1|Madhya 18-1975: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Visit to Sri
>|Vrndavana
2|Chapter 18
3|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Visit to Sri Vrndavana
4|The following summary of the Eighteenth Chapter is given by
>|Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya. In
>|the village of Arit-grama, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|discovered the transcendental lakes known as Radha-kunda
>|and Syama-kunda. He then saw the Deity Harideva at
>|Govardhana Village. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had no desire
>|to climb Govardhana Hill because the hill is worshiped as
>|Krsna. The Gopala Deity could understand the mind of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; therefore on the plea of being
>|attacked by Muslims, Gopala transferred Himself to the
>|village of Ganthuli-grama. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then
>|went to Ganthuli-grama to see Lord Gopala. Some years later,
>| Lord Gopala also went to Mathura to the temple of
>|Viththalesvara and stayed there for one month just to
>|give an audience to Srila Rupa Gosvami.
5|After visiting Nandisvara, Pavana-sarovara, Sesasayi, Khela-
>|tirtha, Bhandiravana, Bhadravana, Lohavana and Mahavana,
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to Gokula and then finally
>|returned to Mathura. Seeing a great crowd in Mathura, He
>|moved His residence near Akrura-ghata, and from there He
>|went every day to Vrndavana to see Kaliya-hrada,
>|Dvadasaditya-ghata, Kesi-ghata, Rasa-sthali, Cira-ghata and
>|Amli-tala. At Kaliya Lake, many people mistook a fisherman
>|for Krsna. When some respectable people came to see Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, they expressed their opinion that when
>|one takes sannyasa, he becomes Narayana. Their mistake was
>|corrected by the Lord. In this way, their Krsna
>|consciousness was awakened, and they could understand that
>|a sannyasi is simply a living entity and not the Supreme
>|personality of Godhead.
6|When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took His bath at Akrura-ghata,
>|He submerged Himself in the water for a long time.
>|Balabhadra Bhattacarya decided to take Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu to Prayaga after visiting the holy place known
>|as Soroksetra . While stopping near a village on the
>|way to Prayaga, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu fainted in ecstatic
>|love. Some Pathana soldiers who were passing through saw
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and falsely concluded that the Lord'
>|s associates, Balabhadra Bhattacarya and others, had killed
>|the Lord with a poison named dhutura and were taking His
>|wealth. Thus the soldiers arrested them. However, when Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu regained His senses, His associates
>|were released. He talked with a person who was supposed to
>|be a holy man in the party. From the Koran, Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu established devotional service to Krsna. Thus
>|the leader of the soldiers, named Vijali Khan, surrendered
>|to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and he and his party became
>|devotees of Lord Krsna. The same village today is known as
>|the village of Pathana Vaisnavas. After bathing in the
>|Ganges at Soro, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu arrived at Prayaga
>| at the confluence of three rivers-the Ganges, Yamuna and
>|Sarasvati.
7|Madhya 18.1
8|TEXT 1
9|TEXT
10|vrndavane sthira-caran
11|nandayan svavalokanaih
12|atmanam ca tad-alokad
13|gaurangah parito 'bhramat
14|SYNONYMS
15|vrndavane-in Vrndavana; sthira-caran-to the living entities,
>| both moving and not moving; nandayan-giving pleasure; sva-
>|avalokanaih-by His personal glances; atmanam-to Himself; ca-
>|also; tat-alokat-by seeing them; gaurangah-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; paritah-all around; abhramat-traveled.
16|TRANSLATION
17|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu traveled all over Vrndavana and
>|pleased all living entities, moving and nonmoving, with His
>|glances. The Lord took much personal pleasure in seeing
>|everyone. In this way Lord Gauranga traveled in Vrndavana.
18|Madhya 18.2
19|TEXT 2
20|TEXT
21|jaya jaya gauracandra jaya nityananda
22|jayadvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda
23|SYNONYMS
24|jaya jaya-all glories; gauracandra-to Lord Gauracandra (Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu); jaya-all glories; nityananda-to Lord
>|Nityananda Prabhu; jaya-all glories; advaita-candra-to Sri
>|Advaita Gosani; jaya-all glories; gaura-bhakta-vrnda-to the
>|devotees of Lord Caitanya.
25|TRANSLATION
26|All glories to Lord Gauracandra! All glories to Nityananda
>|Prabhu! All glories to Advaita Prabhu! And all glories to
>|the devotees of Lord Caitanya headed by Srivasa
>|Thakura!
27|Madhya 18.3
28|TEXT 3
29|TEXT
30|ei-mata mahaprabhu nacite nacite
31|'arit'-grame asi' 'bahya' haila acambite
32|SYNONYMS
33|ei-mata-in this way; mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|nacite nacite-dancing and dancing; arit-grame-in the
>|village known as Arit-grama; asi,-coming; bahya-sense
>|perception; haila-there was; acambite-suddenly.
34|TRANSLATION
35|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu danced in ecstasy, but when He
>|arrived at Aritgrama , His sense perception was
>|awakened.
36|PURPORT
37|Arit-grama is also called Arista-grama. Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu understood that in that village, Aristasura was
>| killed by Sri Krsna. While there, He inquired about
>|Radha-kunda, but no one could tell Him where it was. The
>|brahmana accompanying Him could also not ascertain its
>|whereabouts. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu could then understand
>|that the holy places known as Radha-kunda and Syama-kunda
>|were at that time lost to everyone's vision. He therefore
>|discovered Radha-kunda and Syama-kunda, which were two
>|reservoirs of water in two paddy fields. Although there was
>|very little water, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was omniscient
>|and could understand that formerly these two ponds were
>|called Sri Radha-kunda and Syama-kunda. In this way Radha-
>|kunda and Syama-kunda were discovered.
38|Madhya 18.4
39|TEXT 4
40|TEXT
41|arite radha-kunda-varta puche loka-sthane
42|keha nahi kahe, sangera brahmana na jane
43|SYNONYMS
44|arite-in the village known as Arit-grama; radha-kunda-varta-
>|news of Radhakunda ; puche-inquires; loka-sthane-from
>|the local people; keha-anyone; nahi-not; kahe-could say;
>|sangera-the companion; brahmana-brahmana; na jane-does not
>|know.
45|TRANSLATION
46|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked the local people,"Where is
>|Radha-kunda?" No one could inform Him, and the brahmana
>|accompanying Him did not know either.
47|Madhya 18.5
48|TEXT 5
49|TEXT
50|tirtha 'lupta' jani' prabhu sarvajna bhagavan
51|dui dhanya-ksetre alpa-jale kaila snana
52|SYNONYMS
53|tirtha-holy place; lupta-lost; jani'-knowing; prabhu-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sarva-jna-omniscient; bhagavan-the
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead; dui-two; dhanya-ksetre-in
>|paddy fields; alpa-jale-in not very deep water; kaila snana-
>|took a bath.
54|TRANSLATION
55|The Lord then understood that the holy place called Radha-
>|kunda was no longer visible. However, being the omniscient
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead, He discovered Radha-kunda
>|and Syama-kunda in two paddy fields. There was only a
>|little water, but He took His bath there.
56|Madhya 18.6
57|TEXT 6
58|TEXT
59|dekhi' saba gramya-lokera vismaya haila mana
60|preme prabhu kare radha-kundera stavana
61|SYNONYMS
62|dekhi'-seeing; saba gramya-lokera-of all the people of the
>|village; vismaya haila-became astonished; mana-the minds;
>|preme-in ecstatic love; prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|kare-does; radha-kundera-of Radha-kunda; stavana-prayers.
63|TRANSLATION
64|When the people of the village saw Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|taking His bath in those two ponds in the middle of the
>|paddy fields, they were very astonished. The Lord then
>|offered His prayers to Sri Radha-kunda.
65|Madhya 18.7
66|TEXT 7
67|TEXT
68|saba gopi haite radha krsnera preyasi
69|taiche radha-kunda priya 'priyara sarasi'
70|SYNONYMS
71|saba-all; gopi-the gopis; haite-from; radha-Radharani;
>|krsnera-of Lord Krsna; preyasi-most beloved; taiche-
>|similarly; radha-kunda-Radha-kunda; priya-very dear;
>|priyara sarasi-the lake of the most beloved Radharani.
72|TRANSLATION
73|"Of all the gopis, Radharani is the dearmost. Similarly,
>|the lake known as Radha-kunda is very dear to the Lord
>|because it is very dear to Srimati Radharani.
74|Madhya 18.8
75|TEXT 8
76|TEXT
77|yatha radha priya visnos
78|tasyah kundam priyam tatha
79|sarva-gopisu saivaika
80|visnor atyanta-vallabha
81|SYNONYMS
82|yatha-as; radha-Srimati Radharani; priya-beloved; visnoh-of
>|Lord Krsna; tasyah-Her; kundam-lake; priyam-very dear;
>|tatha-similarly; sarva-gopisu-among all the gopis; sa-She;
>|eva-certainly; eka-alone; visnoh-of Lord Krsna; atyanta-
>|very much; vallabha-dear.
83|TRANSLATION
84|" ' Srimati Radharani is most dear to Lord Krsna,
>|and Her lake known as Radha-kunda is also very dear to
>|Him. Of all the gopis, Srimati Radharani is certainly the
>|most beloved.'
85|PURPORT
86|This is a verse from the Padma Purana.
87|Madhya 18.9
88|TEXT 9
89|TEXT
90|yei kunde nitya krsna radhikara sange
91|jale jala-keli kare, tire rasa-range
92|SYNONYMS
93|yei kunde-in which lake; nitya-daily; krsna-Lord Krsna;
>|radhikara sange-accompanied by Srimati Radharani; jale-in
>|the water; jala-keli-sporting in the water; kare-performs;
>|tire-on the bank; rasa-range-His rasa dance.
94|TRANSLATION
95|"In that lake, Lord Krsna and Srimati Radharani used to
>|sport daily in the water and have a rasa dance on the bank.
96|Madhya 18.10
97|TEXT 10
98|TEXT
99|sei kunde yei eka-bara kare snana
100|tanre radha-sama 'prema' krsna kare dana
101|SYNONYMS
102|sei kunde-in that lake; yei-anyone who; eka-bara-once; kare
>|snana-takes a bath; tanre-unto him; radha-sama-like Srimati
>|Radharani; prema-ecstatic love; krsna-Lord Krsna; kare dana-
>|gives as charity.
103|TRANSLATION
104|"Indeed, Lord Krsna gives ecstatic love like that of
>|Srimati Radharani to whoever bathes in that lake even once
>|in his life.
105|Madhya 18.11
106|TEXT 11
107|TEXT
108|kundera 'madhuri'-yena radhara 'madhurima'
109|kundera 'mahima'-yena radhara 'mahima'
110|SYNONYMS
111|kundera-of the lake; madhuri-sweetness; yena-as if; radhara-
>|of Srimati Radharani; madhurima-sweetness; kundera-of the
>|lake; mahima-glories; yena-as if; radhara-of Srimati
>|Radharani; mahima-glories.
112|TRANSLATION
113|"The attraction of Radha-kunda is as sweet as that of
>|Srimati Radharani. Similarly, the glories of the kunda [
>|lake] are as glorious as Srimati Radharani .
114|Madhya 18.12
115|TEXT 12
116|TEXT
117|sri-radheva hares tadiya-sarasi presthadbhutaih svair gunair
118|yasyam sri-yuta-madhavendur anisam pritya taya kridati
119|premasmin bata radhikeva labhate yasyam sakrt snana-krt
120|tasya vai mahima tatha madhurima kenastu varnyah ksitau
121|SYNONYMS
122|sri-radha-Srimati Radharani; iva-like; hareh-of Krsna;
>|tadiya-Her; sarasi-lake; prestha-very dear; adbhutaih-by
>|wonderful; svaih-own; gunaih-transcendental qualities;
>|yasyam-in which; sri-yuta-all-opulent; madhava-Sri Krsna;
>|induh-like the moon; anisam-incessantly; pritya-with great
>|affection; taya-in association with Srimati Radharani;
>|kridati-performs pastimes; prema-love; asmin-for Lord Krsna;
>| bata-certainly; radhika iva-exactly like Srimati Radharani;
>| labhate-obtains; yasyam-in which; sakrt-once; snana-krt-
>|one who takes a bath; tasyah-of the lake; vai-certainly;
>|mahima-glories; tatha-as well as; madhurima-sweetness; kena-
>|by whom; astu-can be; varnyah-described; ksitau-on this
>|earth.
123|TRANSLATION
124|" 'Because of its wonderful transcendental qualities, Radha-
>|kunda is as dear to Krsna as Srimati Radharani. It was in
>|that lake that the all-opulent Lord Sri Krsna performed His
>|pastimes with Srimati Radharani with great pleasure and
>|transcendental bliss. Whoever bathes just once in Radha-
>|kunda attains Srimati Radharani's loving attraction for Sri
>|Krsna. Who within this world can describe the glories and
>|sweetness of Sri Radha-kunda?' "
125|PURPORT
126|This verse is found in the Govinda-lilamrta (7.102).
127|Madhya 18.13
128|TEXT 13
129|TEXT
130|ei-mata stuti kare premavista hana
131|tire nrtya kare kunda-lila sanariya
132|SYNONYMS
133|ei-mata-in this way; stuti kare-offers prayers; prema-
>|avista-overwhelmed by ecstatic love; hana-becoming; tire-on
>|the bank; nrtya kare-dances; kunda-lila-pastimes of Radha-
>|kunda; sanariya-remembering.
134|TRANSLATION
135|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu thus offered prayers to Radha-kunda.
>| Overwhelmed by ecstatic love, He danced on the bank,
>|remembering the pastimes Lord Krsna performed on the bank
>|of Radha-kunda.
136|Madhya 18.14
137|TEXT 14
138|TEXT
139|kundera mrttika lana tilaka karila
140|bhattacarya-dvara mrttika sange kari' laila
141|SYNONYMS
142|kundera -of the lake; mrttika-earth; lana-taking; tilaka
>|karila-formed tilaka; bhattacarya-dvara-with the help of
>|Balabhadra Bhattacarya; mrttika-earth; sange-along; kari'-
>|making; laila-took.
143|TRANSLATION
144|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then marked His body with tilaka
>|made from the mud of Radha-kunda, and with the help of
>|Balabhadra Bhattacarya, He collected some of the mud and
>|took it with Him.
145|Madhya 18.15
146|TEXT 15
147|TEXT
148|tabe cali' aila prabhu 'sumanah-sarovara'
149|tahan 'govardhana' dekhi' ha-ila vihvala
150|SYNONYMS
151|tabe-thereafter; cali'-traveling; aila-came; prabhu-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sumanah-sarovara-to the lake known as
>|Sumanah; tahan-there; govardhana-Govardhana Hill; dekhi'-
>|seeing; ha-ila vihvala-became overwhelmed.
152|TRANSLATION
153|From Radha-kunda, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to Sumanah
>|Lake. When He saw Govardhana Hill from there, He was
>|overwhelmed by joy.
154|Madhya 18.16
155|TEXT 16
156|TEXT
157|govardhana dekhi' prabhu ha-ila dandavat
158|'eka sila' alingiya ha-ila unmatta
159|SYNONYMS
160|govardhana dekhi'-seeing Govardhana Hill; prabhu-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; ha-ila dandavat-offered obeisances
>|like a straight rod; eka sila-one piece of stone; alingiya-
>|embracing; ha-ila-became; unmatta-maddened.
161|TRANSLATION
162|When the Lord saw Govardhana Hill, He immediately offered
>|obeisances, falling down on the ground like a rod. He
>|embraced one piece of rock from Govardhana Hill and became
>|mad.
163|Madhya 18.17
164|TEXT 17
165|TEXT
166|preme matta cali' aila govardhana-grama
167|'harideva' dekhi' tahan ha-ila pranama
168|SYNONYMS
169|preme-in ecstatic love; matta-maddened; cali'-proceeding;
>|aila-came; govardhana-grama-to the village known as
>|Govardhana; hari-deva-the Deity named Harideva
>|installed there; dekhi'-seeing; tahan-there; ha-ila pranama-
>|offered obeisances.
170|TRANSLATION
171|Mad with ecstatic love, the Lord came to the village known
>|as Govardhana. It was there that He saw the Deity
>|Harideva and offered His obeisances unto Him.
