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CC Madhya 4.20

Bengali

পূর্বে মাধবপুরীর লাগি’ ক্ষীর কৈল চুরি ।
অতএব নাম হৈল ‘ক্ষীরচোরা হরি’ ॥ ২০ ॥

Text

pūrve mādhava-purīra lāgi’ kṣīra kaila curi
ataeva nāma haila ‘kṣīra-corā hari’

Synonyms

pūrve — formerly; mādhava-purīra lāgi’ — for Mādhavendra Purī; kṣīra — sweet rice; kaila — did; curi — steal; ataeva — therefore; nāma — the name; haila — became; kṣīra-corā hari — the Lord who stole a pot of sweet rice.

Translation

Formerly the Deity had stolen a pot of sweet rice for Mādhavendra Purī; therefore He became very famous as the Lord who stole the sweet rice.