CC Adi 3.105-106

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 3: The External Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXTS 105-106

ei ślokārtha ācārya karena vicāraṇa

kṛṣṇake tulasī-jala deya yei jana

tāra ṛṇa śodhite kṛṣṇa karena cintana—

‘jala-tulasīra sama kichu ghare nāhi dhana’

SYNONYMS

ei — this; śloka — of the verse; artha — the meaning; ācārya — Advaita Ācārya; karena — does; vicāraṇa — considering; kṛṣṇake — to Lord Kṛṣṇa; tulasī-jala — tulasī and water; deya — gives; yei jana — that person who; tāra — to Him; ṛṇa — the debt; śodhite — to pay; kṛṣṇa — Lord Kṛṣṇa; karena — does; cintana — thinking; jala-tulasīra sama — equal to water and tulasī; kichu — any; ghare — in the house; nāhi — there is not; dhana — wealth.

TRANSLATION

Advaita Ācārya considered the meaning of the verse in this way: "Not finding any way to repay the debt He owes to one who offers Him a tulasī leaf and water, Lord Kṛṣṇa thinks, 'There is no wealth in My possession that is equal to a tulasī leaf and water.'

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