5.105

saksate na dekhile mane pratiti na haya

ihan yadi rahena, tabu nahi kichu bhaya’

SYNONYMS

saksate—directly; na—not; dekhile—if seeing; mane—in the mind; pratiti—assurance; na—not; haya—there is; ihan—here; yadi—if; rahena—the Lord stays; tabu—still; nahi—there is not; kichu—any; bhaya—fear.

The brahmana then began to think that if the people didn’t directly see the Gopala Deity, they would not believe that He had arrived “But even if Gopala stays here,” he thought, “there is still nothing to fear.”