172|Madhya 18.18
173|TEXT 18
174|TEXT
175|'mathura'-padmera pascima-dale yanra vasa
176|'harideva' narayana-adi parakasa
177|SYNONYMS
178|mathura-padmera-of the lotus flower of Mathura; pascima-
>|dale-on the western petal; yanra-whose; vasa-residence;
>|hari-deva-Lord Harideva; narayana-incarnation of
>|Narayana; adi-original; parakasa-manifestation.
179|TRANSLATION
180|Harideva is an incarnation of Narayana, and His residence
>|is on the western petal of the lotus of Mathura.
181|Madhya 18.19
182|TEXT 19
183|TEXT
184|harideva-age nace preme matta hana
185|saba loka dekhite aila ascarya suniya
186|SYNONYMS
187|hari-deva-age-in front of Harideva; nace-dances; preme-
>|in ecstatic love; matta hana-becoming maddened; saba loka-
>|all the people; dekhite-to see; aila-came; ascarya-
>|wonderful; suniya-hearing.
188|TRANSLATION
189|Mad with ecstatic love, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu began to
>|dance before the Harideva Deity. Hearing of the Lord's
>|wonderful activities, all the people came to see Him.
190|Madhya 18.20
191|TEXT 20
192|TEXT
193|prabhu-prema-saundarya dekhi' loke camatkara
194|haridevera bhrtya prabhura karila satkara
195|SYNONYMS
196|prabhu-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; prema-saundarya-ecstatic
>|love and beauty; dekhi'-seeing; loke-people; camatkara-
>|astonished; hari-devera-of Lord Harideva; bhrtya-
>|servants; prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; karila
>|satkara-offered a good reception.
197|TRANSLATION
198|The people were astonished when they saw Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu's ecstatic love and personal beauty. The priests
>|who served the Harideva Deity offered the Lord a good
>|reception.
199|Madhya 18.21
200|TEXT 21
201|TEXT
202|bhattacarya 'brahma-kunde' paka yana kaila
203|brahma-kunde snana kari' prabhu bhiksa kaila
204|SYNONYMS
205|bhattacarya-Balabhadra Bhattacarya; brahma-kunde-at the
>|lake called Brahma-kunda; paka-cooking; yana-going there;
>|kaila-peformed; brahma-kunde-at Brahma-kunda; snana kari'-
>|taking a bath; prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bhiksa kaila-
>|accepted lunch.
206|TRANSLATION
207|At Brahma-kunda, Bhattacarya cooked food, and the Lord,
>|after taking His bath at Brahma-kunda, accepted His lunch.
208|Madhya 18.22
209|TEXT 22
210|TEXT
211|se-ratri rahila haridevera mandire
212|ratre mahaprabhu kare manete vicare
213|SYNONYMS
214|se-ratri-that night; rahila-remained; hari-devera-of
>|Harideva; mandire-in the temple; ratre-at night; mahaprabhu-
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kare-does; manete-in the mind;
>|vicare-consideration.
215|TRANSLATION
216|That night the Lord stayed at the temple of Harideva, and
>|during the night He began to reflect.
217|Madhya 18.23
218|TEXT 23
219|TEXT
220|'govardhana-upare ami kabhu na cadiba
221|gopala-rayera darasana kemane paiba?'
222|SYNONYMS
223|govardhana-upare-upon the hill known as Govardhana; ami-I;
>|kabhu-at any time; na-not; cadiba-shall climb; gopala-
>|rayera-of Lord Gopala; darasana-visit; kemane-how; paiba-I
>|shall get.
224|TRANSLATION
225|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu thought, "Since I shall not at any
>|time climb Govardhana Hill, how shall I be able to see
>|Gopala Raya?"
226|Madhya 18.24
227|TEXT 24
228|TEXT
229|eta mane kari' prabhu mauna kari' rahila
230|janiya gopala kichu bhangi uthaila
231|SYNONYMS
232|eta-so much; mane kari'-considering within the mind; prabhu-
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; mauna-silent; kari'-becoming;
>|rahila-remained; janiya-knowing; gopala-the Deity Gopala
>|; kichu-some; bhangi-tricks; uthaila-raised.
233|TRANSLATION
234|Thinking in this way, the Lord remained silent, and Lord
>|Gopala, knowing His contemplation, played a trick.
235|Madhya 18.25
236|TEXT 25
237|TEXT
238|anaruruksave sailam
239|svasmai bhaktabhimanine
240|avaruhya gireh krsno
241|gauraya svam adarsayat
242|SYNONYMS
243|anaruruksave-who was unwilling to climb up; sailam-the
>|mountain; svasmai-unto Himself; bhakta-abhimanine-
>|considering Himself a devotee of Lord Krsna; avaruhya-
>|getting down; gireh-from the hill; krsnah-Lord Krsna;
>|gauraya-unto Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; svam-Himself;
>|adarsayat-showed.
244|TRANSLATION
245|Coming down from Govardhana Hill, Lord Gopala granted an
>|interview to Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who was
>|unwilling to climb the hill, thinking Himself a devotee of
>|Lord Krsna.
246|
247|Madhya 18.26
248|TEXT 26
249|TEXT
250|'annakuta'-name grame gopalera sthiti
251|raja-puta-lokera sei grame vasati
252|SYNONYMS
253|annakuta-name-by the name Annakuta; grame-in the village;
>|gopalera-of Gopala; sthiti-residence; raja-puta-lokera-of
>|people from Rajasthan; sei grame-in that village; vasati-
>|habitation.
254|TRANSLATION
255|Gopala stayed in a village called Annakuta-grama on
>|Govardhana Hill. The villagers who lived in that village
>|were mainly from Rajasthan.
256|PURPORT
257|The village named Annakuta-grama is referred to in
>|Bhakti-ratnakara (Fifth Wave):
258|gopa-gopi bhunjayena kautuka apara
259|ei hetu 'aniyora' nama se ihara
260|annakuta-sthana ei dekha srinivasa
261|e-sthana darsane haya purna abhilasa
262|"It is here that all the gopis and the gopas enjoyed
>|wonderful pastimes with Sri Krsna. Therefore this place is
>|also called Aniyora. The Annakuta ceremony was celebrated
>|here. O Srinivasa, whoever sees this place has all his
>|desires fulfilled." It is also stated:
263|kundera nikata dekha nivida-kanana
264|ethai 'gopala' chila hana sangopana
265|"Look at the dense forest near the kunda. It was there that
>|Gopala was concealed." Also, the Stavavali (8.
>|75) by Raghunatha dasa Gosvami states:
266|vrajendra-varyarpita-bhogam uccair
267|dhrtva brhat-kayam agharir utkah
268|varena radham chalayan vibhunkte
269|yatranna-kutam tad aham prapadye
270|Madhya 18.27
271|TEXT 27
272|TEXT
273|eka-jana asi' ratre gramike balila
274|'tomara grama marite turuka-dhari sajila
275|SYNONYMS
276|eka-jana-one person; asi'-coming; ratre-at night; gramike-
>|to the inhabitants of the village; balila-said; tomara-your;
>| grama-village; marite-to attack; turuka-dhari-Turkish
>|Mohammedan soldiers; sajila-are prepared.
277|TRANSLATION
278|One person who came to the village informed the inhabitants,
>| "The Turkish soldiers are now preparing to attack your
>|village.
279|Madhya 18.28
280|TEXT 28
281|TEXT
282|aji ratrye palaha, na rahiha eka-jana
283|thakura lana bhaga', asibe kali yavana'
284|SYNONYMS
285|aji ratrye-this night; palaha-go away; na rahiha-do not
>|remain; eka-jana-one person; thakura-the Deity; lana-taking;
>| bhaga'-go away; asibe-will come; kali-tomorrow; yavana-the
>|Mohammedan soldiers.
286|TRANSLATION
287|"Flee this village tonight, and do not allow one person to
>|remain. Take the Deity with you and leave, for the
>|Mohammedan soldiers will come tomorrow."
288|Madhya 18.29
289|TEXT 29
290|TEXT
291|suniya gramera loka cintita ha-ila
292|prathame gopala lana ganthuli-grame khuila
293|SYNONYMS
294|suniya-hearing; gramera loka-all the people in the village;
>|cintita ha-ila-became very anxious; prathame-first; gopala
>|lana-taking Gopala; ganthuli-grame-in the village known as
>|Ganthuli; khuila-kept Him hidden.
295|TRANSLATION
296|Hearing this, all the villagers became very anxious. They
>|first took Gopala and moved Him to a village known as
>|Ganthuli.
297|Madhya 18.30
298|TEXT 30
299|TEXT
300|vipra-grhe gopalera nibhrte sevana
301|grama ujada haila, palaila sarva-jana
302|SYNONYMS
303|vipra-grhe-in the house of a brahmana; gopalera-of Lord
>|Gopala; nibhrte-very secretly; sevana-worship; grama-the
>|village; ujada haila-became deserted; palaila-fled; sarva-
>|jana-all the people.
304|TRANSLATION
305|The Gopala Deity was kept in the house of a brahmana, and
>|His worship was conducted secretly. Everyone fled, and thus
>|the village of Annakuta was deserted.
306|Madhya 18.31
307|TEXT 31
308|TEXT
309|aiche mleccha-bhaye gopala bhage bare-bare
310|mandira chadi' kunje rahe, kiba gramantare
311|SYNONYMS
312|aiche-in that way; mleccha-bhaye-because of fear of the
>|Mohammedans; gopala-the Deity of Gopala Raya; bhage-runs
>|away; bare-bare-again and again; mandira chadi'-giving up
>|the temple; kunje-in the bush; rahe-remains; kiba-or; grama-
>|antare-in a different village.
313|TRANSLATION
314|Due to fear of the Mohammedans, the Gopala Deity was moved
>|from one place to another again and again. Thus giving up
>|His temple, Lord Gopala would sometimes live in a bush and
>|sometimes in one village after another.
315|Madhya 18.32
316|TEXT 32
317|TEXT
318|pratah-kale prabhu 'manasa-ganga'ya kari' snana
319|govardhana-parikramaya karila prayana
320|SYNONYMS
321|pratah-kale-in the morning; prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|manasa-gangaya-in the lake named Manasa-ganga; kari'-
>|performing; snana-bathing; govardhana-Govardhana Hill;
>|parikramaya-in circumambulating; karila-did; prayana-
>|starting.
322|TRANSLATION
323|In the morning, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took His bath in a
>|lake called Manasa-ganga. He then circumambulated
>|Govardhana Hill.
324|Madhya 18.33
325|TEXT 33
326|TEXT
327|govardhana dekhi' prabhu premavista hana
328|nacite nacite calila sloka padiya
329|SYNONYMS
330|govardhana dekhi'-seeing Govardhana Hill; prabhu-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; prema-avista hana-becoming ecstatic in
>|love; nacite nacite-dancing and dancing; calila-departed;
>|sloka padiya-reciting the following verse.
331|TRANSLATION
332|Just by seeing Govardhana Hill, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|became ecstatic with love of Krsna. While dancing and
>|dancing, He recited the following verse.
333|Madhya 18.34
334|TEXT 34
335|TEXT
336|hantayam adrir abala haridasa - varyo
>|
337|yad rama-krsna-carana-sparasa-pramodah
338|manam tanoti saha-go-ganayos tayor yat
339|paniya-suyavasa-kandara-kanda-mulaih
340|SYNONYMS
341|hanta-oh; ayam-this; adrih-hill; abalah-O friends; haridasa
>|-varyah-the best among the servants of the Lord; yat-
>|because; rama-krsna-carana-of the lotus feet of Lord Krsna
>|and Balarama; sparasa-by the touch; pramodah-jubilant;
>|manam-respects; tanoti-offers; saha-with; go-ganayoh-cows,
>|calves and cowherd boys; tayoh-to Them (Sri Krsna and
>|Balarama); yat-because; paniya-drinking water; suyavasa-
>|very soft grass; kandara-caves; kanda-mulaih-and by roots.
342|TRANSLATION
343|"Of all the devotees, this Govardhana Hill is the best! O
>|my friends, this hill supplies Krsna and Balarama, as well
>|as Their calves, cows and cowherd friends, with all kinds
>|of necessities-water for drinking, very soft grass, caves,
>|fruits, flowers and vegetables. In this way the hill offers
>|respect to the Lord. Being touched by the lotus feet of
>|Krsna and Balarama, Govardhana Hill appears very jubilant.
>|"
344|PURPORT
345|This is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.21.18). It
>|was spoken by the gopis when Lord Krsna and Balarama
>|entered the forest in the autumn. The gopis spoke among
>|themselves and glorified Krsna and Balarama for Their
>|pastimes.
346|Madhya 18.35
347|TEXT 35
348|TEXT
349|'govinda-kundadi' tirthe prabhu kaila snana
350|tahan sunila-gopala gela ganthuli grama
351|SYNONYMS
352|govinda-kunda-adi-Govinda-kunda and others; tirthe-in the
>|holy places; prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kaila snana-
>|performed bathing; tahan-there; sunila-heard; gopala-the
>|Gopala Deity; gela-has gone; ganthuli-Ganthuli; grama-to
>|the village.
353|TRANSLATION
354|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then took His bath in a lake called
>|Govinda-kunda, and while He was there, He heard that the
>|Deity Gopala had already gone to Ganthuli-grama.
355|Madhya 18.36
356|TEXT 36
357|TEXT
358|sei grame giya kaila gopala-darasana
359|premavese prabhu kare kirtana-nartana
360|SYNONYMS
361|sei grame-to that village; giya-going; kaila-performed;
>|gopala-darasana-seeing Lord Gopala; prema-avese-in ecstatic
>|love; prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kare-performs;
>|kirtana-nartana-chanting and dancing.
362|TRANSLATION
363|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then went to the village of
>|Ganthuli-grama and saw the Lord Gopala Deity. Overwhelmed
>|by ecstatic love, He began to chant and dance.
364|Madhya 18.37
365|TEXT 37
366|TEXT
367|gopalera saundarya dekhi' prabhura avesa
368|ei sloka padi' nace, haila dina-sesa
369|SYNONYMS
370|gopalera-of Gopala; saundarya-beauty; dekhi'-seeing;
>|prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; avesa-ecstasy; ei
>|sloka padi'-reciting the following verse; nace-dances;
>|haila-there was; dina-sesa-the end of the day.
371|TRANSLATION
372|As soon as the Lord saw the beauty of the Gopala Deity, He
>|was immediately overwhelmed by ecstatic love, and He
>|recited the following verse. He then chanted and danced
>|until the day ended.
373|PURPORT
374|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura gives the following
>|information about Govinda-kunda. There is a village named
>|Aniyora on Govardhana Hill, a little distance from the
>|village of Paitha. Govinda-kunda is situated near here, and
>|there are two temples to Govinda and Baladeva there.
>|According to some, Queen Padmavati excavated this lake. In
>|the Bhakti-ratnakara (Fifth Wave), the following statement
>|is found:
375|ei sri-govinda-kunda-mahima aneka
376|etha indra kaila govindera abhiseka
377|"Govinda-kunda is exalted for its many spiritual activities.
>| It was here that Indra was defeated by Lord Krsna, and
>|Indra offered his prayers and bathed Lord Govinda."
>|In the book Stavavali (Vraja-vilasa-stava 74) the following
>|verse is found:
378|nicaih praudha-bhayat svayam surapatih padau
>|vidhrtyeha yaih
379|svar-ganga-salilais cakara surabhi-dvarabhisekotsavam
380|govindasya navam gavam adhipata rajye sphutam kautukat
381|tair yat pradurabhut sada sphuratu tad govinda-kundam drsoh
382|
>|in the Mathura
>|
>|
>|
>|-khanda
>| it is also stated :
383|yatrabhisikto bhagavan
384|maghona yadu-vairina
385|govinda-kundam taj-jatam
386|snana-matrena moksadam
387|"Simply by bathing in Govinda-kunda, one is awarded
>|liberation. This lake was produced when Bhagavan Sri Krsna
>|was bathed by Lord Indra."
388|Ganthuli-grama is situated near the two villages Bilachu
>|and Gopala-pura. According to hearsay, Radha and Krsna
>|first met here. In the Bhakti-ratnakara (Fifth Wave), it is
>|stated: sakhi dunha vastre ganthi dila sangopane
>|.
