CC Madhya 17.165
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 17, Text 165
‘আর্য, সরল, তুমি — বৃদ্ধ ব্রাহ্মণ ।
কাহাঁ হৈতে পাইলে তুমি এই প্রেমধন?’ ॥ ১৬৫ ॥
কাহাঁ হৈতে পাইলে তুমি এই প্রেমধন?’ ॥ ১৬৫ ॥
‘ārya, sarala, tumi — vṛddha brāhmaṇa
kāhāṅ haite pāile tumi ei prema-dhana?’
kāhāṅ haite pāile tumi ei prema-dhana?’
Word by word
ārya — advanced in devotional service; sarala — simple; tumi — you; vṛddha brāhmaṇa — elderly brāhmaṇa; kāhāṅ haite — from where; pāile tumi — did you obtain; ei — this; prema-dhana — transcendental opulence of ecstatic love.
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “You are an elderly brāhmaṇa, you are sincere, and you are advanced in spiritual life. Wherefrom have you gotten this transcendental opulence of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa?”