CC Antya 19.20
Antya-līlā, Chapter 19, Text 20
বাউলকে কহিহ, — লোক হইল বাউল ।
বাউলকে কহিহ, — হাটে না বিকায় চাউল ॥ ২০ ॥
বাউলকে কহিহ, — হাটে না বিকায় চাউল ॥ ২০ ॥
bāulake kahiha, — loka ha-ila bāula
bāulake kahiha, — hāṭe nā vikāya cāula
bāulake kahiha, — hāṭe nā vikāya cāula
Word by word
bāulake kahiha — please inform Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is playing the part of a madman in ecstatic love; loka — the people in general; ha-ila — have become; bāula — also mad in ecstatic love; bāulake kahiha — again inform Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the bāula; hāṭe — in the market; nā — not; vikāya — sells; cāula — rice.
Translation
“Please inform Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is acting like a madman, that everyone here has become mad like Him. Inform Him also that in the marketplace rice is no longer in demand.”