Text 105] Lord Caitanya Meets Vallabha Bhatta 51

TEXT 103

asia SB Afar wiBIcaca |
“alq-‘oiste ‘ifs’ sia TACT SCBA ti Sow

eka-dina bhatta puchila acaryere
“jiva-‘prakrti’ ‘pati’ kari’ manaye krsnere

SYNONYMS
eka-dina—one day; bhatta—Vallabha Bhatta; puchila acaryere —inquired from
Advaita Acarya; jiva—the living entity; prakrti—female; pati—husband; kari’—
as; mdnaye krsnere—accepts Krsna.

TRANSLATION

One day Vallabha Bhatta said to Advaita Acarya, ‘Every living entity is
female [prakrti] and considers Krsna her husband [pati].

TEXT 104

AfSael Reel fsa ata aie ora |
COTTA FALT-AS,— CHA HF SH 77508 tl

pati-vrata hafid patira nama nahi laya
tomara krsna-ndma-laha, ——kon dharma haya?”

SYNONYMS

pati-vrata—devoted to the husband; hafid—being; patira—of the husband;
ndma—name; nahi laya—does not utter; tomard—all of you; krsna-ndma-laha—
chant the name of Krsna; kon—what; dharma—religious principle; haya—is it.

TRANSLATION

“It is the duty of a chaste wife, devoted to her husband, not to utter her hus-
band’s name, but all of you chant the name of Krsna. How can this be called a
religious principle?”’

TEXT 105

SAT SCS, —“BTat cwinia as? qBPoaiy |
Vaca Yor, Va sfacaa Sata Aalata sean

acarya kahe, ——“age tomara ‘dharma’ mdrtiman
inhare puchaha, inha karibena ihara samadhana
