242 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 24

TRANSLATION

“Narada Muni approved his not wanting more than a daily supply of food,
and he blessed him, saying, ‘You are fortunate.’ Narada Muni and Parvata
Muni then disappeared from that place.

TEXT 282
68S Shag cotaT aicna STA |
Ry Sfacey Sa AYAR-ASTA-BA i WR

ei ta’ kahilun tomaya vyadhera akhyana
ya sunile haya sadhu-sanga-prabhava-jfana

SYNONYMS

ei ta’ kahilun—thus | have narrated; tomaya—unto you; vyddhera akhyana—
the story of the hunter; ya sunile —hearing which; haya—there is; sadhu-sanga—
of the association of devotees; prabhava—of the influence; jfana—knowledge.

TRANSLATION

“So far | have narrated the incident of the hunter. By hearing this narration,
one can understand the influence derived by associating with devotees.

PURPORT

Sti Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted to stress that even a hunter, the lowest of
men, could become a topmost Vaisnava simply by associating with Narada Muni
or a devotee in his bona fide disciplic succession.

TEXT 283

a8 aa fea wef states “NSA |
GB GS Bef fafa” ‘aifaan Bef Cae Avo II

ei dra tina artha gananate paila
ei dui artha mili’ ‘chabbisa’ artha haila

SYNONYMS
ei—this example; dra—another; tina artha—three imports; ganandte—in
calculating; paila—we have obtained; ei dui artha mili’—by adding these two im-
ports; chabbisa—twenty-six; artha—imports; haila—there have been.
