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Chapter 23: Life's Ultimate Goal—Love of Godhead

Verse 119 of 111
Cc Madhya 23.119

তবে সনাতন প্রভুর চরণে ধরিযা নিবেদন করে দন্তে তৃণগুচ্ছ লঞা

तबे सनातन प्रभुर चरणे धरिया निवेदन करे दन्ते तृणगुच्छ लञा

tabe sanātana prabhura caraṇe dhariyā nivedana kare dante tṛṇa-guccha lañā

Synonyms

tabe—at that time; sanātana—Sanātana Gosvāmī; prabhura—of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; caraṇe dhariyā—catching the lotus feet; nivedana kare—submits a petition; dante—in the teeth; tṛṇa-guccha—a bunch of straw; lañā—taking..

Translation

Sanātana Gosvāmī then humbly accepted his position as lower than a piece of straw, and, symbolically holding some straw in his mouth, he fell down, clasped the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and submitted the following petition.

Verse 119 of 111