>| It is also stated : phaguya laiya keha ganthi khuli'
>|dila . For this
>|reason the village is known as Ganthuli.
389|Madhya 18.38
390|TEXT 38
391|TEXT
392|vamas tamarasaksasya
393|bhuja-dandah sa patu vah
394|krida-kandukatam yena
395|nito govardhano girih
396|SYNONYMS
397|vamah-the left; tamarasa-aksasya-of Krsna, who has eyes
>|like lotus petals; bhuja-dandah-arm; sah-that; patu-let it
>|protect; vah-all of you; krida-kandukatam-being like a toy;
>|yena-by which; nitah-attained; govardhanah-named Govardhana;
>| girih-the hill.
398|TRANSLATION
399|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, " 'May the left arm of Sri
>|Krsna, whose eyes are like the petals of a lotus flower,
>|always protect you. With His left arm He raised Govardhana
>|Hill as if it were a toy.' "
400|PURPORT
401|This verse is found in the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (2.1.62).
402|Madhya 18.39
403|TEXT 39
404|TEXT
405|ei-mata tina-dina gopale dekhila
406|caturtha-divase gopala svamandire gela
407|SYNONYMS
408|ei-mata-in this way; tina-dina-for three days; gopale-
>|Gopala; dekhila-saw; caturtha-divase-on the fourth day;
>|gopala-the Deity Gopala ; sva-mandire- in His own
>|temple; gela-returned.
409|TRANSLATION
410|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw the Gopala Deity for three days.
>| On the fourth day, the Deity returned to His own temple.
411|Madhya 18.40
412|TEXT 40
413|TEXT
414|gopala sange cali' aila nrtya-gita kari
415|ananda-kolahale loka bale 'hari' 'hari'
416|SYNONYMS
417|gopala sange-with Gopala; cali'-walking; aila-came; nrtya-
>|gita kari-chanting and dancing; ananda-kolahale-in great
>|jubilation; loka-people; bale-say; hari hari-Hari, Hari.
418|TRANSLATION
419|Caitanya Mahaprabhu walked with the Deity of Gopala, and He
>|chanted and danced. A large and jubilant crowd of people
>|also chanted the transcendental name of Krsna, "Hari! Hari!"
420|Madhya 18.41
421|TEXT 41
422|TEXT
423|gopala mandire gela, prabhu rahila tale
424|prabhura vancha purna saba karila gopale
425|SYNONYMS
426|gopala-the Deity Gopala ; mandire gela-returned to
>|His temple; prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; rahila tale-
>|remain at the bottom; prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|vancha-desires; purna-satisfied; saba-all; karila-made;
>|gopale-the Deity Gopala .
427|TRANSLATION
428|The Deity Gopala then returned to His own temple, and
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu remained at the bottom of the hill.
>|Thus all the desires of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were
>|satisfied by the Deity Gopala .
429|Madhya 18.42
430|TEXT 42
431|TEXT
432|ei-mata gopalera karuna svabhava
433|yei bhakta janera dekhite haya 'bhava'
434|SYNONYMS
435|ei-mata-in this way; gopalera-of the Deity Gopala ;
>|karuna sva-bhava-kind behavior; yei-which; bhakta
>|janera-of persons who are devotees; dekhite-to see; haya-
>|there is; bhava-ecstatic love.
436|TRANSLATION
437|This is the way of Lord Gopala's kind behavior to His
>|devotees. Seeing this, the devotees were overwhelmed by
>|ecstatic love.
438|Madhya 18.43
439|TEXT 43
440|TEXT
441|dekhite utkantha haya, na cade govardhane
442|kona chale gopala asi' utare apane
443|SYNONYMS
444|dekhite-to see; utkantha haya-there was great anxiety; na
>|cade-does not go up; govardhane-on the hill known as
>|Govardhana; kona chale-by some trick; gopala-the Deity
>|Gopala ; asi'-coming; utare-descends; apane-
>|personally.
445|TRANSLATION
446|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was very anxious to see Gopala, but
>|He did not want to climb Govardhana Hill. Therefore by some
>|trick the Deity Gopala personally descended.
447|Madhya 18.44
448|TEXT 44
449|TEXT
450|kabhu kunje rahe, kabhu rahe gramantare
451|sei bhakta, tahan asi' dekhaye tanhare
452|SYNONYMS
453|kabhu-sometimes; kunje-in the bushes; rahe-remains; kabhu-
>|sometimes; rahe-He stays; grama-antare-in a different
>|village; sei bhakta-that devotee; tahan asi'-coming there;
>|dekhaye tanhare-sees Him.
454|TRANSLATION
455|In this way, giving some excuse, Gopala sometimes remains
>|in the bushes of the forest, and sometimes He stays in a
>|village. One who is a devotee comes to see the Deity.
456|Madhya 18.45
457|TEXT 45
458|TEXT
459|parvate na cade dui-rupa-sanatana
460|ei-rupe tan-sabare diyachena darasana
461|SYNONYMS
462|parvate-on the hill; na cade-do not ascend; dui-two; rupa-
>|sanatana-Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami; ei-rupe-in this
>|way; tan-sabare-unto them; diyachena-has given; darasana-
>|interview.
463|TRANSLATION
464|The two brothers Rupa and Sanatana did not climb the hill.
>|To them also Lord Gopala granted an interview.
465|Madhya 18.46
466|TEXT 46
467|TEXT
468|vrddha-kale rupa-gosani na pare yaite
469|vancha haila gopalera saundarya dekhite
470|SYNONYMS
471|vrddha-kale-in ripe old age; rupa-gosani-Rupa Gosvami; na
>|pare-is not able; yaite-to go; vancha haila-there was a
>|desire; gopalera-of Gopala; saundarya dekhite-to see the
>|beauty.
472|TRANSLATION
473|In ripe old age, Srila Rupa Gosvami could not go there, but
>|he had a desire to see the beauty of Gopala.
474|Madhya 18.47
475|TEXT 47
476|TEXT
477|mleccha-bhaye aila gopala mathura-nagare
478|eka-masa rahila viththalesvara-ghare
479|SYNONYMS
480|mleccha-bhaye-because of fear of the Muslims; aila-came;
>|gopala-the Deity Gopala ; mathura-nagare-to the city
>|of Mathura; eka-masa-one month; rahila-stayed;
>|viththalesvara-ghare-in the temple of Viththalesvara.
481|TRANSLATION
482|Due to fear of the Mohammedans, Gopala went to Mathura,
>|where He remained in the temple of Viththalesvara for one
>|full month.
483|PURPORT
484|When the two brothers Srila Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana
>|Gosvami went to Vrndavana, they decided to live there.
>|Following Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's example, they did not
>|climb the hill because they considered it nondifferent from
>|Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. On some pretext,
>|the Gopala Deity granted Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu an
>|audience beneath the hill, and Gopala similarly favored
>|Srila Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami. During his ripe
>|old age, when Rupa Gosvami could not go to Govardhana Hill
>|because of invalidity, Gopala kindly went to Mathura and
>|remained at the temple of Viththalesvara for one month. It
>|was then that Srila Rupa Gosvami could see Gopala's beauty
>|to his heart's content.
485|Madhya 18. 48
>|
486|TEXT 48
487|TEXT
488|tabe rupa gosani saba nija-gana lana
489|eka-masa darasana kaila mathuraya rahiya
490|SYNONYMS
491|tabe-thereupon; rupa gosani-Srila Rupa Gosvami; saba-all;
>|nija-gana lana-taking his associates with him; eka-masa-for
>|one month; darasana kaila-saw the Deity; mathuraya rahiya-
>|staying at the city of Mathura.
492|TRANSLATION
493|Srila Rupa Gosvami and his associates stayed in Mathura for
>|one month and saw the Deity Gopala.
494|PURPORT
495|The following description of the temple of Viththalesvara
>|is given in Bhakti-ratnakara (Fifth Wave):
496|viththalera seva krsna-caitanya-vigraha
497|tahara darsane haila parama agraha
498|sri-viththalanatha-bhatta-vallabha-tanaya
499|karila yateka priti kahile na haya
500|gatholi-grame gopala aila 'chala' kari'
501|tanre dekhi' nrtya-gite magna gaurahari
502|sri-dasa-gosvami adi paramarsa kari'
503|sri-viththalesvare kaila seva-adhikari
504|pita sri-vallabha-bhatta tanra adarsane
505|kata-dina mathuraya chilena nirjane
506|Sri Vallabha Bhatta had two sons. The elder, Gopinatha, was
>|born in 1432 Sakabda Era, and the younger,
>|Viththalanatha, was born in 1437 and died in
>|1507 . Viththala had seven sons: Giridhara,
>| Govinda, Balakrsna, Gokulesa, Raghunatha, Yadunatha and
>|Ghanasyama. Viththala completed many of his father's
>|unfinished books, including his commentary on Vedanta-
>|sutra, the Subodhini commentary on Srimad-Bhagavatam,
>|Vidvan-mandana, Srngara-rasa-mandana and Nyasadesa-vivarana.
>| Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to Vrndavana before the birth
>|of Viththala. Srila Rupa
>|Gosvami was very old at the time Gopala stayed at the house
>|of Viththalanatha.
507|Madhya 18.49
508|TEXT 49
509|TEXT
510|sange gopala-bhatta, dasa-raghunatha
511|raghunatha-bhatta-gosani, ara lokanatha
512|SYNONYMS
513|sange-with Rupa Gosvami; gopala-bhatta-Gopala Bhatta; dasa-
>|raghunatha-Raghunatha dasa Gosvami; raghunatha-bhatta-
>|gosani-Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami; ara-and; lokanatha-
>|Lokanatha dasa Gosvami.
514|TRANSLATION
515|When Rupa Gosvami stayed at Mathura, he was accompanied by
>|Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Raghunatha
>|Bhatta Gosvami and Lokanatha dasa Gosvami.
516|PURPORT
517|Sri Lokanatha Gosvami was a personal associate of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu and a great devotee of the Lord. He was
>|a resident of a village named Talakhadi in the district of
>|Yasohara in Bengal. Previously he lived in
>|Kacnapada. His father's name was Padmanabha, and his only
>|younger brother was Pragalbha. Following
>|the orders of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Sri Lokanatha went
>|to Vrndavana to live. He established a temple named
>|Gokulananda. Srila Narottama dasa Thakura selected
>|Lokanatha dasa Gosvami to be his spiritual master, and
>|he was his only disciple. Because
>|Lokanatha dasa Gosvami did not want his name mentioned in
>|Caitanya-caritamrta, we do not often see it in this
>|celebrated book. On the E.B.R. Railroad, the Yasohara
>|station is located in Bangladesh. From the railway station
>|one has to go by bus to the village of Sonakhali and from
>|there to Khejura. From there one has to walk , or, during
>|the rainy season, go by boat to the village of Talakhadi.
>|In this village there are still descendants of Lokanatha
>|Gosvami's younger brother.
518|Madhya 18.50
519|TEXT 50
520|TEXT
521|bhugarbha-gosani, ara sri-jiva-gosani
522|sri-yadava-acarya, ara govinda gosani
523|SYNONYMS
524|bhugarbha-gosani-Bhugarbha Gosani; ara-and; sri-jiva-gosani-
>|Sri Jiva Gosvami; sri-yadava-acarya-Sri Yadava Acarya; ara-
>|and; govinda gosani-Govinda Gosvami.
525|TRANSLATION
526|Bhugarbha Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami, Sri Yadava Acarya and
>|Govinda Gosvami also accompanied Srila Rupa Gosvami.
527|Madhya 18.51
528|TEXT 51
529|TEXT
530|sri-uddhava-dasa, ara madhava-dui-jana
531|sri-gopala-dasa, ara dasa-narayana
532|SYNONYMS
533|sri-uddhava-dasa-Sri Uddhava dasa; ara-and; madhava-Madhava;
>| dui-jana-two persons; sri-gopala-dasa-Sri Gopala dasa; ara-
>|and; dasa-narayana-Narayana dasa.
534|TRANSLATION
535|He was also accompanied by Sri Uddhava dasa, Madhava, Sri
>|Gopala dasa and Narayana dasa.
536|Madhya 18.52
537|TEXT 52
538|TEXT
539|'govinda' bhakta, ara vani-krsnadasa
540|pundarikaksa, isana, ara laghu-haridasa
541|SYNONYMS
542|govinda-Govinda; bhakta-a great devotee; ara-and; vani-
>|krsnadasa-Vani Krsnadasa; pundarikaksa-Pundarikaksa; isana-
>|Isana; ara-and; laghu-haridasa-Laghu Haridasa.
543|TRANSLATION
544|The great devotee Govinda, Vani Krsnadasa, Pundarikaksa,
>|Isana and Laghu Haridasa also accompanied him.
545|PURPORT
546|Laghu Haridasa should not be confused with Junior Haridasa,
>|who committed suicide at Prayaga. Generally a devotee is
>|called Haridasa, and consequently there are many Haridasas.
>|The chief was Thakura Haridasa. There was also a Madhyama
>|Haridasa.
547|In Bhakti-ratnakara (Sixth Wave), there is a list of
>|many of the chief devotees who accompanied Srila Rupa
>|Gosvami.
548|gosvami gopala-bhatta ati dayamaya
549|bhugarbha, sri-lokanatha-gunera alaya
550|sri-madhava, sri-paramananda-bhattacarya
551|sri-madhu-pandita-yanra caritra ascarya
552|premi krsnadasa krsnadasa brahmacari
553|yadava acarya, narayana krpavan
554|sri-pundarikaksa-gosani, govinda, isana
555|sri-govinda vani-krsnadasa aty-udara
556|sri-uddhava-madhye-madhye gaude gati yanra
557|dvija-haridasa krsnadasa kaviraja
558|sri-gopala-dasa yanra alaukika kaya
559|sri-gopala, madhavadi yateka vaisnava
560|"The following Vaisnavas were present with Srila Rupa
>|Gosvami: the merciful Gopala Bhatta Gosvami; Bhugarbha
>|Gosvami; Sri Lokanatha dasa Gosvami, a reservoir of good
>|qualities; Sri Madhava; Sri Paramananda Bhattacarya; Sri
>|Madhu Pandita, whose characteristics are all wonderful;
>|Premi Krsnadasa; Krsnadasa Brahmacari; Yadava Acarya; the
>|merciful Narayana; Sri Pundarikaksa Gosvami; Govinda; Isana;
>| Sri Govinda; the magnanimous Vani Krsnadasa; Sri Uddhava,
>|who occasionally visited Bengal; Dvija Haridasa; Krsnadasa
>|Kaviraja; Sri Gopala dasa, whose body is completely
>|spiritual; Sri Gopala; Madhava; and many others."
561|Madhya 18.53
562|TEXT 53
563|TEXT
564|ei saba mukhya-bhakta lana nija-sange
565|sri-gopala darasana kaila bahu-range
566|SYNONYMS
567|ei saba-all these; mukhya-bhakta-chief devotees; lana nija-
>|sange-taking with him personally; sri-gopala darasana-
>|visiting Lord Gopala; kaila bahu-range-performed in great
>|jubilation.
568|TRANSLATION
569|It was with great jubilation that Rupa Gosvami visited Lord
>|Gopala accompanied by all these devotees.
570|Madhya 18.54
571|TEXT 54
572|TEXT
573|eka-masa rahi' gopala gela nija-sthane
574|sri-rupa-gosani aila sri-vrndavane
575|SYNONYMS
576|eka-masa rahi'-staying for one month; gopala-the Deity
>|Gopala ; gela-went; nija-sthane-to His own place; sri-
>|rupa-gosani-Sri Rupa Gosvami; aila-came back; sri-vrndavane-
>|to Vrndavana.
577|TRANSLATION
578|After staying at Mathura for one month, the Deity Gopala
>| returned to His own place, and Sri Rupa Gosvami
>|returned to Vrndavana.
579|Madhya 18.55
580|TEXT 55
581|TEXT
582|prastave kahilun gopala-krpara akhyana
583|tabe mahaprabhu gela 'sri-kamyavana'
584|SYNONYMS
585|prastave-in the course of the story; kahilun-I have stated;
>|gopala-krpara-of the mercy of Gopala; akhyana-description;
>|tabe-after this; mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; gela-
>|went; sri-kamya-vana-to Sri Kamyavana.
