Text
aṣṭādaśādhyāya paḍe ānanda-āveśe
aśuddha paḍena, loka kare upahāse
Synonyms
aṣṭādaśa-adhyaya—eighteen chapters; pade—reads; ānanda-āveśe—in great ecstasy; aśuddha padena—could not pronounce the text correctly; loka—people in general; kare—do; upahāse—joking. ¶
Translation
The brāhmaṇa regularly read the eighteen chapters of the Bhagavad-gītā in great transcendental ecstasy, but because he could not pronounce the words correctly, people used to joke about him. ¶