Text 48] The Cleansing of the Gundica Temple 25

TRANSLATION

Sri Ramananda Raya frankly requested Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, ‘‘Please
show Your lotus feet to the King at least once.”’

TEXT 47

BEY Be, — aaa, SE faotfaa |
ateics fates gata nastAt Sasi 2 89 1

prabhu kahe, —ramananda, kaha vicariya
rajake milite yuyadya sannyasi haha?

SYNONYMS

prabhu kahe—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; ramananda—My dear Ramanan-
da; kaha—please ask Me; vicariya—after due consideration; rajake—the King;
milite—to meet; yuyaya—is it befitting; sannyasi—in the renounced order of life;
hafid —being.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied, “My dear Ramananda, you should make
this request after duly considering whether it is befitting for a sannyasi to
meet aking.

TEXT 48

arena freca feces Be cats are |
AIS AG, COUCH FCA VARIA Il Bv- Il

rajara milane bhiksukera dui loka nasa
paraloka rahu, loke kare upahdasa

SYNONYMS
rajara milane—by meeting with a king; bhiksukera—of the mendicant; dui
loka—in two worlds; nasa—destruction; para-loka—spiritual world; rahu—let
alone; loke—in this material world; kare—do; upahasa—joking.

TRANSLATION
“Ifa mendicant meets a king, this world and the next world are both
destroyed for the mendicant. Indeed, what is there to say of the next world?
In this world, people will joke if a sannyasi meets a king.”