586|TRANSLATION
587|In the course of this story, I have given a description of
>|Lord Gopala's mercy. After seeing the Gopala Deity, Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to Sri Kamyavana.
588|PURPORT
589|Kamyavana is mentioned in the Adi-varaha Purana:
590|caturtham kamyaka-vanam
591|vananam vanam uttamam
592|tatra gatva naro
>| Devi
>|
593|mama loke mahiyate
594|In the Bhakti-ratnakara (Fifth Wave) it is also said:
595|ei kamyavane krsna-lila manohara
596|karibe darsana sthana kunda bahutara
597|kamyavane yata tirtha lekha nahi tara
598|Madhya 18.56
599|TEXT 56
600|TEXT
601|prabhura gamana-riti purve ye likhila
602|sei-mata vrndavane tavat dekhila
603|SYNONYMS
604|prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; gamana-riti-method of
>|touring; purve-formerly; ye-which; likhila-I have written;
>|sei-mata-similarly; vrndavane-at Vrndavana; tavat dekhila-
>|saw all the places.
605|TRANSLATION
606|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's touring Vrndavana has been
>|previously described. In the same ecstatic way, He traveled
>|all over Vrndavana.
607|Madhya 18.57
608|TEXT 57
609|TEXT
610|tahan lila-sthali dekhi' gela 'nandisvara'
611|'nandisvara' dekhi' preme ha-ila vihvala
612|SYNONYMS
613|tahan-at Kamyavana; lila-sthali-all the places of pastimes;
>|dekhi'-visiting; gela nandisvara-went to Nandisvara;
>|nandisvara dekhi'-while seeing Nandisvara; preme ha-ila
>|vihvala-became overwhelmed by ecstatic love.
614|TRANSLATION
615|After visiting the places of Krsna's pastimes at Kamyavana,
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to Nandisvara. While there, He
>|was overwhelmed with ecstatic love.
616|PURPORT
617|Nandisvara is the house of Maharaja Nanda.
618|Madhya 18.58
619|TEXT 58
620|TEXT
621|'pavanadi' saba kunde snana kariya
622|lokere puchila, parvata-upare yana
623|SYNONYMS
624|pavana-adi-Pavana and others; saba kunde-in every lake;
>|snana kariya-taking a bath; lokere puchila-inquired from
>|persons there; parvata-upare yana-going up a hill.
625|TRANSLATION
626|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu bathed in all the celebrated lakes,
>|beginning with Lake Pavana. Thereafter He climbed a hill
>|and spoke to the people.
627|PURPORT
628|The Pavana-sarovara is described in the Mathura-mahatmya:
629|pavane sarasi snatva
630|krsnam nandisvare girau
631|drstva nandam yasodam ca
>|
>|
632|sarvabhistam avapnuyat
633|Madhya 18.59
634|TEXT 59
635|TEXT
636|kichu deva-murti haya parvata-upare?
637|loka kahe,-murti haya gophara bhitare
638|SYNONYMS
639|kichu-any; deva-murti-deities; haya-are there; parvata-
>|upare-on the top of the hill; loka kahe-people said; murti
>|haya-there are deities; gophara bhitare-within a cave.
640|TRANSLATION
641|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked, "Are there any deities on
>|top of this hill?" The local people replied, "There are
>|deities on this hill, but they are located within a cave.
642|Madhya 18.60
643|TEXT 60
644|TEXT
645|dui-dike mata-pita pusta kalevara
646|madhye eka 'sisu' haya tribhanga-sundara
647|SYNONYMS
648|dui-dike-on two sides; mata-pita-father and mother; pusta
>|kalevara-very well-built body; madhye-between them; eka-one;
>| sisu-child; haya-there is; tri-bhanga-curved in three
>|places; sundara-very beautiful.
649|TRANSLATION
650|"There is a father and mother with well-built bodies, and
>|between them is a very beautiful child who is curved in
>|three places."
651|Madhya 18.61
652|TEXT 61
653|TEXT
654|suni' mahaprabhu mane ananda pana
655|'tina' murti dekhila sei gopha ughadiya
656|SYNONYMS
657|suni'-hearing; mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; mane-
>|within the mind; ananda pana-getting great pleasure; tina
>|murti-the three deities; dekhila-saw; sei gopha ughadiya-by
>|excavating the cave.
658|TRANSLATION
659|Hearing this, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu became very happy.
>|After excavating the cave, He saw the three deities.
660|Madhya 18.62
661|TEXT 62
662|TEXT
663|vrajendra-vrajesvarira kaila carana vandana
664|premavese krsnera kaila sarvanga-sparsana
665|SYNONYMS
666|vraja-indra-of the King of Vraja, Nanda Maharaja; vraja-
>|isvarira-and of the Queen of Vraja, mother Yasoda; kaila-
>|did; carana vandana-worshiping the lotus feet; prema-avese-
>|in ecstatic love; krsnera-of Lord Krsna; kaila-did; sarva-
>|anga-sparsana-touching the whole body.
667|TRANSLATION
668|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu offered His respects to Nanda
>|Maharaja and mother Yasoda, and with great ecstatic love He
>|touched the body of Lord Krsna.
669|Madhya 18.63
670|TEXT 63
671|TEXT
672|saba dina premavese nrtya-gita kaila
673|tahan haite mahaprabhu 'khadira-vana, aila
674|SYNONYMS
675|saba dina-all the days; prema-avese-in ecstatic love; nrtya-
>|gita kaila-danced and chanted; tahan haite-from there;
>|mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; khadira-vana aila-came
>|to the place known as Khadiravana.
676|TRANSLATION
677|Every day the Lord chanted and danced in ecstatic love.
>|Finally He went to Khadiravana.
678|PURPORT
679|Khadiravana is described in the Bhakti-ratnakara (Fifth
>|Wave):
680|dekhaha khadira-vana vidita jagate
681|visnu-loka-prapti etha gamana-matrete
682|"Behold the forest named Khadiravana, renowned throughout
>|the universe. If one comes to Khadiravana, he can
>|immediately be elevated to Visnuloka."
683|Madhya 18.64
684|TEXT 64
685|TEXT
686|lila-sthala dekhi' tahan gela 'sesasayi'
687|'laksmi' dekhi' ei sloka padena gosani
688|SYNONYMS
689|lila-sthala dekhi'-seeing the places of pastimes; tahan-
>|there; gela-departed; sesa-sayi-for seeing Sesasayi; laksmi-
>|the goddess of fortune; dekhi'-seeing; ei-this; sloka-verse;
>| padena-recites; gosani-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
690|TRANSLATION
691|After seeing the places of Lord Krsna's pastimes, Sri
>|Caitanya went to Sesasayi, where He saw Laksmi and recited
>|the following verse.
692|Madhya 18.65
693|TEXT 65
694|TEXT
695|yat te sujata-caranamburuham stanesu
696|bhitah sanaih priya dadhimahi karkasesu
697|tenatavim atasi tad vyathate na kim svit
698|kurpadibhir bhramati dhir bhavad-ayusam nah
699|SYNONYMS
700|yat-which; te-Your; sujata-very fine; carana-ambu-ruham-
>|lotus feet; stanesu-on the breasts; bhitah-being afraid;
>|sanaih-gently; priya-O dear one; dadhimahi-we place;
>|karkasesu-rough; tena-with them; atavim-the path; atasi-You
>|roam; tat-they; vyathate-are distressed; na-not; kim svit-
>|we wonder; kurpa-adibhih-by small stones and so on;
>|bhramati-flutters; dhih-the mind; bhavat-ayusam-of those of
>|whom Your Lordship is the very life; nah-of us.
701|TRANSLATION
702|"O dearly beloved! Your lotus feet are so soft that we
>|place them gently on our breasts, fearing that Your feet
>|will be hurt. Our life rests only in You. Our minds,
>|therefore, are filled with anxiety that Your tender feet
>|might be wounded by pebbles as You roam about on the forest
>|path. "
703|PURPORT
704|This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.31.19) spoken by
>|the gopis when Krsna left them in the midst of the rasa-
>|lila.
705|Madhya 18.66
706|TEXT 66
707|TEXT
708|tabe ' khela -tirtha ' dekhi ' '
>|bhandiravana , aila
709|yamuna para hana 'bhadra-vana' gela
710|SYNONYMS
711|tabe-thereafter; khela-tirtha-Khela-tirtha; dekhi'-seeing;
>|bhandiravana-Bhandiravana; aila-came to; yamuna para hana-
>|crossing the River Yamuna; bhadra-vana-to Bhadravana; gela-
>|went.
712|TRANSLATION
713|Afterwards, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw Khela-tirtha and
>|then went to Bhandiravana. crossing the Yamuna River,
>|He went to Bhadravana.
714|PURPORT
715|In the Bhakti-ratnakara it is said that Sri Krsna and
>|Balarama used to play at Khela-tirtha with the cowherd boys
>|during the entire day. Mother Yasoda had to call Them to
>|take Their baths and eat Their lunch.
716|Madhya 18.67
717|TEXT 67
718|TEXT
719|'srivana' dekhi' punah gela 'loha-vana'
720|'mahavana' giya kaila janma-sthana-darasana
721|SYNONYMS
722|sri-vana-Srivana; dekhi'-seeing; punah-again; gela-went;
>|loha-vana-to Lohavana; maha-vana-to Mahavana; giya-going;
>|kaila-performed; janma-sthana-birth site; darasana-seeing.
723|TRANSLATION
724|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then visited Srivana and Lohavana.
>|He then went to Mahavana and saw Gokula, the place of Lord
>|Krsna's early childhood pastimes.
725|PURPORT
726|Of Srivana (also called Bilvavana), the Bhakti-ratnakara
>|states, devata-pujita bilvavana sobhamaya: "The beautiful
>|forest of Bilvavana is worshiped by all the demigods."
727|About Lohavana, Bhakti-ratnakara (Fifth Wave) states:
728|lohavane krsnera adbhuta go-carana
729|etha loha-janghasure vadhe bhagavan
730|"At Lohavana, Lord Krsna used to tend cows. The demon named
>|Lohajangha was killed at this place."
731|Mahavana is described as follows in Bhakti-ratnakara (
>|Fifth Wave):
732|dekha nanda-yasoda-alaya mahavane
733|ei dekha sri-krsna-candrera janma sthala
734|sri-gokula, mahavana-dui 'eka' haya
735|"Behold the house of Nanda and Yasoda in Mahavana. See the
>|birthplace of Lord Krsna. Mahavana and the birthplace of
>|Lord Krsna, Gokula, are one and the same."
736|Madhya 18.68
737|TEXT 68
738|TEXT
739|yamalarjuna-bhangadi dekhila sei sthala
740|premavese prabhura mana haila talamala
741|SYNONYMS
742|yamala-arjuna-bhanga-the place where the twin arjuna trees
>|were broken; adi-beginning with; dekhila-saw; sei sthala-
>|that place; prema-avese-in great ecstasy; prabhura-of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; mana-mind; haila-became; talamala-
>|agitated.
743|TRANSLATION
744|Upon seeing the place where the twin arjuna trees were
>| broken by Sri Krsna, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was moved
>|to great ecstatic love.
745|Madhya 18.69
746|TEXT 69
747|TEXT
748|'gokula' dekhiya aila 'mathura'-nagare
749|janma-sthana' dekhi' rahe sei vipra-ghare
750|SYNONYMS
751|gokula dekhiya-seeing Gokula; aila-came; mathura-nagare-in
>|the city of Mathura; janma-sthana-the birthplace of Lord
>|Krsna; dekhi'-seeing; rahe-stays; sei vipra-ghare-in the
>|house of the Sanodiya brahmana.
752|TRANSLATION
753|After seeing Gokula, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu returned to
>|Mathura, where He saw the birthplace of the Lord. While
>|there, He stayed at the house of the Sanodiya brahmana.
754|Madhya 18.70
755|TEXT 70
756|TEXT
757|lokera sanghatta dekhi mathura chadiya
758|ekante 'akrura-tirthe' rahila asiya
759|SYNONYMS
760|lokera-of people; sanghatta-crowd; dekhi-seeing; mathura-
>|the city of Mathura; chadiya-leaving; ekante-in a solitary
>|place; akrura-tirthe-at Akrura-tirtha; rahila-stayed; asiya-
>|coming.
761|TRANSLATION
762|Seeing a great crowd assemble at Mathura, Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu left and went to Akrura-tirtha. He remained
>|there in a solitary place.
763|PURPORT
764|Akrura-tirtha is also mentioned in the Bhakti-ratnakara (
>|Fifth Wave):
765|dekha, srinivasa, ei akrura gramete
766|sri-krsna-caitanya-prabhu chilena nibhrte
767|"Srinivasa, look at this village of Akrura. Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu stayed there in a solitary place."
768|Madhya 18.71
769|TEXT 71
770|TEXT
771|ara dina aila prabhu dekhite 'vrndavana'
772|'kaliya-hrade' snana kaila ara praskandana
773|SYNONYMS
774|ara dina-the next day; aila-came; prabhu-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; dekhite-to see; vrndavana-Vrndavana; kaliya-
>|hrade-in the Kaliya Lake; snana kaila-took a bath; ara-and;
>|praskandana-at Praskandana.
775|TRANSLATION
776|The next day, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to Vrndavana and
>|took His bath at the Kaliya Lake and Praskandana.
777|PURPORT
778|Kaliya-hrada is mentioned in Bhakti-ratnakara (Fifth
>|Wave):
779|e kaliya-tirtha papa vinasaya
780|kaliya-tirtha-sthane bahu-karya-siddhi haya
781|"When one takes a bath in Kaliya-hrada, he is freed from
>|all sinful activities. One can also be successful in
>|business by bathing in Kaliya-hrada."
782|Madhya 18.72
783|TEXT 72
784|TEXT
785|'dvadasa-aditya' haite 'kesi-tirthe' aila
786|rasa-sthali dekhi' preme murcchita ha-ila
787|SYNONYMS
788|dvadasa-aditya haite-from Dvadasaditya; kesi-tirthe aila-
>|came to Kesi-tirtha; rasa-sthali dekhi'-visiting the place
>|of the rasa dance; preme-in ecstatic love; murcchita ha-ila-
>|became unconscious.
789|TRANSLATION
790|After seeing the holy place called Praskandana, Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to Dvadasaditya. From there He
>|went to Kesi-tirtha, and when He saw the place where the
>|rasa dance had taken place, He immediately lost
>|consciousness due to ecstatic love.
791|Madhya 18.73
792|TEXT 73
793|TEXT
794|cetana pana punah gadagadi yaya
795|hase, kande, nace, pade, uccaih-svare gaya
796|SYNONYMS
797|cetana pana-getting His senses back; punah-again; gadagadi
>|yaya-rolls on the ground; hase-laughs; kande-cries; nace-
>|dances; pade-falls down; uccaih-svare gaya-sings very
>|loudly.
798|TRANSLATION
799|When the Lord regained His senses, He began to roll on the
>|ground. He would sometimes laugh, cry, dance and fall down.
>|He would also chant very loudly.
800|Madhya 18.74
801|TEXT 74
802|TEXT
803|ei-range sei-dina tatha gonaila
804|sandhya-kale akrure asi' bhiksa nirvahila
805|SYNONYMS
806|ei-range-in this amusement; sei-dina-that day; tatha
>|gonaila-passed the day there; sandhya-kale-in the evening;
>|akrure asi'-returning to Akrura-tirtha; bhiksa nirvahila-
>|took His meal.
807|TRANSLATION
808|Being thus transcendentally amused, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|passed that day happily at Kesi-tirtha. In the evening He
>|returned to Akrura-tirtha, where He took His meal.
809|Madhya 18.75
810|TEXT 75
811|TEXT
812|prate vrndavane kaila 'cira-ghate' snana
813|tentuli-talate asi' karila visrama
814|SYNONYMS
815|prate-in the morning; vrndavane-in Vrndavana; kaila-
>|performed; cira-ghate snana-bathing at Cira-ghata; tentuli-
>|talate-underneath the Tentuli tree; asi'-coming; karila
>|visrama-took rest.
816|TRANSLATION
817|The next morning Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu returned to
>|Vrndavana and took His bath at Cira-ghata. He then went to
>|Tentuli-tala, where He took rest.
