Text 147] The Lord’s Tour of South India 73
bahu stuti kari’ kahe, ——Suna, dayd-maya
jive ei guna nahi, tomate ei haya
more dekhi’ mora gandhe palaya pamara
hena-more sparsa’ tumi, —svatantra isvara
SYNONYMS
bahu—many; stuti—prayers; kari’—presenting; kahe—says; suna—kindly
hear; dayé-maya—O greatly merciful Lord; jive—in the living entity; ei—this;
guna—quality; nahi—there is not; tomate—in You; ei—this; haya—is; more
dekhi’—by seeing me; mora gandhe—from smelling my body; palaya—runs
away; pamara—even a sinful man; hena-more—such a person as me; sparsa’—
touch; tumi—You; sva-tantra—fully independent; isvara—the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
The brahmana Vasudeva continued: ‘‘O my merciful Lord, such mercy is
not possible for ordinary living entities. Such mercy can be found only in You.
Upon seeing me, even a sinful person goes away due to my bad bodily odor.
Yet You have touched me. Such is the independent behavior of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead.”
TEXT 146
fog aifeate Sia ay 3.93) |
OCF BAVA cats SATA SUPRA |i 38 1
kintu achilan bhadla adhama hafid
ebe ahankdra mora janmibe dsiya
SYNONYMS
kintu—but; achilah—| was; bhala—all right; adhama—the lowest of mankind;
hafid—being; ebe—now; ahankaéra—pride; mora—my; janmibe—will appear;
asiya —coming.
TRANSLATION
Being meek and humble, the brahmana Vasudeva worried that he would be-
come proud after being cured by the grace of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
TEXT 147
QE SR, “SET CSA al Aca Sala |
faraea FQ SPH Ha’ Ha’ Aly I 389 I
