1|Madhya 3-1975: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Stay at the
>|House of Advaita Acarya
2|Chapter 3
3|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Stay at the House of Advaita
>|Acarya
4|In his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura
>|gives the following summary of the Third Chapter. After
>|accepting the sannyasa order at Katwa, Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu traveled continuously for three days in Radha-
>|desa and, by the trick of Nityananda Prabhu, eventually
>|came to the western side of Santipura. Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu was induced to believe that the river Ganges was
>|the Yamuna. When He was worshiping the sacred river,
>|Advaita Prabhu arrived in a boat. Advaita Prabhu asked Him
>|to take His bath in the Ganges and took Him to His (Advaita'
>|s) house. There all the Navadvipa devotees, along with
>|mother Sacidevi, came to see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. This
>|house was located at Santipura. Mother Sacidevi cooked for
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu, and at that
>|time there were many joking exchanges between Advaita
>|Prabhu and Nityananda Prabhu. In the evening there was a
>|mass sankirtana at the house of Advaita Prabhu, and mother
>|Sacidevi gave Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu permission to leave.
>|She requested Him to make Jagannatha Puri, Nilacala, His
>|headquarters. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu granted His mother's
>|request and, followed by Nityananda, Mukunda, Jagadananda
>|and Damodara, left Santipura. Bidding farewell to mother
>|Sacidevi, they all proceeded toward Jagannatha Puri,
>|following the path of Chatrabhoga.
5|Madhya 3.1
6|TEXT 1
7|TEXT
8|nyasam vidhayotpranayo 'tha gauro
9|vrndavanam gantu-mana bhramad yah
10|radhe bhraman santi-purim ayitva
11|lalasa bhaktair iha tam nato 'smi
12|SYNONYMS
13|nyasam-the regular ritualistic ceremonies of the sannyasa
>|order; vidhaya-after accepting; utpranayah-arousal of
>|intense love for Krsna; atha-thus; gaurah-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; vrndavanam-to Vrndavana; gantu-manah-thinking
>|of going; bhramat-apparently by mistake; yah-who; radhe-in
>|the tract of land known as Radha; bhraman-wandering; santi-
>|purim-to Santipura; ayitva-going; lalasa-enjoyed; bhaktaih-
>|with the devotees; iha-here; tam-unto Him; natah asmi-I
>|offer my respectful obeisances.
14|TRANSLATION
15|After accepting the sannyasa order of life, Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, out of intense love for Krsna, wanted to go to
>|Vrndavana, but apparently by mistake He wandered in the
>|Radha-desa. Later He arrived at Santipura and enjoyed
>|Himself there with His devotees. I offer my respectful
>|obeisances to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
16|Madhya 3.2
17|TEXT 2
18|TEXT
19|jaya jaya sri-caitanya jaya nityananda
20|jayadvaitacandra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda
21|SYNONYMS
22|jaya jaya-all glories; sri-caitanya-to Lord 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.
23|TRANSLATION
24|All glories to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu! All glories to
>|Nityananda! All glories to Advaita Prabhu! And all glories
>|to the devotees of Lord Caitanya, headed by Srivasa!
25|Madhya 3.3
26|TEXT 3
27|TEXT
28|cabbisa vatsara-sesa yei magha-masa
29|tara sukla-pakse prabhu karila sannyasa
30|SYNONYMS
31|cabbisa-twenty-fourth; vatsara-of the year; sesa-at the end;
>| yei-that; magha-masa-the month of Magha (January and
>|February); tara-of that; sukla-pakse-in the waxing period
>|of the moon; prabhu-the Lord; karila-accepted; sannyasa-the
>|sannyasa order of life.
32|TRANSLATION
33|At the end of His twenty-fourth year, in the month of Magha,
>| Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted the sannyasa order during
>|the waxing period of the moon.
34|Madhya 3.4
35|TEXT 4
36|TEXT
37|sannyasa kari' premavese calila vrndavana
38|radha-dese tina dina karila bhramana
39|SYNONYMS
40|sannyasa kari'-after accepting the sannyasa order; prema-
>|avese-in intense love for Krsna; calila-proceeded;
>|vrndavana-toward Vrndavana-dhama; radha-dese-in the tract
>|of land known as Radha; tina dina-continuously for three
>|days; karila-did; bhramana-wandering.
41|TRANSLATION
42|After accepting the sannyasa order, Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
>|out of intense love for Krsna, started for Vrndavana.
>|However, He mistakenly wandered about in a trance
>|continuously for three days in the tract of land known as
>|Radha-desa.