818|Madhya 18.76
819|TEXT 76
820|TEXT
821|krsna-lila-kalera sei vrksa puratana
822|tara tale pindi-bandha parama-cikkana
823|SYNONYMS
824|krsna-lila-kalera-of the time of Lord Krsna's presence; sei
>|vrksa-that tamarind tree; puratana-very old; tara tale-
>|underneath that tree; pindi-bandha-a platform; parama-
>|cikkana-very shiny.
825|TRANSLATION
826|The tamarind tree named Tentuli-tala was very old, having
>|been there since the time of Lord Krsna's pastimes. Beneath
>|the tree was a very shiny platform.
827|Madhya 18.77
828|TEXT 77
829|TEXT
830|nikate yamuna vahe sitala samira
831|vrndavana-sobha dekhe yamunara nira
832|SYNONYMS
833|nikate-near the Tentuli-tala, or Amli-tala; yamuna-the
>|Yamuna; vahe-flows; sitala samira-very cool breeze;
>|vrndavana-sobha-the beauty of Vrndavana; dekhe-sees;
>|yamunara-of the River Yamuna; nira-water.
834|TRANSLATION
835|Since the River Yamuna flowed near Tentuli-tala, a very
>|cool breeze blew there. While there, the Lord saw the
>|beauty of Vrndavana and the water of the River Yamuna.
836|Madhya 18.78
837|TEXT 78
838|TEXT
839|tentula-tale vasi' kare nama-sankirtana
840|madhyahna kari' asi' kare 'akrure' bhojana
841|SYNONYMS
842|tentula-tale-underneath the tamarind tree; vasi'-sitting
>|down; kare-does; nama-sankirtana-chanting the holy name of
>|the Lord; madhyahna kari'-at noon; asi'-coming back; kare-
>|performs; akrure-at Akrura-tirtha; bhojana-taking lunch.
843|TRANSLATION
844|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to sit beneath the old
>|tamarind tree and chant the holy name of the Lord. At noon
>|He would return to Akrura-tirtha to take lunch.
845|Madhya 18.79
846|TEXT 79
847|TEXT
848|akrurera loka aise prabhure dekhite
849|loka-bhide svacchande nare 'kirtana' karite
850|SYNONYMS
851|akrurera loka-the people at Akrura-tirtha; aise-came;
>|prabhure-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dekhite-to see; loka-
>|bhide-because of such a crowd of people; svacchande-without
>|disturbance; nare-was not able; kirtana karite-to perform
>|kirtana.
852|TRANSLATION
853|All the people who lived near Akrura-tirtha came to see Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and due to the large crowds, the Lord
>|could not peacefully chant the holy name.
854|Madhya 18.80
855|TEXT 80
856|TEXT
857|vrndavane asi' prabhu vasiya ekanta
858|nama-sankirtana kare madhyahna-paryanta
859|SYNONYMS
860|vrndavane asi'-coming to Vrndavana; prabhu-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; vasiya-sitting; ekanta-in a solitary place;
>|nama-sankirtana kare-performs chanting of the holy name;
>|madhyahna-paryanta-until noon.
861|TRANSLATION
862|Therefore Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would go to Vrndavana and
>|sit in a solitary place. It was there that He chanted
>| the holy name until noon.
863|Madhya 18.81
864|TEXT 81
865|TEXT
866|trtiya-prahare loka paya darasana
867|sabare upadesa kare 'nama-sankirtana'
868|SYNONYMS
869|trtiya-prahare-in the afternoon; loka-people; paya darasana-
>|get an interview; sabare-unto everyone; upadesa kare-
>|instructs; nama-sankirtana-chanting of the holy name of the
>|Lord.
870|TRANSLATION
871|In the afternoon, people were able to speak to Him. The
>|Lord told everyone of the importance of chanting the holy
>|name.
872|Madhya 18.82
873|TEXT 82
874|TEXT
875|hena-kale aila vaisnava 'krsnadasa' nama
876|rajaputa-jati,-grhastha, yamuna-pare grama
877|SYNONYMS
878|hena-kale-at this time; aila-came; vaisnava-a devotee;
>|krsnadasa nama-of the name Krsnadasa; rajaputa-jati-
>|belonging to the ksatriya class; grhastha-householder;
>|yamuna-pare grama-his residence on the other side of the
>|Yamuna.
879|TRANSLATION
880|During this time, a Vaisnava named Krsnadasa came to see
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He was a householder belonging to
>|the ksatriya caste, and his house was located on the other
>|side of the Yamuna.
881|Madhya 18.83
882|TEXT 83
883|TEXT
884|'kesi' snana kari' sei 'kaliya-daha' yaite
885|amli-talaya gosanire dekhe acambite
886|SYNONYMS
887|kesi snana kari'-after taking his bath at the place known
>|as Kesi-tirtha; sei-that person; kaliya-daha yaite-going to
>|the Kaliya-daha; amli-talaya-at the place known as Amli-
>|tala; gosanire-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dekhe-sees;
>|acambite-suddenly.
888|TRANSLATION
889|After bathing at Kesi-tirtha, Krsnadasa went toward Kaliya-
>|daha and suddenly saw Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu sitting at
>|Amli-tala [Tentuli-tala].
890|Madhya 18.84
891|TEXT 84
892|TEXT
893|prabhura rupa-prema dekhi' ha-ila camatkara
894|premavese prabhure karena namaskara
895|SYNONYMS
896|prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; rupa-prema-personal
>|beauty and ecstatic love; dekhi'-seeing; ha-ila camatkara-
>|became astonished; prema-avese-in ecstatic love; prabhure-
>|to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; karena namaskara-offers
>|obeisances.
897|TRANSLATION
898|Upon seeing the Lord's personal beauty and ecstatic love,
>|Krsnadasa was very astonished. Out of ecstatic love,
>|he offered his respectful obeisances unto the Lord.
899|Madhya 18.85
900|TEXT 85
901|TEXT
902|prabhu kahe,-ke tumi, kahan tomara ghara?
903|krsnadasa kahe,-mui grhastha pamara
904|SYNONYMS
905|prabhu kahe-the Lord inquired; ke tumi-who are you; kahan-
>|where; tomara-your; ghara-residence; krsnadasa kahe-
>|Krsnadasa replied; mui-I; grhastha-householder; pamara-most
>|fallen.
906|TRANSLATION
907|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked Krsnadasa, "Who are you?
>|Where is your home?" Krsnadasa replied, "I am a most fallen
>|householder.
908|Madhya 18.86
909|TEXT 86
910|TEXT
911|rajaputa-jati muni, o-pare mora ghara
912|mora iccha haya-'hana vaisnava-kinkara'
913|SYNONYMS
914|rajaputa-jati-belong to the Rajaputa caste; muni-I; o-pare-
>|on the other side of the Yamuna; mora ghara-my residence;
>|mora iccha haya-I wish; hana-to become; vaisnava-kinkara-
>|the servant of a Vaisnava.
915|TRANSLATION
916|"I belong to the Rajaputa caste, and my home is just on the
>|other side of the River Yamuna. However , I wish to be the
>|servant of a Vaisnava.
917|Madhya 18.87
918|TEXT 87
919|TEXT
920|kintu aji eka muni 'svapna' dekhinu
921|sei svapna parateka toma asi' painu
922|SYNONYMS
923|kintu-but; aji-today; eka-one; muni-I; svapna-dream;
>|dekhinu-saw; sei svapna-that dream; parateka-according to;
>|toma-You; asi'-coming; painu-I have gotten.
924|TRANSLATION
925|"Today I have had a dream, and according to that dream I
>|have come here and found You."
926|Madhya 18.88
927|TEXT 88
928|TEXT
929|prabhu tanre krpa kaila alingana kari
930|preme matta haila sei nace, bale 'hari'
931|SYNONYMS
932|prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tanre-unto him; krpa kaila-
>|bestowed His mercy; alingana kari-embracing; preme-in
>|ecstatic love; matta haila-became mad; sei-that Krsnadasa;
>|nace-dances; bale-chants; hari-the holy name of the Lord.
933|TRANSLATION
934|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then bestowed upon Krsnadasa His
>|causeless mercy by embracing him. Krsnadasa became mad with
>|ecstatic love and began to dance and chant the holy name
>|of Hari.
935|Madhya 18.89
936|TEXT 89
937|TEXT
938|prabhu-sange madhyahne akrura tirthe aila
939|prabhura avasista-patra-prasada paila
940|SYNONYMS
941|prabhu-sange-with the Lord; madhyahne-in the afternoon;
>|akrura tirthe-to Akrura-tirtha; aila-came; prabhura-of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; avasista-patra-prasada-remnants of
>|food; paila-got.
942|TRANSLATION
943|Krsnadasa returned to Akrura-tirtha with the Lord, and
>|remnants of the Lord's food were given to him.
944|Madhya 18.90
945|TEXT 90
946|TEXT
947|prate prabhu-sange aila jala-patra lana
948|prabhu-sange rahe grha-stri-putra chadiya
949|SYNONYMS
950|prate-in the morning; prabhu-sange-with Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; aila-came; jala-patra lana-carrying a waterpot;
>|prabhu-sange rahe-remains with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|grha-home; stri-wife; putra-children; chadiya-leaving aside.
951|TRANSLATION
952|The next morning, Krsnadasa went with Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu to Vrndavana and carried His waterpot. Krsnadasa
>|thus left his wife, home and children in order to remain
>|with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
953|Madhya 18.91
954|TEXT 91
955|TEXT
956|vrndavane punah 'krsna' prakata ha-ila
957|yahan tahan loka saba kahite lagila
958|SYNONYMS
959|vrndavane-at Vrndavana; punah-again; krsna-Lord Sri Krsna;
>|prakata ha-ila-became manifested; yahan tahan-everywhere;
>|loka-people; saba-all; kahite lagila-began to speak.
960|TRANSLATION
961|Everywhere the Lord went, all the people said, "Krsna has
>|again manifest at Vrndavana."
962|Madhya 18.92
963|TEXT 92
964|TEXT
965|eka-dina akrurete loka pratah-kale
966|vrndavana haite aise kari' kolahale
967|SYNONYMS
968|eka-dina-one day; akrurete-at Akrura-tirtha; loka-people;
>|pratah-kale-in the morning; vrndavana haite-from Vrndavana;
>|aise-came; kari'-making; kolahale-tumult.
969|TRANSLATION
970|One morning many people came to Akrura-tirtha. As they came
>|from Vrndavana, they made a tumultuous sound.
971|Madhya 18.93
972|TEXT 93
973|TEXT
974|prabhu dekhi' karila loka carana vandana
975|prabhu kahe,-kahan haite karila agamana?
976|SYNONYMS
977|prabhu dekhi'-seeing Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; karila-
>|offered; loka-people; carana vandana-respect unto His lotus
>|feet; prabhu kahe-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; kahan haite-
>|from where; karila agamana-have you come.
978|TRANSLATION
979|Upon seeing Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, all the people offered
>|respects at His lotus feet. The Lord then asked them,"
>|Where are you all coming from?"
980|Madhya 18.94
981|TEXT 94
982|TEXT
983|loke kahe,-krsna prakata kaliya-dahera jale!
984|kaliya-sire nrtya kare, phana-ratna jvale
985|SYNONYMS
986|loke kahe-all the people replied; krsna prakata-Krsna is
>|again manifest; kaliya-dahera jale-in the water of Lake
>|Kaliya; kaliya-sire-on the head of the serpent Kaliya;
>|nrtya kare-dances; phana-ratna jvale-the jewels on the
>|hoods blaze.
987|TRANSLATION
988|The people replied,"Krsna has again manifest Himself on
>|the waters of the Kaliya Lake. He dances on the hoods of
>|the serpent Kaliya, and the jewels on those hoods are
>|blazing.
989|Madhya 18.95
990|TEXT 95
991|TEXT
992|saksat dekhila loka-nahika samsaya
993|suni' hasi' kahe prabhu,-saba 'satya' haya
994|SYNONYMS
995|saksat-directly; dekhila loka-all the people saw; nahika
>|samsaya-there is no doubt; suni'-hearing; hasi'-laughing;
>|kahe prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; saba satya haya-
>|all that you have said is correct.
996|TRANSLATION
997|"Everyone has seen Lord Krsna Himself. There is no doubt
>|about it." Hearing this, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu began to
>|laugh. He then said, "Everything is correct."
998|Madhya 18.96
999|TEXT 96
1000|TEXT
1001|ei-mata tina-ratri lokera gamana
1002|sabe asi' kahe,-krsna pailun darasana
1003|SYNONYMS
1004|ei-mata-in this way; tina-ratri-three nights; lokera gamana-
>|people went; sabe-all; asi'-coming; kahe-say; krsna pailun
>|darasana-we have seen Lord Krsna directly.
1005|TRANSLATION
1006|For three successive nights people went to Kaliya-daha to
>|see Krsna, and everyone returned saying, "Now we have seen
>|Krsna Himself."
1007|Madhya 18.97
1008|TEXT 97
1009|TEXT
1010|prabhu-age kahe loka,-sri-krsna dekhila
1011|'sarasvati' ei vakye 'satya' kahaila
1012|SYNONYMS
1013|prabhu-age-in front of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kahe loka-
>|all the people began to say; sri-krsna dekhila-that they
>|have seen Lord Krsna; sarasvati-the goddess of learning; ei
>|vakye-this statement; satya-true; kahaila-caused the people
>|to speak.
1014|TRANSLATION
1015|Everyone came before Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and said, "Now
>|we have directly seen Lord Krsna." Thus by the mercy of the
>|goddess of learning they were made to speak the truth.
1016|Madhya 18.98
1017|TEXT 98
1018|TEXT
1019|mahaprabhu dekhi' 'satya' krsna-darasana
1020|nijajnane satya chadi' 'asatye satya-bhrama'
1021|SYNONYMS
1022|mahaprabhu dekhi'-by seeing Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; satya-
>|truly; krsna-darasana-seeing Krsna; nija-ajnane-by their
>|personal lack of knowledge; satya chadi'-giving up the real
>|truth; asatye-untruth; satya-bhrama-mistaking for the truth.
1023|TRANSLATION
1024|When the people saw Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, they actually
>|saw Krsna, but because they were following their own
>|imperfect knowledge, they accepted the wrong thing as Krsna.
1025|Madhya 18.99
1026|TEXT 99
1027|TEXT
1028|bhattacarya tabe kahe prabhura carane
1029|'ajna deha', yai' kari krsna darasane!'
1030|SYNONYMS
1031|bhattacarya-Balabhadra Bhattacarya; tabe-at that time; kahe-
>|says; prabhura carane-at the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; ajna deha'-please give permission; yai'-going;
>|kari krsna darasane-I shall see Lord Krsna directly.
1032|TRANSLATION
1033|At that time Balabhadra Bhattacarya placed a request at the
>|lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He said, "Please
>|give me permission to go see Lord Krsna directly."
1034|PURPORT
1035|The puzzled people who visited Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were
>|actually seeing Lord Krsna, but they were mistaken in
>|thinking that Lord Krsna had come to Kaliya Lake. They all
>|said that they had seen Krsna directly performing His
>|pastimes on the hood of the serpent Kaliya and that the
>|jewels on Kaliya's hoods were blazing brilliantly. Because
>|they were speculating with their imperfect knowledge, they
>|saw Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as an ordinary human being and
>|a boatman's light in the lake as Krsna. One must see things
>|as they are through the mercy of a spiritual master;
>|otherwise if one tries to see Krsna directly, he may
>|mistake an ordinary man for Krsna or Krsna for an ordinary
>|man. Everyone has to see Krsna according to the verdict of
>|Vedic literatures presented by the self-realized spiritual
>|master. A sincere person is able to see Krsna through the
>|transparent via medium of Sri Gurudeva, the spiritual
>|master. Unless one is enlightened by the knowledge given by
>|the spiritual master, he cannot see things as they are,
>|even though he remains constantly with the spiritual master.
>| This incident at Kaliya-daha is very instructive for those
>|eager to advance in Krsna consciousness.
1036|Madhya 18.100
1037|TEXT 100
1038|TEXT
1039|tabe tanre kahe prabhu capada mariya
1040|"murkhera vakye 'murkha' haila pandita hana
1041|SYNONYMS
1042|tabe-thereafter; tanre-unto Balabhadra Bhattacarya; kahe-
>|says; prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; capada mariya-
>|slapping; murkhera vakye-by the words of some rascals and
>|fools; murkha haila-you became a fool; pandita hana-being a
>|learned scholar.
