CC Antya 8.15

Antya-līlā, Chapter 8, Text 15

“শুনি, চৈতন্যগণ করে বহুত ভক্ষণ ।
‘সত্য’ সেই বাক্য, — সাক্ষাৎ দেখিলুঁ এখন ॥ ১৫ ॥

“śuni, caitanya-gaṇa kare bahuta bhakṣaṇa
‘satya’ sei vākya, — sākṣāt dekhiluṅ ekhana

Word by word

śuni — I have heard; caitanya-gaṇa — the followers of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; kare bahuta bhakṣaṇa — eat more than necessary; satya — true; sei vākya — that statement; sākṣāt — directly; dekhiluṅ — I have seen; ekhana — now.

Translation

“I have heard,” he said, “that the followers of Caitanya Mahāprabhu eat more than necessary. Now I have directly seen that this is true.”