CC Ādi 14.74
Adi-līlā, Chapter 14, Text 74
শচী আসি’ কহে,—কেনে অশুচি ছুঁইলা ।
গঙ্গাস্নান কর যাই’—অপবিত্র হইলা ॥ ৭৪ ॥
গঙ্গাস্নান কর যাই’—অপবিত্র হইলা ॥ ৭৪ ॥
śacī āsi’ kahe, — kene aśuci chuṅilā
gaṅgā-snāna kara yāi’ — apavitra ha-ilā
gaṅgā-snāna kara yāi’ — apavitra ha-ilā
Word by word
śacī āsi’ — mother Śacī, coming there; kahe — said; kene — why; aśuci — untouchable; chuṅilā — You have touched; gaṅgā-snāna — bathing in the Ganges; kara — do; yāi’ — going there; apavitra ha-ilā — You have become impure.
Translation
When mother Śacī saw her boy sitting on the rejected pots, she protested, “Why have You touched these untouchable pots? You have now become impure. Go and bathe in the Ganges.”