CC Madhya 15.290

Madhya-līlā, Chapter 15, Text 290

প্রভু-পদ ধরি’ ভট্ট কহিতে লাগিলা ।
মরিত’ অমোঘ, তারে কেনে জীয়াইলা ॥ ২৯০ ॥

prabhu-pada dhari’ bhaṭṭa kahite lāgilā
marita’ amogha, tāre kene jīyāilā

Word by word

prabhu-pada — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s lotus feet; dhari’ — catching hold of; bhaṭṭa — Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya; kahite lāgilā — began to speak; marita’ amogha — Amogha would have died; tāre — him; kene — why; jīyāilā — have You brought to life.

Translation

Catching hold of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s lotus feet, the Bhaṭṭācārya said, “Why did You bring Amogha back to life? It would have been better had he died.”