1043|TRANSLATION
1044|When Balabhadra Bhattacarya asked to see Krsna at Kaliya-
>|daha, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu mercifully slapped him,
>|saying, "You are a learned scholar, but you have become a
>|fool influenced by the statements of other fools.
1045|PURPORT
1046|Maya is so strong that even a person like Balabhadra
>|Bhattacarya, who was constantly staying with Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, was influenced by the words of fools. He wanted
>|to see Krsna directly by going to Kaliya-daha, but Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, being the original spiritual master,
>|would not allow His servant to fall into such foolishness.
>|He therefore chastised him, slapping him just to bring him
>|to a real sense of Krsna consciousness.
1047|Madhya 18.101
1048|TEXT 101
1049|TEXT
1050|krsna kene darasana dibe kali-kale?
1051|nija-bhrame murkha-loka kare kolahale
1052|SYNONYMS
1053|krsna-Lord Krsna; kene-why; darasana-interview; dibe-would
>|give; kali-kale-in this Age of Kali; nija-bhrame-by their
>|own mistake; murkha-loka-foolish persons; kare kolahale-
>|make a chaotic tumult.
1054|TRANSLATION
1055|"Why will Krsna appear in the Age of Kali? Foolish people
>|who are mistaken are simply causing agitation and making a
>|tumult.
1056|PURPORT
1057|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's first statement (krsna kene
>|darasana dibe kali-kale) refers to the scriptures.
>|According to scripture, Krsna appears in Dvapara-yuga, but
>|He never appears as Himself in Kali-yuga. Rather, He
>|appears in Kali-yuga in a covered form. As stated in Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam (11.5.32): krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam
>|sangopangastra-parsadam. Krsna appears in the Age of Kali
>|in the garb of a devotee, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who
>|always associates with His internal soldiers-Sri Advaita
>|Prabhu, Sri Nityananda Prabhu, Srivasa Prabhu and Gadadhara
>|Prabhu. Although Balabhadra Bhattacarya was personally
>|serving Lord Krsna in His role as a devotee (Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu), he mistook Lord Krsna for an ordinary man and
>|an ordinary man for Lord Krsna because he did not follow
>|the rules set down by sastra and guru.
1058|Madhya 18.102
1059|TEXT 102
1060|TEXT
1061|'vatula' na ha-io, ghare rahata vasiya
1062|'krsna' darasana kariha kali ratrye yana"
1063|SYNONYMS
1064|vatula-mad; na ha-io-do not become; ghare-at home; rahata-
>|keep; vasiya-sitting; krsna-Lord Krsna; darasana-seeing;
>|kariha-you may do; kali-tomorrow; ratrye-at night; yana-
>|going.
1065|TRANSLATION
1066|"Do not become mad. Simply sit down here, and tomorrow
>|night you will go see Krsna."
1067|Madhya 18.103
1068|TEXT 103
1069|TEXT
1070|pratah-kale bhavya-loka prabhu-sthane aila
1071|'krsna dekhi' aila?'-prabhu tanhare puchila
1072|SYNONYMS
1073|pratah-kale-the next morning; bhavya-loka-respectable
>|gentlemen; prabhu-sthane-at the place of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; aila-came; krsna dekhi'-seeing Lord Krsna; aila-
>|have you come; prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tanhare
>|puchila-inquired from them.
1074|TRANSLATION
1075|The next morning some respectable gentlemen came to see Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and the Lord asked them, "Have you
>|seen Krsna?"
1076|Madhya 18.104
1077|TEXT 104
1078|TEXT
1079|loka kahe,-ratrye kaivartya naukate cadiya
1080|kaliya-dahe matsya mare, deuti jvaliya
1081|SYNONYMS
1082|loka kahe-the sensible respectable persons said; ratrye-at
>|night; kaivartya-a fisherman; naukate-on a boat; cadiya-
>|getting up; kaliya-dahe-in the lake of Kaliya; matsya mare-
>|catches fish; deuti jvaliya-lighting a torch.
1083|TRANSLATION
1084|These respectable gentlemen replied, "At night in the
>|Kaliya Lake a fisherman lighting a torch in his boat
>|catches many fish.
1085|Madhya 18.105
1086|TEXT 105
1087|TEXT
1088|dura haite taha dekhi' lokera haya 'bhrama'
1089|'kaliyera sarire krsna kariche nartana'!
1090|SYNONYMS
1091|dura haite-from a distant place; taha dekhi'-seeing that;
>|lokera-of people in general; haya-there is; bhrama-mistake;
>|kaliyera-of the snake Kaliya; sarire-on the body; krsna-
>|Lord Krsna; kariche nartana-is dancing.
1092|TRANSLATION
1093|"From a distance, people mistakenly think that they are
>|seeing Krsna dancing on the body of the Kaliya serpent.
1094|Madhya 18.106
1095|TEXT 106
1096|TEXT
1097|naukate kaliya-jnana, dipe ratna-jnane!
1098|jaliyare mudha-loka 'krsna' kari' mane!
1099|SYNONYMS
1100|naukate-on the boat; kaliya-jnana-knowledge as the Kaliya
>|snake; dipe-on the torch; ratna-jnane-consideration as
>|jewels; jaliyare-the fisherman; mudha-loka-foolish men;
>|krsna kari' mane-accept as Krsna.
1101|TRANSLATION
1102|"These fools think that the boat is the Kaliya serpent and
>|the torchlight the jewels on his hoods. People also mistake
>|the fisherman to be Krsna.
1103|Madhya 18.107
1104|TEXT 107
1105|TEXT
1106|vrndavane 'krsna' aila,-sei 'satya' haya
1107|krsnere dekhila loka,-iha 'mithya' naya
1108|SYNONYMS
1109|vrndavane-to Vrndavana; krsna-Lord Krsna; aila-has come
>|back; sei-that; satya haya-is true; krsnere-Krsna; dekhila-
>|saw; loka-the people; iha mithya naya-this is not false.
1110|TRANSLATION
1111|"Actually Lord Krsna has again returned to Vrndavana. That
>|also is a truth, and people have
>|seen Him.
1112|Madhya 18.108
1113|TEXT 108
1114|TEXT
1115|kintu kahon 'krsna' dekhe, kahon 'bhrama' mane
1116|sthanu-puruse yaiche viparita-jnane
1117|SYNONYMS
1118|kintu-but; kahon-where; krsna-Krsna; dekhe-one sees; kahon-
>|where; bhrama mane-mistakes; sthanu-puruse-the dry tree and
>|a person; yaiche-as; viparita-jnane-by understanding one to
>|be the other.
1119|TRANSLATION
1120|"But where they are seeing Krsna is their mistake. It is
>|like considering a dry tree to be a person."
1121|PURPORT
1122|The word sthanu means "a dry tree without leaves." From a
>|distance one may mistake such a tree for a person. This is
>|called sthanu-purusa. Although Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was
>|living in Vrndavana, the inhabitants considered Him an
>|ordinary human being, and they mistook the fisherman to be
>|Krsna. Every human being is prone to make such mistakes.
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was mistaken for an ordinary
>|sannyasi, the fisherman was mistaken for Krsna, and the
>|torchlight was mistaken for bright jewels on Kaliya's hoods.
1123|Madhya 18.109
1124|TEXT 109
1125|TEXT
1126|prabhu kahe ,- ' kahan paila '
>|krsna darasana ? '
1127|loka kahe,-'sannyasi tumi jangama-narayana
1128|SYNONYMS
1129|prabhu kahe-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu further inquired; kahan
>|paila-where have you gotten; krsna darasana-sight of Krsna;
>|loka kahe-the respectable persons replied; sannyasi tumi-
>|You are a sannyasi; jangama-narayana-moving Narayana.
1130|TRANSLATION
1131|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then asked them,"Where have you
>|seen Krsna directly? " The people replied,"You are a
>|sannyasi, a renunciant; therefore You are a moving Narayana
>|[jangama-narayana]."
1132|PURPORT
1133|This is the viewpoint of Mayavada philosophy. Mayavada
>|philosophy supports the impersonalist view that Narayana,
>|the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has no form. One can
>|imagine impersonal Brahman in any form-as Visnu, Lord Siva,
>|Vivasvan, Ganesa or Devi Durga. According to the Mayavada
>|philosophy, when one becomes a sannyasi he is to be
>|considered a moving Narayana. Mayavada philosophy holds
>|that the real Narayana does not move because, being
>|impersonal, He has no legs. Thus according to Mayavada
>|philosophy, whoever becomes a sannyasi declares himself
>|Narayana. Foolish people accept such ordinary human beings
>|as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is called
>|vivarta-vada.
1134|In this regard, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
>|comments that jangama-narayana means that the impersonal
>|Brahman takes a shape and moves here and there in the form
>|of a Mayavadi sannyasi. The Mayavada philosophy confirms
>|this. Danda-grahana-matrena naro narayano bhavet: "Simply
>|by accepting the danda of the order of sannyasa, one is
>|immediately transformed into Narayana." Therefore Mayavadi
>|sannyasis address themselves by saying , om namo
>|narayanaya. In this way one Narayana worships another
>|Narayana.
1135|Actually an ordinary human being cannot become Narayana.
>|Even the chief Mayavadi sannyasi, Sri Sankaracarya, says,
>|narayanah paro 'vyaktat: "Narayana is not a creation of
>|this material world. Narayana is above the material
>|creation." Due to their poor fund of knowledge, Mayavadi
>|sannyasis think that Narayana, the Absolute Truth, takes
>|birth as a human being and that when He realizes this, He
>|becomes Narayana again. They never consider why Narayana,
>|the Supreme Personality of Godhead, accepts an
>|inferior position as a human being and then again becomes
>|Narayana when He is perfect. Why should Narayana be
>|imperfect? Why should He appear as a human being? Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu very nicely explained these points
>|while at Vrndavana.
1136|Madhya 18.110
1137|TEXT 110
1138|TEXT
1139|vrndavane ha-ila tumi krsna-avatara
1140|toma dekhi' sarva-loka ha-ila nistara
1141|SYNONYMS
1142|vrndavane-at Vrndavana; ha-ila-became; tumi-You; krsna-
>|avatara-incarnation of Krsna; toma dekhi'-by seeing You;
>|sarva-loka-all people; ha-ila nistara-become liberated.
1143|TRANSLATION
1144|The people then said, "You have appeared in Vrndavana as an
>|incarnation of Krsna. Just by seeing You, everyone is now
>|liberated."
1145|Madhya 18.111
1146|TEXT 111
1147|TEXT
1148|prabhu kahe,-'visnu' 'visnu' iha na kahiba!
1149|jivadhame 'krsna'-jnana kabhu na kariba!
1150|SYNONYMS
1151|prabhu kahe-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied; visnu visnu-O
>|Visnu, Visnu ; iha-this; na kahiba-do not speak; jiva-
>|adhame-fallen conditioned souls; krsna-jnana-accepting as
>|Lord Krsna; kabhu-ever; na kariba-do not do.
1152|TRANSLATION
1153|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu immediately exclaimed,"Visnu!
>|Visnu! Do not call Me the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A
>|jiva cannot become Krsna at any time. Do not even say such
>|a thing!
1154|PURPORT
1155|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu immediately stated that a living
>|being, however exalted he may be, should never be compared
>|to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. All of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu's preaching protests the monistic philosophy of
>|the Mayavada school. The central point of Krsna
>|consciousness is that the jiva, the living entity, can
>|never be accepted as Krsna or Visnu. This viewpoint is
>|elaborated in the following verses.
1156|Madhya 18.112
1157|TEXT 112
1158|TEXT
1159|sannyasi-cit-kana jiva, kirana-kana-sama
1160|sad-aisvarya-purna krsna haya suryopama
1161|SYNONYMS
1162|sannyasi-a person in the renounced order of life; cit-kana
>|jiva-a small fragmental living being; kirana-of sunshine;
>|kana-small particle; sama-like; sat-aisvarya-purna-full in
>|six opulences; krsna-Lord Krsna; haya-is; surya-upama-
>|compared to the sun.
1163|TRANSLATION
1164|"A sannyasi in the renounced order is certainly part and
>|parcel of the complete whole, just as a shining molecular
>|particle of sunshine is part and parcel of the sun itself.
>|Krsna is like the sun, full of six opulences, but the
>|living entity is only a fragment of the complete whole.
1165|Madhya 18.113
1166|TEXT 113
1167|TEXT
1168|jiva, isvara-tattva-kabhu nahe 'sama'
1169|jvalad-agni-rasi yaiche sphulingera 'kana'
1170|SYNONYMS
1171|jiva-a living being; isvara-tattva-and the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead; kabhu-at any time; nahe-not; sama-
>|equal; jvalat-agni-rasi-large flame; yaiche-as; sphulingera-
>|of a spark; kana-fragmental portion.
1172|TRANSLATION
1173|"A living entity and the Absolute Personality of Godhead
>|are never to be considered equal, just as a fragmental
>|spark can never be considered the original flame.
1174|PURPORT
1175|Mayavadi sannyasis consider themselves Brahman, and they
>|superficially speak of themselves as Narayana. The monistic
>|disciples of the Mayavada school (known as smarta-brahmanas)
>| are generally householder brahmanas who accept the
>|Mayavadi sannyasis as Narayana incarnate; therefore they
>|offer their obeisances to them. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|immediately protested this unauthorized system,
>|specifically mentioning that a sannyasi (cit-kana jiva) is
>|nothing but a fragmental portion of the Supreme
>|. In other words, he is nothing more than an ordinary
>|living being. He is never Narayana, just as a molecular
>|portion of sunshine is never the sun itself. The living
>|entity is nothing but a fragmental part of the Absolute
>|Truth; therefore at no stage of perfection can a living
>|entity become the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This
>|Mayavada viewpoint is always condemned by the Vaisnava
>|school. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself protested this
>|philosophy. When the Mayavadis accept sannyasa and consider
>|themselves Narayana, they become so puffed up that they do
>|not even enter the temple of Narayana to offer respects,
>|for they falsely think themselves Narayana Himself.
>|Although Mayavadi sannyasis may offer respects to other
>|sannyasis and address them as Narayana, they do not go to a
>|Narayana temple and offer respects. These Mayavadi
>|sannyasis are always condemned and are described as demons.
>|The Vedas clearly state that living entities are
>|subordinate parts and parcels of the supreme. Eko bahunam
>|yo vidadhati kaman: the Supreme Being, Krsna, maintains all
>|living entities.
1176|Madhya 18.114
1177|TEXT 114
1178|TEXT
1179|hladinya samvid-aslistah
1180|sac-cid-ananda isvarah
1181|svavidya-samvrto jivah
1182|sanklesa-nikarakarah
1183|SYNONYMS
1184|hladinya-by the hladini potency; samvit-by the samvit
>|potency; aslistah-surrounded; sat-cit-anandah-always
>|transcendentally blissful; isvarah-the supreme controller;
>|sva-own; avidya-by ignorance; samvrtah-surrounded; jivah-
>|the living entity; sanklesa-of the threefold miseries;
>|nikara-of the multitude; akarah-the mine.
1185|TRANSLATION
1186|" 'The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the supreme
>|controller, is always full of transcendental bliss and is
>|accompanied by the potencies known as hladini and samvit.
>|The conditioned soul, however, is always covered by
>|ignorance and embarrassed by the threefold miseries of life.
>| Thus he is a treasure-house of all kinds of tribulations.'
1187|PURPORT
1188|This quotation of Visnusvami is cited in Sridhara
>|Svami's Bhavartha-dipika commentary on Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.
>|7.6).
1189|Madhya 18.115
1190|TEXT 115
1191|TEXT
1192|yei mudha kahe,-jiva isvara haya 'sama'
1193|seita 'pasandi' haya, dande tare yama
1194|SYNONYMS
1195|yei mudha-any foolish person who; kahe-says; jiva-the
>|living entity; isvara-the supreme controller; haya-are;
>|sama-equal; seita-he; pasandi haya-is a first-class atheist;
>| dande-punishes; tare-him; yama-the superintendent of death,
>| Yamaraja.
1196|TRANSLATION
1197|"A foolish person who says that the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead is the same as the living entity is an atheist, and
>|he becomes subject to punishment by the superintendent of
>|death, Yamaraja.