43|PURPORT
44|The word Radha-desa comes from the word rastra, or "state."
>|From rastra the perverted word radha has come. The part of
>|Bengal on the western side of the Ganges is known as Radha-
>|desa. Another name is Paundra-desa or Pendo-desa. The word
>|pendo is a perverted form of the word paundra. It appears
>|that the capital of Rastra-desa was situated in that part
>|of Bengal.
45|Madhya 3.5
46|TEXT 5
47|TEXT
48|ei sloka padi' prabhu bhavera avese
49|bhramite pavitra kaila saba radha-dese
50|SYNONYMS
51|ei sloka-this verse; padi'-reciting; prabhu-the Lord;
>|bhavera-of ecstasy; avese-in a condition; bhramite-
>|wandering; pavitra-purified; kaila-did; saba radha-dese-all
>|of the tract of land known as Radha-desa.
52|TRANSLATION
53|Passing through the tract of land known as Radha-desa, Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu recited the following verse in ecstasy.
54|Madhya 3.6
55|TEXT 6
56|TEXT
57|etam sa asthaya paratma-nistham
58|adhyasitam purvatamair mahadbhih
59|aham tarisyami duranta-param
60|tamo mukundanghri-nisevayaiva
61|SYNONYMS
62|etam-this; sah-such; asthaya-being completely fixed in;
>|para-atma-nistham-devotion to the Supreme Person, Krsna;
>|adhyasitam-worshiped; purva-tamaih-by previous; mahadbhih-
>|acaryas; aham-I; tarisyami-shall cross over; duranta-param-
>|the insurmountable; tamah-the ocean of nescience; mukunda-
>|anghri-of the lotus feet of Mukunda; nisevaya-by worship;
>|eva-certainly.
63|TRANSLATION
64|"[As a brahmana from Avanti-desa said:] 'I shall cross over
>|the insurmountable ocean of nescience by being firmly fixed
>|in the service of the lotus feet of Krsna. This was
>|approved by the previous acaryas, who were fixed in firm
>|devotion to the Lord, Paramatma, the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead."
65|PURPORT
66|In connection with this verse, which is a quotation from
>|Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.23.57), Srila Bhaktisiddhanta
>|Sarasvati Thakura says that of the sixty-four items
>|required for rendering devotional service, acceptance of
>|the symbolic marks of sannyasa is a regulative principle.
>|If one accepts the sannyasa order, his main business is to
>|devote his life completely to the service of Mukunda, Krsna.
>| If one does not completely devote his mind and body to the
>|service of the Lord, he does not actually become a sannyasi.
>| It is not simply a matter of changing dress. In Bhagavad-
>|gita (6.1) it is also stated, anasritah karma-phalam karyam
>|karma karoti yah sa sannyasi ca yogi ca: one who works
>|devotedly for the satisfaction of Krsna is a sannyasi. The
>|dress is not sannyasa, but the attitude of service to Krsna
>|is.
67|The word paratma-nistha means being a devotee of Lord Krsna.
>| Paratma, the Supreme Person, is Krsna. Isvarah paramah
>|krsnah sac-cid-ananda-vigrahah. Those who are
>|completely dedicated to the lotus feet of Krsna in service
>|are actually sannyasis. As a matter of formality, the
>|devotee accepts the sannyasa dress as previous acaryas did.
>|He also accepts the three dandas. Later Visnusvami
>|considered that accepting the dress of a tridandi
>|was paratma-nistha. Therefore sincere devotees add another
>|danda, the jiva-danda, to the three existing dandas. The
>|Vaisnava sannyasi is known as a tridandi-sannyasi. The
>|Mayavadi sannyasi accepts only one danda, not understanding
>|the purpose of tri-danda. Later, many persons in the
>|community of Siva Svami gave up the atma-nistha (devotional
>|service) of the Lord and followed the path of Sankaracarya.
>|Instead of accepting 108 names, those in the Siva Svami
>|sampradaya follow the path of Sankaracarya and accept the
>|ten names of sannyasa. Although Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|accepted the then-existing order of sannyasa (namely eka-
>|danda), He still recited a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam
>|about the tridanda-sannyasa accepted by the brahmana of
>|Avantipura. Indirectly He declared that within that eka-
>|danda, one danda, four dandas existed as one. Accepting
>|ekadanda-sannyasa without paratma-nistha (devotional
>|service to Lord Krsna) is not acceptable to Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu. In addition, according to the exact regulative
>|principles, one should add the jiva-danda to the tri-danda.
