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tabe sanatana prabhura carane dhariya

nivedana kare dante trna-guccha lana

SYNONYMS

tabe—at that time; sanatana—Sanatana Gosvami; prabhura—of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; carane dhariya—catching the lotus feet; nivedana kare—submits a petition; dante—in the teeth; trna-guccha—a bunch of straw; lana—taking.

Sanatana Gosvami 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 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and submitted the following petition.