Madhya-līlā | Chapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 9.94
aṣṭādaśādhyāya paḍe ānanda-āveśe
aśuddha paḍena, loka kare upahāse
SYNONYMS
aṣṭādaśa-adhyāya — eighteen chapters; paḍe — reads; ānanda-āveśe — in great ecstasy; aśuddha paḍena — could not pronounce the text correctly; loka — people in general; kare — do; upahāse — joking.
TRANSLATION
The brāhmaṇa regularly read the eighteen chapters of the Bhagavad-gītā in great transcendental ecstasy, but because he could not pronounce the words correctly, people used to joke about him.
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