Ādi 10.144

TEXT 144

TEXT

বাইশ ঘড়া জল দিনে ভরেন রামাই ।
গোবিন্দ-আজ্ঞায় সেবা করেন নন্দাই ॥ ১৪৪ ॥

baisa ghada jala dine bharena ramai

govinda-ajnaya seva karena nandai

SYNONYMS

baisa-twenty-two; ghada-big water pots; jala-water; dine-daily; bharena-fills; ramai-of the name Ramai; govinda-ajnaya-by the order of Govinda; seva-service; karena-renders; nandai-of the name Nandai.

TRANSLATION

Every day Ramai filled twenty-two big water pots, whereas Nandai personally assisted Govinda.

PURPORT

In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (139) it is stated that two servants who formerly supplied milk and water to Lord Krsna became Ramai and Nandai in the pastimes of Caitanya Mahaprabhu.