410 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta {Madhya-lila, Ch. 25

Caitanya Mahaprabhu; /a4ga—contact; nd pafid—not getting; mane—in the mind;
bada—very great; duhkha—unhappiness; haila—there was.

TRANSLATION

After reaching Mathura, Subuddhi Raya received information of the Lord’s
itinerary. He became very unhappy because he was not able to contact the
Lord.

TEXT 204

OVS ANlH’ NI cacy aYaics |
SG GH CAM! SA AS GS CHANTS 1 208 |

suska-kastha dni’ raya vece mathurate
panca chaya paisd haya eka eka bojhdate

SYNONYMS

suska-kdstha ani’—collecting dry wood from the forest; raya —Subuddhi Raya;
vece—sells; mathurate—at Mathura; panica chaya—five or six; paisd—paise;
haya—are; eka eka bojhate—in exchange for each load of dry wood.

TRANSLATION

Subuddhi Raya would collect dry wood in the forest and take it to the city of
Mathurd to sell. For each load he would receive five or six paise.

TEXT 205

SHAT ACH OS CAAA Bla SISTA |
ers Cal ayfetaaica aicea afaRl Woe tl

apane rahe eka paisdra cand cabdiyd
dra paisd badniya-sthane rakhena dhariyd

SYNONYMS
dpane—personally; rahe —lives; eka paisdra—of one paisa’s worth; cdna—fried
chick-peas; cabdiya—chewing; dra—the balance; paisi—four or five paise;
baniya-sthane—in the custody of a merchant; rakhena—keeps; dhariyd—
depositing.

TRANSLATION

Earning his livelihood by selling dry wood, Subuddhi Raya would live on
only one paise’s worth of fried chick-peas, and he would deposit whatever
other paises he had with some merchant.
