Text 24
eta kahi’ gaurahari, dui-janāra kaṇṭha dhari’,
kahe, — ‘śuna, svarūpa-rāmarāya
kāhāṅ karoṅ, kāhāṅ yāṅa, kāhāṅ gele kṛṣṇa pāṅa,
duṅhe more kaha se upāya’
eta kahi’ — saying this; gaurahari — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; dui-janāra — of the two persons; kaṇṭha dhari’ — catching the necks; kahe — said; śuna — please hear; svarūpa-rāma-rāya — Svarūpa Dāmodara and Rāmānanda Rāya; kāhāṅ karoṅ — what shall I do; kāhāṅ yāṅa — where shall I go; kāhāṅ gele — going where; kṛṣṇa pāṅa — I can get Kṛṣṇa; duṅhe — both of you; more — unto Me; kaha — please say; se upāya — such a means.
After speaking in this way, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu caught hold of the necks of Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara. Then the Lord said, “My dear friends, please listen to Me. What shall I do? Where shall I go? Where can I go to get Kṛṣṇa? Please, both of you, tell Me how I can find Him.”