Text 98] Lord Caitanya’s Travels to the Holy Places 345

The purport to this verse may be considered for further information on this sub-
ject.

TEXT 97

TVG Afart Sica, BA, AA |
cary wel Sif Oia Gis Be SW DI I

mahdaprabhu puchila tanre, suna, mahasaya
kon artha jani’ tomara eta sukha haya

SYNONYMS
mahdaprabhu —Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; puchila—inquired; tanre—from him;
suna—please hear; maha-asaya—My dear sir; kon—what; artha—meaning;
jani’—knowing; tomara—your; eta—so great; sukha—happiness; haya—is.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked the brahmana, ‘My dear sir, why are you in
such ecstatic love? Which portion of Bhagavad-gita gives you such transcen-
dental pleasure?”

TEXT 98

fal ca,—aet ata, atantef ai otter
SAVE ASI AG, @e-c eal afer Woe

vipra kahe, —mirkha ami, sabdartha na jani
suddhasuddha gita padi, guru-ajid mani’

SYNONYMS

vipra kahe—the brahmana replied; markha 4mi—l am illiterate; sabda-artha—
the meaning of the words; nd jani—I do not know; suddha-asuddha—sometimes
correct and sometimes not correct; gita—Bhagavad-gita; padi—| read; guru-
ajhd—the order of my spiritual master; mani’—accepting.

TRANSLATION

The brahmana replied, ‘‘I am illiterate and therefore do not know the mean-
ing of the words. Sometimes | read Bhagavad-gita correctly and sometimes in-
correctly, but in any case | am doing this in compliance with the orders of my
spiritual master.”’
