CC Madhya 18.204
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 18, Text 204
কৃপা করি’ বল মোরে ‘সাধ্য-সাধনে’ ।
এত বলি’ পড়ে মহাপ্রভুর চরণে ॥ ২০৪ ॥
এত বলি’ পড়ে মহাপ্রভুর চরণে ॥ ২০৪ ॥
kṛpā kari’ bala more ‘sādhya-sādhane’
eta bali’ paḍe mahāprabhura caraṇe
eta bali’ paḍe mahāprabhura caraṇe
Word by word
kṛpā kari’ — by Your causeless mercy; bala — speak; more — to me; sādhya-sādhane — the ultimate object of life and the process to achieve it; eta bali’ — saying this; paḍe — falls down; mahāprabhura caraṇe — at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Translation
Saying this, the saintly Muslim fell at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and requested Him to speak of life’s ultimate goal and the process by which it could be obtained.