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CC Madhya 2.44

Bengali

এত কহি’ শচীসুত,     শ্লোক পড়ে অদ্ভুত,
শুনে দুঁহে এক-মন হঞা ।
আপন-হৃদয়-কাজ,     কহিতে বাসিয়ে লাজ,
তবু কহি লাজবীজ খাঞা ॥ ৪৪ ॥

Text

eta kahi’ śacī-suta,śloka paḍe adbhuta,
śune duṅhe eka-mana hañā
āpana-hṛdaya-kāja,
kahite vāsiye lāja,
tabu kahi lāja-bīja khāñā

Synonyms

eta kahi’ — thus saying; śacī-suta — the son of Śrīmatī Śacīmātā; śloka — verse; paḍe — recites; adbhuta — wonderful; śune — hear; duṅhe — the two persons; eka-mana hañā — with rapt attention; āpana-hṛdaya-kāja — the activities of one’s own heart; kahite — to speak; vāsiye — I feel; lāja — shameful; tabu — still; kahi — I speak; lāja-bīja — the seed of bashfulness; khāñā — finishing.

Translation

Thus speaking, the son of Śrīmatī Śacīmātā recited another wonderful verse, and Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara heard this verse with rapt attention. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “I feel shameful to disclose the activities of My heart. Nonetheless, I shall be done with all formalities and speak from the heart. Please hear.”