1198|PURPORT
1199|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura says that the word
>|pasandi refers to one who considers the living entity under
>|the control of the illusory energy to be equal with the
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is transcendental to
>|all material qualities. Another kind of pasandi is one who
>|does not believe in the spirit soul, the superior potency
>|of the Lord, and therefore does not distinguish between
>|spirit and matter. While describing one of the offenses
>|against chanting the holy names, an offense
>|called sruti-sastra-nindana (blaspheming the Vedic
>|literature), Jiva Gosvami states in his Bhakti-sandarbha :
>|yatha pasanda-margena dattatreyarsabha-devopasakanam
>|pasandinam. Worshipers of impersonalists like Dattatreya
>|are also pasandis. Concerning the offense of aham-mama-
>|buddhi, or dehatma-buddhi (considering the body to be the
>|self), Jiva Gosvami states : deva-dravinadi-nimittaka- '
>|pasanda'-sabdena ca dasaparadha eva laksyante,
>|pasandamayatvat tesam . "Those who are overly
>|absorbed in the conception of the body and the bodily
>|necessities are also called pasandis." Elsewhere in
>|Bhakti-sandarbha it is stated:
1200|uddisya devata eva
1201|juhoti ca dadati ca
1202|sa pasanditi vijneyah
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
1203|svatantro vapi karmasu
>|
>|
>|
>|
1204|"A pasandi is one who considers the demigods and the
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead to be one; therefore a
>|pasandi worships any kind of demigod as the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead." One who disobeys the orders of the
>|spiritual master is also considered a pasandi. The word
>|pasandi has been described in many places in Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam, including 4.2.28, 30, 32; 5.6.9 and 12.2.13, 43.
1205|On the whole, a pasandi is a nondevotee who does not accept
>|the Vedic conclusions. In the Hari-bhakti-vilasa (1.117)
>|there is a verse quoted from Padma Purana describing the
>|pasandi. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu quotes this verse as the
>|following text.
1206|Madhya 18.116
1207|TEXT 116
1208|TEXT
1209|yas tu narayanam devam
1210|brahma-rudradi-daivataih
1211|samatvenaiva vikseta
1212|sa pasandi bhaved dhruvam
1213|SYNONYMS
1214|yah-any person who; tu-however; narayanam-the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead, the master of such demigods as
>|Brahma and Siva; devam-the Lord; brahma-Lord Brahma; rudra-
>|Lord Siva; adi-and others; daivataih-with such demigods;
>|samatvena-on an equal level; eva-certainly; vikseta-
>|observes; sah-such a person; pasandi-pasandi; bhavet-must
>|be; dhruvam-certainly.
1215|TRANSLATION
1216|" 'A person who considers demigods like Brahma and Siva to
>|be on an equal level with Narayana is to be considered an
>|offender and a pasandi.' "
1217|Madhya 18.117
1218|TEXT 117
1219|TEXT
1220|loka kahe ,- tomate kabhu nahe
>|jiva '- mati
1221|krsnera sadrsa tomara akrti-prakrti
1222|SYNONYMS
1223|loka kahe-the people said; tomate-unto You; kabhu-at any
>|time; nahe-there is not; jiva-mati-considering an ordinary
>|living being; krsnera sadrsa-like Lord Krsna; tomara-Your;
>|akrti-bodily features; prakrti-characteristics.
1224|TRANSLATION
1225|After Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu explained the difference
>|between an ordinary living being and the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead, the people said, "No one considers
>|You an ordinary human being. You are like Krsna in every
>|respect, in both bodily features and characteristics.
1226|Madhya 18.118
1227|TEXT 118
1228|TEXT
1229|'akrtye' tomare dekhi 'vrajendra-nandana'
1230|deha-kanti pitambara kaila acchadana
1231|SYNONYMS
1232|akrtye-by bodily features; tomare-You; dekhi-we see;
>|vrajendra-nandana-directly the son of Maharaja Nanda; deha-
>|kanti-the luster of the body; pita-ambara-golden covering;
>|kaila acchadana-covered.
1233|TRANSLATION
1234|"By Your bodily features we can see that You are none other
>|than the son of Nanda Maharaja, although the golden luster
>|of Your body has covered Your original complexion.
1235|Madhya 18.119
1236|TEXT 119
1237|TEXT
1238|mrga-mada vastre bandhe, tabu na lukaya
1239|'isvara-svabhava' tomara taka nahi yaya
1240|SYNONYMS
1241|mrga-mada-deer musk; vastre-in cloth; bandhe-wraps; tabu-
>|still; na-not; lukaya-is concealed; isvara-svabhava-
>|characteristics as the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
>|tomara-of You; taka nahi yaya-are not concealed.
1242|TRANSLATION
1243|"As the aroma of deer musk cannot be concealed by wrapping
>|it in a cloth, Your characteristics as the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead cannot be concealed by any means.
1244|Madhya 18.120
1245|TEXT 120
1246|TEXT
1247|alaukika 'prakrti' tomara-buddhi-agocara
1248|toma dekhi' krsna-preme jagat pagala
1249|SYNONYMS
1250|alaukika-uncommon; prakrti-characteristics; tomara-Your;
>|buddhi-agocara-beyond our imagination; toma dekhi'-by
>|seeing You; krsna-preme-in ecstatic love for Krsna; jagat-
>|the whole world; pagala-mad.
1251|TRANSLATION
1252|"Indeed, Your characteristics are uncommon and beyond the
>|imagination of an ordinary living being. Simply by seeing
>|You, the entire universe becomes mad with ecstatic love for
>|Krsna.
1253|Madhya 18.121-122
1254|TEXTS 121-122
1255|TEXT
1256|stri -bala -vrddha , ara ' candala , '
>|yavana '
1257|yei tomara eka-bara paya darasana
1258|krsna-nama laya, nace hana unmatta
1259|acarya ha-ila sei, tarila jagata
1260|SYNONYMS
1261|stri-women; bala-children; vrddha-old men; ara-and; candala-
>|the lowest of men; yavana-persons who eat meat; yei-anyone
>|who; tomara-Your; eka-bara-once; paya darasana-gets the
>|sight; krsna-nama-the holy name of Krsna; laya-chants; nace-
>|dances; hana unmatta-like a madman; acarya ha-ila-becomes a
>|spiritual master; sei-that man; tarila jagata-delivers the
>|whole world.
1262|TRANSLATION
1263|"If even women, children, old men,
>|meat-eaters or members of the lowest caste can see You
>|even once, they immediately chant the holy name of Krsna,
>|dance like madmen and become spiritual masters capable of
>|delivering the whole world.
1264|Madhya 18.123
1265|TEXT 123
1266|TEXT
1267|darsanera karya achuka, ye tomara 'nama' sune
1268|sei krsna-preme matta, tare tribhuvane
1269|SYNONYMS
1270|darsanera karya achuka-aside from seeing You; ye-anyone who;
>| tomara-Your; nama-holy name; sune-hears; sei-that man;
>|krsna-preme-in ecstatic love of Krsna; matta-maddened; tare-
>|delivers; tri-bhuvane-the three worlds.
1271|TRANSLATION
1272|"Apart from seeing You, whoever listens to Your holy name
>|is made mad with ecstatic love for Krsna and is able to
>|deliver the three worlds.
1273|Madhya 18.124
1274|TEXT 124
1275|TEXT
1276|tomara nama suni' haya svapaca 'pavana'
1277|alaukika sakti tomara na yaya kathana
1278|SYNONYMS
1279|tomara-Your; nama-holy name; suni'-hearing; haya-become;
>|svapaca-dog-eaters, the lowest of men; pavana-saintly
>|persons; alaukika-uncommon; sakti-potency; tomara-Your; na-
>|not; yaya kathana-can be described.
1280|TRANSLATION
1281|"Simply by hearing Your holy name, dog-eaters become holy
>|saints. Your uncommon potencies cannot be described in
>|words.
1282|Madhya 18.125
1283|TEXT 125
1284|TEXT
1285|yan-namadheya-sravananukirtanad
1286|yat-prahvanad yat-smaranad api kvacit
1287|svado 'pi sadyah savanaya kalpate
1288|kutah punas te bhagavan nu darsanat
1289|SYNONYMS
1290|yat-of whom; namadheya-of the name; sravana-from hearing;
>|anukirtanat-and thereafter from chanting; yat-to whom;
>|prahvanat-from offering respects; yat-of whom; smaranat-
>|from simply remembering; api-also; kvacit-sometimes; sva-
>|adah-a dog-eater; api-even; sadyah-immediately; savanaya-
>|for performing Vedic sacrifices; kalpate-becomes eligible;
>|kutah-what to speak; punah-again; te-of You; bhagavan-O
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead; nu-certainly; darsanat-from
>|seeing.
1291|TRANSLATION
1292|" 'To say nothing of the spiritual advancement of persons
>|who see the Supreme Person face to face, even a person born
>|in a family of dog-eaters becomes immediately eligible to
>|perform Vedic sacrifices if he once utters the holy name of
>|the Supreme Personality of Godhead , or chants about Him,
>|hears about His pastimes, offers Him obeisances or even
>|remembers Him.'
1293|PURPORT
1294|This is a quotation from Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam (3.33.6) . According to this verse, it doesn't
>|matter what position a person holds. One may be the lowest
>|of the low- a candala, or dog-eater-but if he
>|takes to chanting and hearing the holy name of the Lord,
>|he is immediately eligible to perform Vedic sacrifices.
>|This is especially true in this Age of Kali.
1295|harer nama harer nama
1296|harer namaiva kevalam
1297|kalau nasty eva nasty eva
1298|nasty eva gatir anyatha
1299|(Brhan-naradiya Purana 38.126)
1300|A person born in a brahmana family cannot perform Vedic
>|sacrifices until he is properly purified and has attained
>|his sacred thread. However, according to this verse, it is
>|understood that even a lowborn person can immediately
>|perform sacrifices if he sincerely chants and hears the
>|holy name of the Lord. Sometimes envious people ask how
>|Europeans and Americans in this Krsna consciousness
>|movement can become brahmanas and perform sacrifices. They
>|do not know that the Europeans and Americans have already
>|been purified by chanting the holy name of the Lord-Hare
>|Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare HareHare Rama, Hare
>|Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. This is the proof. Svado 'pi
>|sadyah savanaya kalpate. One may be born in a family of dog-
>|eaters, but he can perform sacrifices simply by chanting
>|the maha-mantra.
1301|Those who find fault in the Western Vaisnavas should
>|consider this statement from Srimad-Bhagavatam and the
>|commentary on this verse by Srila Jiva Gosvami. In this
>|regard, Srila Jiva Gosvami has stated that to become a
>|brahmana, one has to wait for purification and undergo the
>|sacred thread ceremony, but a chanter of the holy name does
>|not have to wait for the sacred thread ceremony. We do not
>|allow devotees to perform sacrifices until they are
>|properly initiated in the sacred thread ceremony. Yet
>|according to this verse, an offenseless chanter of the holy
>|name is already fit to perform a fire ceremony, even though
>|he is not doubly initiated by the sacred thread ceremony.
>|This is the verdict given by Lord Kapiladeva in His
>|instructions to His mother, Devahuti. It was Lord
>|Kapiladeva who instructed Devahuti in pure Sankhya
>|philosophy.
1302|Madhya 18.126
1303|TEXT 126
1304|TEXT
1305|eita' mahima-tomara 'tatastha'-laksana
1306|'svarupa'-laksane tumi-'vrajendra-nandana'
1307|SYNONYMS
1308|eita'-all these; mahima-glories; tomara-Your; tatastha-
>|laksana-marginal characteristics; sva-rupa-original;
>|laksane-by characteristics; tumi-You; vrajendra-nandana-the
>|son of Maharaja Nanda.
1309|TRANSLATION
1310|"These glories of Yours are only marginal. Originally You
>|are the son of Maharaja Nanda."
1311|PURPORT
1312|The original characteristics of a substance are called
>|svarupa, and the subsequent corollaries are called tatastha-
>|laksana, or marginal characteristics. The glories of the
>|Lord's marginal characteristics prove Him to be the
>|original Supreme Personality of Godhead, the son of
>|Maharaja Nanda. As soon as one understands this, one
>|accepts Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as the Supreme Personality
>|of Godhead, Lord Sri Krsna.
1313|Madhya 18.127
1314|TEXT 127
1315|TEXT
1316|sei saba loke prabhu prasada karila
1317|krsna-preme matta loka nija-ghare gela
1318|SYNONYMS
1319|sei saba loke-unto all those persons; prabhu-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; prasada karila-bestowed His causeless mercy;
>|krsna-preme-in ecstatic love of Krsna; matta-maddened; loka-
>|persons; nija-ghare gela-returned to their own homes.
1320|TRANSLATION
1321|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then bestowed His causeless mercy
>|upon all the people there, and everyone became ecstatic
>|with love of God. Finally they all returned to their homes.
1322|Madhya 18.128
1323|TEXT 128
1324|TEXT
1325|ei-mata kata-dina 'akrure' rahila
1326|krsna-nama-prema diya loka nistarila
1327|SYNONYMS
1328|ei-mata-in this way; kata-dina-for some days; akrure rahila-
>|stayed at Akrura-tirtha; krsna-nama-the holy name of Krsna;
>|prema-ecstatic love; diya-distributing; loka-everyone;
>|nistarila-delivered.
1329|TRANSLATION
1330|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu remained for some days in Akrura-
>|tirtha. He delivered everyone there simply by distributing
>|the holy name of Krsna and ecstatic love for the Lord.
1331|Madhya 18.129
1332|TEXT 129
1333|TEXT
1334|madhava-purira sisya seita brahmana
1335|mathurara ghare-ghare kara'na nimantrana
1336|SYNONYMS
1337|madhava-purira-of Madhavendra Puri; sisya-disciple; seita-
>|that; brahmana-brahmana; mathurara-of Mathura City; ghare-
>|ghare-home to home; kara'na-causes to make; nimantrana-
>|invitation.
1338|TRANSLATION
1339|The brahmana disciple of Madhavendra Puri went from house
>|to house in Mathura and inspired other brahmanas to invite
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu to their homes.
1340|Madhya 18.130
1341|TEXT 130
1342|TEXT
1343|mathurara yata loka brahmana sajjana
1344|bhattacarya-sthane asi' kare nimantrana
1345|SYNONYMS
1346|mathurara-of Mathura; yata-all; loka-people; brahmana sat-
>|jana-gentlemen and brahmanas; bhattacarya-sthane-unto
>|Balabhadra Bhattacarya; asi'-coming; kare nimantrana-offer
>|invitations.
1347|TRANSLATION
1348|Thus all the respectable people of Mathura, headed by the
>|brahmanas, came to Balabhadra Bhattacarya and extended
>|invitations to the Lord.
1349|Madhya 18.131
1350|TEXT 131
1351|TEXT
1352|eka-dina 'dasa' 'bisa' aise nimantrana
1353|bhattacarya ekera matra karena grahana
1354|SYNONYMS
1355|eka-dina-in one day; dasa bisa-ten to twenty; aise-come;
>|nimantrana-the invitations; bhattacarya-Balabhadra
>|Bhattacarya; ekera-of one of them; matra-only; karena
>|grahana-accepts.
1356|TRANSLATION
1357|In one day, ten to twenty invitations were received, but
>|Balabhadra Bhattacarya would accept only one of them.
1358|Madhya 18.132
1359|TEXT 132
1360|TEXT
1361|avasara na paya loka nimantrana dite
1362|sei vipre sadhe loka nimantrana nite
1363|SYNONYMS
1364|avasara na paya-do not get the opportunity; loka-people;
>|nimantrana dite-to offer invitations; sei vipre-unto that
>|brahmana; sadhe-request; loka-people; nimantrana nite-to
>|accept the invitation.
1365|TRANSLATION
1366|Since everyone did not get an opportunity to
>|offer invitations to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally,
>|they requested the Sanodiya brahmana to ask
>|the Lord to accept their invitations.
1367|Madhya 18.133
1368|TEXT 133
1369|TEXT
1370|kanyakubja-daksinatyera vaidika brahmana
1371|dainya kari, kare mahaprabhura nimantrana
1372|SYNONYMS
1373|kanyakubja-brahmanas from Kanyakubja; daksinatyera-certain
>|brahmanas from South India; vaidika-followers of the Vedic
>|religion; brahmana-brahmanas; dainya kari-with great
>|humility; kare-do; mahaprabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|nimantrana-invitation.
