Text 91) The Residents of Varanasi Become Vaisnavas 345

TEXT 90

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ARCHAACA TS ST OATS SH AS tl de 1

tumi ta’ isvara, tomara ache sarva-sakti
sanksepa-rdpe kaha tumi sunite haya mati

SYNONYMS

tumi ta’—indeed You are; isvara—the Supreme Lord; tomara—of You; ache —
there are; sarva-sakti—all potencies; sanksepa-rupe—briefly; kaha—please ex-
plain; tumi—You; sunite haya mati—l| wish to hear.

TRANSLATION

“You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore You have in-
conceivable energies. | wish to hear from You briefly about the Brahma-satra.”’

PURPORT

PrakaSdnanda Sarasvati said that he had already understood Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu’s explanation of the direct import of Brahma-sutra. Nonetheless, he
was requesting the Lord to briefly give the purpose and purport of the Brahma-
sutra, the Vedanta-sutra.

TEXT 91

AY Fz,—“arly ‘Fe’, ofS Sora-wla |
aaa TSA Gel, aA—SaAgtH ds I

prabhu kahe, —"“ami {jiva’, ati tuccha-jfiana!
vydsa-sUtrera gambhira artha, vyasa——bhagavan

SYNONYMS
prabhu kahe—Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied; ami jiva—l am an insig-
nificant living being; ati tuccha-jAdna—My knowledge is very meager; vydsa-
sutrera—of the Vedanta-sutra, written by Vydsadeva; gambhira artha—very grave
meaning; vydsa—Vydasadeva; bhagavan—the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied, “I am an ordinary living being, and
therefore my knowledge is very insignificant. However, the meaning of the