>|These four dandas, bound together as one, are symbolic of
>|unalloyed devotional service to the Lord. Because the
>|ekadandi-sannyasis of the Mayavada school are not devoted
>|to the service of Krsna, they try to merge into the Brahman
>|effulgence, which is a marginal position between material
>|and spiritual existence. They accept this impersonal
>|position as liberation. Mayavadi sannyasis, not knowing
>|that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was a tridandi, think of
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu as an ekadandi-sannyasi. This is due to
>|their vivarta, bewilderment. In Srimad-Bhagavatam there is
>|no such thing as an ekadandi-sannyasi; indeed, the tridandi-
>|sannyasi is accepted as the symbolic representation of the
>|sannyasa order. By citing this verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam,
>| Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted the sannyasa order
>|recommended in Srimad-Bhagavatam. The Mayavadi sannyasis,
>|who are enamored of the external energy of the Lord, cannot
>|understand the mind of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
68|To date, all the devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
>|following in His footsteps, accept the sannyasa order and
>|keep the sacred thread and tuft of unshaved hair. The
>|ekadandi-sannyasis of the Mayavadi school give up the
>|sacred thread and do not keep any tuft of hair. Therefore
>|they are unable to understand the purport of tridanda-
>|sannyasa, and as such they are not inclined to dedicate
>|their lives to the service of Mukunda. They simply think of
>|merging into the existence of Brahman because of their
>|disgust with material existence. The acaryas who advocate
>|the daiva-varnasrama (the social order of catur-varnyam
>|mentioned in the Bhagavad-gita) do not accept the
>|proposition of asura-varnasrama, which maintains that the
>|social order of varna is indicated by birth.
69|The most intimate devotee of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
>|namely Gadadhara Pandita, accepted tridanda-sannyasa and
>|also accepted Madhava Upadhyaya as his tridandi-sannyasi
>|disciple. It is said that from this Madhavacarya the
>|sampradaya known in western India as the Vallabhacarya
>|sampradaya has begun. Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, who is
>|known as a smrty-acarya in the Gaudiya-Vaisnava-sampradaya,
>|later accepted the tridanda-sannyasa order from
>|Tridandipada Prabodhananda Sarasvati. Although acceptance
>|of tridanda-sannyasa is not distinctly mentioned in the
>|Gaudiya Vaisnava literature, the first verse of Srila Rupa
>|Gosvami's Upadesamrta advocates that one should accept the
>|tridanda-sannyasa order by controlling the six forces:
70|vaco vegam manasah krodha-vegam
71|jihva-vegam udaropastha-vegam
72|etan vegan yo visaheta dhirah
73|sarvam apimam prthivim sa sisyat
74|"One who can control the forces of speech, mind, anger,
>|belly, tongue and genitals is known as a gosvami and is
>|competent to accept disciples all over the world." The
>|followers of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu never accepted the
>|Mayavada order of sannyasa, and for this they cannot be
>|blamed. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted Sridhara Svami,
>|who was a tridandi-sannyasi, but the Mayavadi sannyasis,
>|not understanding Sridhara Svami, sometimes think that
>|Sridhara Svami belonged to the Mayavada ekadanda-sannyasa
>|community. Actually this was not the case.
75|Madhya 3.7
76|TEXT 7
77|TEXT
78|prabhu kahe-sadhu ei bhiksura vacana
79|mukunda sevana-vrata kaila nirdharana
80|SYNONYMS
81|prabhu kahe-the Lord said; sadhu-very much purified; ei-
>|this; bhiksura-of the mendicant; vacana-words; mukunda-Lord
>|Krsna; sevana-vrata-decision to serve; kaila-made;
>|nirdharana-indication.
82|TRANSLATION
83|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu approved the purport of this verse
>|on account of the determination of the mendicant devotee to
>|engage in the service of Lord Mukunda. He gave His approval
>|of this verse, indicating that it was very good.
84|Madhya 3.8
85|TEXT 8
86|TEXT
87|paratma-nistha-matra vesa-dharana
88|mukunda-sevaya haya samsara-tarana
89|SYNONYMS
90|para-atma-nistha-matra-only for the determination to serve
>|Krsna; vesa-dharana-changing the dress; mukunda-sevaya-by
>|serving Mukunda; haya-there is; samsara-tarana-liberation
>|from this materiai bondage.
91|TRANSLATION
92|The real purpose of accepting sannyasa is to dedicate
>|oneself to the service of Mukunda. By serving Mukunda, one
>|can actually be liberated from the bondage of material
>|existence.
