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govinda-pasa suni’ prabhu puchena svarupere

’raghu bhiksa lagi’ thada kene nahe simha-dvare’?

SYNONYMS

govinda-pasa—from Govinda; suni’-hearing; prabhu—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; puchena svarupere—inquired from Svarupa Damodara Gosvami; raghu—Raghunatha dasa; bhiksa lagi’-for begging; thada kene nahe—why does he not stand; simha-dvare—at the Simha-dvara gate.

When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu heard this news from Govinda, He inquired from Svarupa Damodara, “Why does Raghunatha dasa no longer stand at the Simha-dvara gate to beg alms?”