Text 95] Lord Caitanya’s Travels to the Holy Places 343

TRANSLATION

In the holy place of Sri Ranga-ksetra, a brahmana Vaisnava used to visit the
temple daily and recite the entire text of Bhagavad-gita.

TEXT 94
AR GANATA ATS SAH-AATATH |
BVA ATTA, CAF SOA SARITA | 98 Il

astadasadhydya pade dnanda-avese
asuddha padena, loka kare upahase

SYNONYMS

astadasa-adhyaya—eighteen chapters; pade—reads; dnanda-dvese—in great
ecstasy; asuddha padena—could not pronounce the text correctly; {!oka—people
in general; kare—do; upahdse —joking.

TRANSLATION

The brahmana regularly read the eighteen chapters of Bhagavad-gita in
great transcendental ecstasy, but because he could not pronounce the words
correctly, people used to joke about him.

TEXT 95

CBR QITH, CFS facrw, Stal ata wiea |
BPS Seal AS ce Srafeas-aea | de I

keha hase, keha ninde, tahd nahi mane
avista hafid gita pade dnandita-mane

SYNONYMS
keha hase—someone laughs; keha ninde—someone criticizes; tahd—that;
nahi mane—he does not care for; dvista hafid—being in great ecstasy; gita
pade—reads Bhagavad-gita; dnandita—in great happiness; mane—his mind.

TRANSLATION

Due to his incorrect pronunciation, people sometimes criticized him and
iaughed at him, but he did not care. He was full of ecstasy due to reading
Bhagavad-gita and was personally very happy.
