Text 104] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 51

of eggs, perspiration and vegetation. Miserable conditions brought about by
natural catastrophes are controlled by the higher demigods. There may be severe
cold or thunderbolts, or a person may be haunted by ghosts. These threefold mis-
eries are always before us, and they entrap us in a dangerous situation. Padam
padarm yad vipadam. There is danger in every step of life.

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‘sadhya’-‘sadhana’-tattva puchite nda jani
krpa kari’ saba tattva kaha ta’ dpani”

SYNONYMS

sadhya—of the goal of spiritual life; sadhana—of the process of obtaining that
goal; tattva—truth; puchite—to inquire; na jani—| do not know; krpa kari’—by
Your causeless mercy; saba tattva—all such truths; kaha ta’ dpani—please per-
sonally explain to me.
TRANSLATION

“Actually | do not know how to inquire about the goal of life and the pro-
cess for obtaining it. Being merciful upon me, please explain all these truths.”

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prabhu kahe, —“krsna-krpa tomate purna haya
saba tattva jana, tomdara nahi tapa-traya

SYNONYMS
prabhu—Sti Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kahe—said; krsna-krpa—the mercy of
Krsna; tomate—on you; purna—full; haya—there is; saba tattva—all truths;
jana—you know; tomara—of you; nahi—there is not; tapa-traya—the threefold
miseries.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, “Lord Krsna has bestowed His full mercy
upon you so that all these things are known to you. For you, the threefold mis-
eries certainly do not exist.
