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prabhu hasi’ kaila,--tumi kichu na janila

purve ami achilan jatite goyala

SYNONYMS

prabhu—the Lord; hasi’-smiling; kaila—said; tumi—you; kichu—anything; na—not; janila—know; purve—in the past; ami—I; achilan—was; jatite—by caste; goyala—cowherd.

When the astrologer was speaking so highly of Him, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu stopped him and began to smile “My dear sir,” He said, "I think you do not know very clearly what I was, for I know that in My previous birth I was a cowherd boy.