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kholā-vecā śrīdhara prabhura priya-dāsa
yāṅhā-sane prabhu kare nitya parihāsa

Synonyms

Palabra por palabra

kholā-vecā — a person who sells the bark of banana trees; śrīdhara — Śrīdhara Prabhu; prabhura — of the Lord; priya-dāsa — very dear servant; yāṅha-sane — with whom; prabhu — the Lord; kare — does; nitya — daily; parihāsa — joking.

kholā-vecā—una persona que vende corteza de banano; śrīdhara—Śrīdhara Prabhu; prabhura—del Señor; priya-dāsa—sirviente muy querido; yāṅhā-sane—con quien; prabhu—el Señor; kare—hace; nitya—diariamente; parihāsa—bromeando.

Translation

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The twenty-ninth branch was Śrīdhara, a trader in banana-tree bark. He was a very dear servant of the Lord. On many occasions, the Lord played jokes on him.

La vigésima novena rama fue Śrīdhara, un comerciante en corteza de banano. Era un sirviente muy querido del Señor. En muchas ocasiones, el Señor le gastaba bromas.

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Śrīdhara was a poor brāhmaṇa who made a living by selling banana-tree bark to be made into cups. Most probably he had a banana-tree garden and collected the leaves, skin and pulp of the banana trees to sell daily in the market. He spent fifty percent of his income to worship the Ganges, and the balance he used for his subsistence. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu started His civil disobedience movement in defiance of the Kazi, Śrīdhara danced in jubilation. The Lord used to drink water from his water jug. Śrīdhara presented a squash to Śacīdevī to cook before Lord Caitanya took sannyāsa. Every year he went to see Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī. According to Kavi-karṇapūra, Śrīdhara was a cowherd boy of Vṛndāvana whose name was Kusumāsava. In his Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (133) it is stated:

Śrīdhara era un brāhmaṇa pobre que se ganaba la vida vendiendo corteza de banano para hacer vasos. Probablemente tenía un huerto de bananos y recogía las hojas, piel y pulpa de los árboles para venderlos diariamente en el mercado. Gastaba la mitad de sus ingresos en adorar al Ganges, y destinaba el resto para su subsistencia. Cuando Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu comenzó Su movimiento de desobediencia civil desafiando al kājī, Śrīdhara bailó lleno de júbilo. El Señor solía beber agua de su cántaro. Śrīdhara ofreció una calabaza a Śacīdevī para que la cocinase antes de que el Señor Caitanya aceptase la orden de sannyāsa. Todos los años fue a ver a Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu a Jagannātha Purī. Según Kavikarṇapūra, Śrīdhara fue uno de los pastorcillos de vacas de Vṛndāvana, cuyo nombre era Kusumāsava. En su Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (133), se dice:

kholā-vecātayā khyātaḥ paṇḍitaḥ śrīdharo dvijaḥ
āsīd vraje hāsya-karo yo nāmnā kusumāsavaḥ

“The cowherd boy known as Kusumāsava in kṛṣṇa-līlā later became Kholāvecā Śrīdhara during Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s līlā at Navadvīpa.”

«El pastorcillo de vacas conocido como Kusumāsava en el kṛṣṇa-līlā, fue más tarde Kholāvecā Śrīdhara durante el līlā de Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu en Navadvīpa».