cause this time there are no servants or watchmen with me.”