93|PURPORT
94|In this connection, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura says that
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted the sannyasa order and
>|recommended the determination of the Avantipura bhiksu to
>|engage in the service of Mukunda. He accepted the brahmana'
>|s version due to his determination to serve Mukunda. The
>|sannyasi dress is actually an attraction for material
>|formality. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not like such
>|formality, but He wanted the essence of it-service to
>|Mukunda. Such determination in any condition is paratma-
>|nistha. That is required. The conclusion is that the
>|sannyasa order depends not on the dress but the
>|determination to serve Mukunda.
95|Madhya 3.9
96|TEXT 9
97|TEXT
98|sei vesa kaila, ebe vrndavana giya
99|krsna-nisevana kari nibhrte vasiya
100|SYNONYMS
101|sei-that; vesa-dress; kaila-accepted; ebe-now; vrndavana-to
>|Vrndavana-dhama; giya-going; krsna-nisevana-service to the
>|Lord; kari-I shall execute; nibhrte-in a solitary place;
>|vasiya-sitting.
102|TRANSLATION
103|After accepting the sannyasa order, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|decided to go to Vrndavana and engage Himself wholly and
>|solely in the service of Mukunda in a solitary place.
104|Madhya 3.10
105|TEXT 10
106|TEXT
107|eta bali' cale prabhu, premonmadera cihna
108|dik-vidik-jnana nahi, kiba ratri-dina
109|SYNONYMS
110|eta bali'-saying this; cale prabhu-the Lord began to
>|proceed; prema-unmadera cihna-the symptoms of ecstatic love;
>| dik-vidik-jnana-knowledge of the right direction or wrong
>|direction; nahi-there is not; kiba-whether; ratri-dina-
>|night or day.
111|TRANSLATION
112|As Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was enroute to Vrndavana,
>|all the ecstatic symptoms became manifest, and He did not
>|know in which direction He was going, nor did He know
>|whether it was day or night.
113|Madhya 3.11
114|TEXT 11
115|TEXT
116|nityananda, acaryaratna, mukunda, tina jana
117|prabhu-pache-pache tine karena gamana
118|SYNONYMS
119|nityananda-Nityananda Prabhu; acaryaratna-Candrasekhara;
>|mukunda-and Mukunda; tina jana-three persons; prabhu-pache-
>|pache-following the Lord; tine-all three of them; karena
>|gamana-go.
120|TRANSLATION
121|When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went toward Vrndavana,
>|Nityananda Prabhu, Candrasekhara and Prabhu Mukunda
>|followed Him.
122|Madhya 3.12
123|TEXT 12
124|TEXT
125|yei yei prabhu dekhe, sei sei loka
126|premavese 'hari' bale, khande duhkha-soka
127|SYNONYMS
128|yei yei-whoever; prabhu-the Lord; dekhe-sees; sei sei loka-
>|those persons; prema-avese-in the ecstasy of love; hari
>|bale-exclaim "Hari"; khande-pass over; duhkha-soka-all
>|kinds of material unhappiness and lamentation.
129|TRANSLATION
130|When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu passed through Radha-desa,
>|whoever saw Him in ecstasy exclaimed, "Hari! Hari!" As they
>|chanted this with the Lord, all the unhappiness of material
>|existence diminished.
131|Madhya 3.13
132|TEXT 13
133|TEXT
134|gopa-balaka saba prabhuke dekhiya
135|'hari' 'hari' bali' dake ucca kariya
136|SYNONYMS
137|gopa-balaka saba-all the cowherd boys; prabhuke dekhiya-
>|seeing the Lord; hari hari bali'-vibrating the sounds "Hari
>|Hari"; dake-shout; ucca kariya-loudly.
138|TRANSLATION
139|All the cowherd boys who saw Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|passing joined with Him and began to shout loudly, "Hari!
>|Hari!"
140|Madhya 3.14
141|TEXT 14
142|TEXT
143|suni' ta-sabara nikata gela gaurahari
144|'bala' 'bala' bale sabara sire hasta dhari'
145|SYNONYMS
146|suni'-hearing; ta-sabara-of all of them; nikata-near; gela-
>|went; gaurahari-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bala bala-go on
>|speaking, go on speaking; bale-He said; sabara-of all of
>|them; sire hasta dhari'-keeping His hand on their heads.
147|TRANSLATION
148|When He heard all the cowherd boys also chanting "Hari!
