228 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 18

TEXT 198

forte crfe? of faora +frm |
fa fafenice cuca aa faa afaai i say i

nija-sastra dekhi’ tumi vicara kariya
ki likhiyache sese kaha nirnaya kariyé

SYNONYMS
nija-sastra—your own scripture; dekhi’—seeing; tumi—you; vicara kariya—
deliberating; ki likhiyache—what was written; sese—at the end; kaha—say; nir-
naya kariyd—ascertaining.

TRANSLATION

“Seeing your own Koran and deliberating over what is written there, what is
your conclusion?”

TEXT 199

GPE BCR,— AS BH, CHS “HABy’ Sy |
“itcer Pafeaice, CSS MBL A HAA I Sd Ul

mleccha kahe, —yei kaha, sei ‘satya’ haya
sastre likhiyache, keha la-ite nd paraya

SYNONYMS

mleccha kahe—the Mohammedan replied; yei kaha—what You say; sei—that;
satya haya—is true; sastre—in the Koran; likhiyache—it has been written; keha—
anyone; /a-ite—to take; na paraya—is not able.

TRANSLATION

The saintly Mohammedan replied, ‘‘All that You have said is true. This has
certainly been written in the Koran, but our scholars can neither understand
nor accept it.

TEXT 200
fafacma-cattatfas’ Aol ScAA AAT |
mMsta-cattatias —cHas, SICA AE SAIN R00

‘nirvisesa-gosani’ laid karena vyakhydna
‘sakara-gosani’—sevya, karo nahi jana