1374|TRANSLATION
1375|The brahmanas from different places, such as Kanyakubja and
>|South India, who were all strict followers of the Vedic
>|religion, offered invitations to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|with great humility.
1376|Madhya 18.134
1377|TEXT 134
1378|TEXT
1379|pratah-kale akrure asi' randhana kariya
1380|prabhure bhiksa dena salagrame samarpiya
1381|SYNONYMS
1382|pratah-kale-in the morning; akrure-to Akrura-tirtha; asi'-
>|coming; randhana kariya-cooking; prabhure-unto Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; bhiksa dena-offer lunch; salagrame samarpiya-
>|after offering to the salagrama-sila.
1383|TRANSLATION
1384|In the morning they would come to Akrura-tirtha and cook
>|food. After offering it to the salagrama-sila, they offered
>|it to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
1385|PURPORT
1386|There are brahmanas known as panca-gauda-brahmanas who
>|come from five places in northern India, and there are
>|brahmanas known as panca-daksinatya-brahmanas who come
>|from five places in southern India. In northern India the
>|places are Kanyakubja, Sarasvata, Gauda, Maithila and
>|Utkala. In southern India the places are Andhra, Karnata,
>|Gurjara, Dravida and Maharastra. The brahmanas from these
>|places are considered to be very strict followers of the
>|Vedic principles, and they are accepted as pure brahmanas.
>|They strictly observe Vedic principles and are not polluted
>|by tantric misdeeds. All of these brahmanas respectfully
>|invited Caitanya Mahaprabhu for lunch.
1387|Madhya 18.135
1388|TEXT 135
1389|TEXT
1390|eka-dina sei akrura-ghatera upare
1391|vasi' mahaprabhu kichu karena vicare
1392|SYNONYMS
1393|eka-dina-once upon a time; sei-that; akrura-ghatera-of the
>|Akrura bathing ghat; upare-on the bank; vasi'-sitting;
>|mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kichu-some; karena-does;
>| vicare-consideration.
1394|TRANSLATION
1395|One day Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu sat at the bathing ghat of
>|Akrura-tirtha and thought the following thoughts.
1396|Akrura-tirtha is located on the road between Vrndavana and
>|Mathura. When Krsna and Balarama were being taken to
>|Mathura by Akrura, the Lord rested at this place and took
>|His bath in the Yamuna. When Krsna and Balarama took Their
>|baths, Akrura saw the entire world of Vaikuntha within the
>|water. The inhabitants of Vrndavana also saw the Vaikuntha
>|planets within the water.
1397|Madhya 18.136
1398|TEXT 136
1399|TEXT
1400|ei ghate akrura vaikuntha dekhila
1401|vrajavasi loka 'goloka' darsana kaila
1402|SYNONYMS
1403|ei ghate-in this bathing place; akrura-Akrura; vaikuntha
>|dekhila-saw the spiritual world; vrajavasi loka-the
>|inhabitants of Vrndavana; goloka darsana kaila-saw Goloka.
1404|TRANSLATION
1405|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu thought, "At this bathing place,
>|Akrura saw Vaikuntha, the spiritual world, and all the
>|inhabitants of Vraja saw Goloka Vrndavana."
1406|Madhya 18.137
1407|TEXT 137
1408|TEXT
1409|eta bali' jhanpa dila jalera upare
1410|dubiya rahila prabhu jalera bhitare
1411|SYNONYMS
1412|eta bali'-saying this; jhanpa dila-jumped; jalera upare-
>|above the water; dubiya-sinking; rahila-remained; prabhu-
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; jalera bhitare-within the water.
1413|TRANSLATION
1414|While considering how Akrura remained within the water, Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu immediately jumped in and stayed under
>|water for some time.
1415|Madhya 18.138
1416|TEXT 138
1417|TEXT
1418|dekhi' krsnadasa kandi' phukara karila
1419|bhattacarya sighra asi' prabhure uthaila
1420|SYNONYMS
1421|dekhi'-seeing; krsnadasa-Krsnadasa; kandi'-crying; phu-kara
>|karila-called loudly; bhattacarya-Balabhadra Bhattacarya;
>|sighra-hastily; asi'-coming; prabhure uthaila-raised Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
1422|TRANSLATION
1423|When Krsnadasa saw that Caitanya Mahaprabhu was drowning,
>|he cried and shouted very loudly. Balabhadra Bhattacarya
>|immediately came and pulled the Lord out.
1424|Madhya 18.139
1425|TEXT 139
1426|TEXT
1427|tabe bhattacarya sei brahmane lana
1428|yukti karila kichu nibhrte vasiya
1429|SYNONYMS
1430|tabe-thereafter; bhattacarya-Bhattacarya; sei brahmane-the
>|Sanodiya brahmana; lana-taking; yukti karila-consulted;
>|kichu-something; nibhrte vasiya-sitting in a solitary place.
1431|TRANSLATION
1432|After this, Balabhadra Bhattacarya took the Sanodiya
>|brahmana to a secluded place and consulted with him.
1433|Madhya 18.140
1434|TEXT 140
1435|TEXT
1436|aji ami achilana uthailun prabhure
1437|vrndavane dubena yadi, ke uthabe tanre?
1438|SYNONYMS
1439|aji-today; ami-I; achilana-was present; uthailun-raised;
>|prabhure-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; vrndavane-in Vrndavana;
>|dubena yadi-if He drowns; ke uthabe tanre-who will raise
>|Him.
1440|TRANSLATION
1441|Balabhadra Bhattacarya said, "Since I was present today, it
>|was possible for me to pull the Lord up. However , if He
>|starts to drown at Vrndavana, who will help Him?
1442|Madhya 18.141
1443|TEXT 141
1444|TEXT
1445|lokera sanghatta, ara nimantranera janjala
1446|nirantara avesa prabhura na dekhiye bhala
1447|SYNONYMS
1448|lokera sanghatta-crowds of people; ara-and; nimantranera
>|janjala-the disturbance of invitations; nirantara-always;
>|avesa-ecstatic love; prabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|na dekhiye bhala-I do not see any good in this.
1449|TRANSLATION
1450|"Now there is a crowd of people here, and these invitations
>|are causing much disturbance. In addition, the Lord is
>|always ecstatic and emotional. I do not find the situation
>|here very good.
1451|Madhya 18.142
1452|TEXT 142
1453|TEXT
1454|vrndavana haite yadi prabhure kadiye
1455|tabe mangala haya,-ei bhala yukti haye
1456|SYNONYMS
1457|vrndavana haite-from Vrndavana; yadi-if; prabhure-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kadiye-I take away; tabe-then; mangala
>|haya-there is auspiciousness; ei-this; bhala-good; yukti-
>|plan; haye-is.
1458|TRANSLATION
1459|"It would be good if we could get Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|out of Vrndavana. That is my final conclusion."
1460|Madhya 18.143
1461|TEXT 143
1462|TEXT
1463|vipra kahe,-prayage prabhu lana yai
1464|ganga-tira-pathe yai, tabe sukha pai
1465|SYNONYMS
1466|vipra kahe-the brahmana said; prayage-to Prayaga; prabhu-
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; lana-taking; yai-let us go; ganga-
>|tira-pathe-on the bank of the Ganges; yai-let us go; tabe-
>|then; sukha pai-we shall get pleasure.
1467|TRANSLATION
1468|The Sanodiya brahmana said, "Let us take Him to Prayaga and
>|go along the banks of the Ganges. It will be very
>|pleasurable to go that way.
1469|Madhya 18.144
1470|TEXT 144
1471|TEXT
1472|'soro-ksetre, age yana kari' ganga-snana
1473|sei pathe prabhu lana kariye payana
1474|SYNONYMS
1475|soro-ksetre-to the holy place named Soro-ksetra; age-first,
>|beyond; yana-going; kari' ganga-snana-having taken bath
>|in the Ganges; sei pathe-that way; prabhu lana-taking Lord
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kariye payana-let us go.
1476|TRANSLATION
1477|"After going to the holy place named Soro-ksetra, and
>|taking bath in the Ganges, let us take Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu that way and go.
1478|Madhya 18.145
1479|TEXT 145
1480|TEXT
1481|magha-masa lagila, ebe yadi yaiye
1482|makare prayaga-snana kata dina paiye
1483|SYNONYMS
1484|magha-masa lagila-the month of Magha has begun; ebe-now;
>|yadi-if; yaiye-we go; makare-during the Makara-sankranti;
>|prayaga-snana-bathing at Prayaga; kata dina-for a few days;
>|paiye-we shall get.
1485|TRANSLATION
1486|"It is now the beginning of the month of Magha. If we go to
>|Prayaga at this time, we shall have an opportunity to bathe
>|for a few days during Makara-sankranti."
1487|PURPORT
1488|Bathing during the month of Magha at Magha-mela still
>|takes place. This has been a very old mela (assembly)
>| from time immemorial. It is said that the
>|Lord in the form of Mohini took a bucket of nectar and kept
>|it at Prayaga . Consequently Magha-mela has been observed,
>|and there is an assembly of holy men there
>|every year . Every twelfth year there is a Kumbha-
>|mela, a great festival, and all the holy men from all over
>|India assemble there. The brahmana wanted to take advantage
>|of the Magha-mela and bathe there.
1489|Bathing at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna near
>|the fort at Allahabad , Prayaga , is mentioned in
>|revealed scriptures:
1490|maghe masi gamisyanti
1491|ganga -yamuna-sangamam
1492|gavam sata-sahasrasya
1493|samyag dattam ca yat-phalam
1494|prayage magha-mase vai
1495|tryaham snatasya tat-phalam
1496|"If one goes to Prayaga and bathes at the confluence of the
>|Ganges and Yamuna in the month of Magha, he attains the
>|result of giving hundreds and thousands of cows in charity.
>|Simply by bathing for three days there, he attains the
>|results of such a pious activity." Because of this, the
>|Sanodiya brahmana was very eager to go to Prayaga and bathe.
>| Generally karmis (fruitive laborers) take advantage of
>|bathing there during the month of Magha, thinking that they
>|will be rewarded in the future. Those who are situated in
>|devotional service do not very strictly follow this karma-
>|kandiya process.
1497|Madhya 18.146
1498|TEXT 146
1499|TEXT
1500|apanara duhkha kichu kari' nivedana
1501|'makara-pancasi prayage' kariha sucana
1502|SYNONYMS
1503|apanara-personal; duhkha-unhappiness; kichu-some; kari'-
>|doing; nivedana-submission; makara-pancasi-the full-moon
>|day in the month of Magha; prayage-to Prayaga; kariha
>|sucana-kindly inform.
1504|TRANSLATION
1505|The Sanodiya brahmana continued, "Kindly submit to Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu the unhappiness you are feeling within
>|yourself. Then propose that we all go to Prayaga on the
>|full-moon day of the month of Magha.
1506|Madhya 18.147
1507|TEXT 147
1508|TEXT
1509|ganga-tira-pathe sukha janaiha tanre
1510|bhattacarya asi' tabe kahila prabhure
1511|SYNONYMS
1512|ganga-tira-on the bank of the Ganges; pathe-on the path;
>|sukha-happiness; janaiha-kindly let know; tanre-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bhattacarya-Balabhadra Bhattacarya;
>|asi'-coming; tabe-thereafter; kahila prabhure-informed Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
1513|TRANSLATION
1514|"Tell the Lord of the happiness you will feel in traveling
>|via the banks of the Ganges." Balabhadra Bhattacarya
>|therefore submitted this prayer to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
1515|Madhya 18.148
1516|TEXT 148
1517|TEXT
1518|"sahite na pari ami lokera gadabadi
1519|nimantrana lagi' loka kare hudahudi
1520|SYNONYMS
1521|sahite na pari-cannot tolerate; ami-I; lokera-of people;
>|gadabadi-disturbance; nimantrana-invitations; lagi'-for;
>|loka-people; kare-do; hudahudi-hurrying.
1522|TRANSLATION
1523|Balabhadra Bhattacarya told the Lord, "I can no longer
>|tolerate the disturbance of the crowd. People are coming
>|one after another to offer invitations.
1524|Madhya 18.149
1525|TEXT 149
1526|TEXT
1527|pratah-kale aise loka, tomare na paya
1528|tomare na pana loka mora matha khaya
1529|SYNONYMS
1530|pratah-kale-in the morning; aise-come; loka-people; tomare-
>|You; na paya-cannot see; tomare na pana-not getting You;
>|loka-people; mora matha khaya-tax my brain.
1531|TRANSLATION
1532|"Early in the morning people come here, and not seeing You
>|present, they simply tax my brain.
1533|Madhya 18.150
1534|TEXT 150
1535|TEXT
1536|tabe sukha haya yabe ganga-pathe yaiye
1537|ebe yadi yai, 'makare' ganga-snana paiye
1538|SYNONYMS
1539|tabe-then; sukha haya-it will be great happiness for me;
>|yabe-when; ganga-pathe-on the path of the Ganges; yaiye-we
>|go; ebe yadi yai-if we go just now; makare-during Makara-
>|sankranti; ganga-snana paiye-we can take bath in the
>|Ganges.
1540|TRANSLATION
1541|"I will be very happy if we all leave and take the path by
>|the banks of the Ganges. Then we can have the opportunity
>|to bathe in the Ganges in Prayaga during Makara-sankranti.
1542|PURPORT
1543|There are two great occasions for bathing in the Ganges
>|during Magha-mela. One is on the day of the dark moon, and
>|the other is on the day of the full moon during the month
>|of Magha.
1544|Madhya 18.151
1545|TEXT 151
1546|TEXT
1547|udvigna ha-ila prana, sahite na pari
1548|prabhura ye ajna haya, sei sire dhari"
1549|SYNONYMS
1550|udvigna-agitated; ha-ila-has become; prana-my mind; sahite-
>|to bear; na pari-I am unable; prabhura-of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; ye-what; ajna-order; haya-there is; sei sire
>|dhari-I accept that.
1551|TRANSLATION
1552|"My mind has become very agitated, and I cannot bear
>|this anxiety. May everything rest on the permission of
>|Your Lordship. I will accept whatever You want to do."
1553|Madhya 18.152
1554|TEXT 152
1555|TEXT
1556|yadyapi vrndavana-tyage nahi prabhura mana
1557|bhakta-iccha purite kahe madhura vacana
1558|SYNONYMS
1559|yadyapi-although; vrndavana-tyage-to leave Vrndavana; nahi
>|prabhura mana-was not the desire of the Lord; bhakta-of the
>|devotee; iccha-desire; purite-to fulfill; kahe-says;
>|madhura vacana-sweet words.
1560|TRANSLATION
1561|Although Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had no desire to leave
>|Vrndavana, He began to speak sweet words just to fulfill
>|the desire of His devotee.
1562|Madhya 18.153
1563|TEXT 153
1564|TEXT
1565|"tumi amaya ani' dekhaila vrndavana
1566|ei 'rna' ami nariba karite sodhana
1567|SYNONYMS
1568|tumi-you; amaya-Me; ani'-bringing; dekhaila-showed;
>|vrndavana-the holy place named Vrndavana; ei rna-this debt;
>|ami nariba-I shall not be able; karite sodhana-to repay.
1569|TRANSLATION
1570|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "You have brought Me here to
>|show Me Vrndavana. I am very much indebted to you, and I
>|shall not be able to repay this debt.
1571|Madhya 18.154
1572|TEXT 154
1573|TEXT
1574|ye tomara iccha, ami seita kariba
1575|yahan lana yaha tumi, tahani yaiba"
1576|SYNONYMS
1577|ye tomara iccha-whatever You like; ami-I; seita kariba-must
>|act accordingly; yahan-wherever; lana yaha-take; tumi-you;
>|tahani yaiba-I shall go there.
1578|TRANSLATION
1579|"Whatever you desire, I must do. Wherever you take Me, I
>|shall go."
1580|Madhya 18.155
1581|TEXT 155
1582|TEXT
1583|pratah-kale mahaprabhu pratah-snana kaila
1584|'vrndavana chadiba' jani' premavesa haila
1585|SYNONYMS
1586|pratah-kale-in the morning; mahapr