Antya-līlāChapter 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunatha dasa Gosvāmī

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 6.40

daḍira bandhane tāńre rākhibā ke-mate?

janma-dātā pitā nāre 'prārabdha' khaṇḍāite

SYNONYMS

daḍira bandhane — by bonds of ropes; tāńre — him; rākhibā — will you keep; ke mate — how; janma-dātā pitā — the father who begets the child; nāre — is not able; prārabdha — the reaction of previous activities; khaṇḍāiteto nullify.

TRANSLATION

"How then could we keep this boy home by binding him with ropes? It is not possible even for one's father to nullify the reactions of one's past activities.

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