Text 19] Pastimes with Jagadananda and Raghunatha Bhatta 127

TRANSLATION

Then Svaripa Damodara Gosvami devised another method. First he secured
a large quantity of dry banana leaves.

TEXT 18
ace foie foie Stal afs yew CaeTl |
oem afetin acs cn Aa Sie Ui ov I

nakhe ciri’ ciri’ taha ati saksma kaild
prabhura bahirvasa duite se saba bharila

SYNONYMS

nakhe —with the nails; ciri’ ciri’—tearing and tearing; taha—them; ati—very;
siksma—fine; kaila—made; prabhura—of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bahirvasa—
covering cloths; duite—in two; se saba—all those; bharila—filled.

TRANSLATION

He then tore the leaves into very fine fibers with his nails and filled two of
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s outer garments with the fibers.

TEXT 19
GRAS FS CHA GGA-NGTA |
GABA CFA AS BAF ISCA Ul dd I

ei-mata dui kaila odana-padane
angikdra kaila prabhu aneka yatane

SYNONYMS

ei-mata—in this way; dui—two pieces; kaila—made; odana-padane—one for
bedding, one for the pillow; angikara kaila—did accept; prabhu—Sri Caitanya
Mahdaprabhu; aneka yatane—after much endeavor.

TRANSLATION

In this way, Svarapa Damodara made some bedding and a pillow, and after
much endeavor by the devotees, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted them.
