CC Antya 16.67

Antya-līlā, Chapter 16, Text 67

‘কৃষ্ণ কহ’ বলি’ প্রভু বলেন বার বার ।
তবু কৃষ্ণনাম বালক না করে উচ্চার ॥ ৬৭ ॥

‘kṛṣṇa kaha’ bali’ prabhu balena bāra bāra
tabu kṛṣṇa-nāma bālaka nā kare uccāra

Word by word

kṛṣṇa kaha — say Kṛṣṇa; bali’ — saying; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; balena — said; bāra bāra — again and again; tabu — still; kṛṣṇa-nāma — the holy name of Kṛṣṇa; bālaka — the boy; nā kare uccāra — did not utter.

Translation

Again and again Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked the boy to chant the name of Kṛṣṇa, but the boy would not utter the holy name.