CC Madhya 24.4

Madhya-līlā, Chapter 24, Text 4

‘পূর্বে শুনিয়াছোঁ, তুমি সার্বভৌম-স্থানে ।
এক শ্লোকে আঠার অর্থ কৈরাছ ব্যাখ্যানে ॥ ৪ ॥

‘pūrve śuniyāchoṅ, tumi sārvabhauma-sthāne
eka śloke āṭhāra artha kairācha vyākhyāne

Word by word

pūrve — formerly; śuniyāchoṅ — I heard; tumi — You; sārvabhauma-sthāne — at the place of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya; eka śloke — in one verse; āṭhāra artha — eighteen meanings; kairācha vyākhyāne — have explained.

Translation

Sanātana Gosvāmī said, “My Lord, I have heard that previously, at the home of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, You explained the ātmārāma verse in eighteen different ways.”