160 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 1

TRANSLATION

Seeing the Lord, everyone became joyful out of love. Everyone ac-
cepted the Lord as the Supreme, and thus they offered their prayers.

TEXT 278

6 afr eters scan Afra |
Wa OF Ks, FCA TSA ASMA | 29v

stava suni’ prabhuke kahena Srinivasa
ghare gupta hao, kene bdhire prakasa

SYNONYMS

stava—prayers; suni’—hearing; prabhuke—unto the Lord; kahena—says;
Srinivasa—Srinivasa Acarya; ghare—at home; gupta—covered; hao—You
are; kene—why; bahire—outside; prakasa—manifested.

TRANSLATION

While the people were offering their prayers unto the Lord, Srinivasa
Acarya sarcastically said to the Lord: “At home, You wanted to be
covered. Why have You exposed Yourself outside?”’

TEXT 279

CF Fatetey GS cores, SCE CFIA AAS |
Saenata qe ors fea fw Sts i aaa 0

ke sikhala ei loke, kahe kon vata
iha-sabara mukha dhaka diy4 nija hata

SYNONYMS

ke—who; sikhdla—taught; ei—these; loke—people; kahe—they say;
kon—what; vdta—topics; iha—of them; sabaéra—of all; mukha—the
mouths; dhdaka—just cover; diyi—with; nija—Your own; hata—hand.

TRANSLATION

Srinivasa Acdrya continued: “Who has taught these people? What are
they saying? Now You can cover their mouths with Your own hand.
