ihāre nāriluṅ kṛṣṇa-nāma kahāite!"
śuniyā svarūpa-gosāñi lāgilā kahite

 ihāre - this boy; nāriluṅ - I could not; kṛṣṇa-nāma - the holy name of Kṛṣṇa; kahāite - cause to speak; śuniyā - hearing; svarūpa-gosāñi - Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosāñi; lāgilā - began; kahite - to say.


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“But I could not induce this boy to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.” Hearing this, Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī began to speak.

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