Ādi-līlāChapter 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 17.110

prabhu hāsi' kailā, — tumi kichu nā jānilā

pūrve āmi āchilāń jātite goyālā

SYNONYMS

prabhu — the Lord; hāsi' — smiling; kailā — said; tumi — you; kichu — anything; nā — not; jānilā — know; pūrve — in the past; āmi — I; āchilāń — was; jātite — by caste; goyālā — cowherd.

TRANSLATION

When the astrologer was speaking so highly of Him, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stopped him and began to smile. "My dear sir," He said, "I think you do not know very clearly what I was, for I know that in My previous birth I was a cowherd boy.

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