# Cc. Madhya 9.94 ## Text > aṣṭādaśādhyāya paḍe ānanda-āveśe > aśuddha paḍena, loka kare upahāse ## Synonyms *aṣṭādaśa*-*adhyāya*—eighteen chapters; *paḍe*—reads; *ānanda*-*āveśe*—in great ecstasy; *aśuddha* *paḍena*—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.**