138 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 5

TRANSLATION

The son said: ‘Oh, you are most degraded! You want to marry my sister,
just like a dwarf who wants to catch the moon!”’

TEXT 53

Cari Cafe? CAS Fal rerio cate |
ora far aticaa CNS GSH SAA I CoN

thea dekhi’ sei vipra palafid gela
dra dina gramera loka ekatra karila

SYNONYMS
thera dekhi’—seeing the stick in his hand; sei vipra—the young brahmana;
palafid gela—fled from that place; dra dina—the next day; gramera loka—the in-
habitants of the village; ekatra karila—gathered in one place.

TRANSLATION

Seeing a stick in the hand of the son, the younger brahmana fled. The next
day, however, he gathered together all the people of the village.

TEXT 54

WA nts apfacal Sif wife |
Gea CAS yas! Bice aif ues

saba loka bada-vipre dakiyd dnila
tabe sei laghu-vipra kahite lagila

SYNONYMS
saba loka—all the village inhabitants; bada-vipre—to the senior brahmana;
dakiyd—calling; danila—brought; tabe—then; sei laghu-vipra—the junior
brahmana; kahite lagila—began to speak.

TRANSLATION

All the people of the village then called for the elderly brahmana and
brought him to their meeting place. The young brahmana then began to speak
before them as follows.