>|Hari!" Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was very pleased. He
>|approached them, put His hand on their heads and said, "Go
>|on chanting like that."
149|Madhya 3.15
150|TEXT 15
151|TEXT
152|ta'-sabara stuti kare,-tomara bhagyavan
153|krtartha karile more sunana hari-nama
154|SYNONYMS
155|ta'-sabara-of all of them; stuti kare-Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu praised the behavior; tomara-you; bhagyavan-
>|fortunate; krta-artha-successful; karile-you have made;
>|more-to Me; sunana-by chanting; hari-nama-the holy name of
>|Lord Hari.
156|TRANSLATION
157|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu thus blessed them all, saying that
>|they were all fortunate. In this way He praised them, and
>|He felt very successful because they chanted the holy name
>|of Lord Hari.
158|Madhya 3.16
159|TEXT 16
160|TEXT
161|gupte ta-sabake ani' thakura nityananda
162|sikhaila sabakare kariya prabandha
163|SYNONYMS
164|gupte-in confidence; ta-sabake-unto all the cowherd boys;
>|ani'-taking them; thakura nityananda-Nityananda Thakura;
>|sikhaila-instructed; sabakare-all of them; kariya prabandha-
>|by making a reasonable story.
165|TRANSLATION
166|Calling all the boys in confidence and telling a reasonable
>|story, Nityananda Prabhu instructed them as follows.
167|Madhya 3.17
168|TEXT 17
169|TEXT
170|vrndavana-patha prabhu puchena tomare
171|ganga-tira-patha tabe dekhaiha tanre
172|SYNONYMS
173|vrndavana-patha-the path to Vrndavana; prabhu-the Lord;
>|puchena-inquires; tomare-from you; ganga-tira-patha-the
>|path on the bank of the Ganges; tabe-at that time; dekhaiha-
>|please show; tanre-Him.
174|TRANSLATION
175|"If Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asks you about the path to
>|Vrndavana, please show Him the path on the bank of the
>|Ganges instead."
176|Madhya 3.18-19
177|TEXTS 18-19
178|TEXT
179|tabe prabhu puchilena,-'suna, sisu-gana
180|kaha dekhi, kon pathe yaba vrndavana'
181|sisu saba ganga-tira-patha dekhaila
182|sei pathe avese prabhu gamana karila
183|SYNONYMS
184|tabe-thereafter; prabhu-the Lord; puchilena-inquired; suna-
>|hear; sisu-gana-O boys; kaha dekhi-please tell Me; kon
>|pathe-in which way; yaba-I shall go; vrndavana-to Vrndavana;
>| sisu-the boys; saba-all; ganga-tira-patha-the path on the
>|bank of the Ganges; dekhaila-showed; sei-that; pathe-on the
>|path; avese-in ecstasy; prabhu-the Lord; gamana karila-went.
185|TRANSLATION
186|When the cowherd boys were questioned by Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu about the path to Vrndavana, the boys showed Him
>|the path on the bank of the Ganges, and the Lord went that
>|way in ecstasy.
187|Madhya 3.20
188|TEXT 20
189|TEXT
190|acaryaratnere kahe nityananda-gosani
191|sighra yaha tumi advaita-acaryera thani
192|SYNONYMS
193|acaryaratnere-to Candrasekhara Acarya; kahe-said;
>|nityananda-gosani-Lord Nityananda Prabhu; sighra-
>|immediately; yaha-go; tumi-you; advaita-acaryera thani-to
>|the place of Advaita Acarya.
194|TRANSLATION
195|As the Lord proceeded along the bank of the Ganges, Sri
>|Nityananda Prabhu requested Acaryaratna [Candrasekhara
>|Acarya] to go immediately to the house of Advaita Acarya.
196|Madhya 3.21
197|TEXT 21
198|TEXT
199|prabhu laye yaba ami tanhara mandire
200|savadhane rahena yena nauka lana tire
201|SYNONYMS
202|prabhu laye-taking the Lord; yaba-shall go; ami-I; tanhara-
>|of Him; mandire-to the house; savadhane-very carefully;
>|rahena-let Him stay; yena-there; nauka-boat; lana-taking;
>|tire-on the bank.
203|TRANSLATION
204|Sri Nityananda Gosvami told him, "I shall take Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu to the bank of the Ganges at Santipura, and
>|Advaita Acarya should carefully stay there on shore with a
>|boat.
205|Madhya 3.22
206|TEXT 22
207|TEXT
208|tabe navadvipe tumi kariha gamana
209|saci-saha lana aisa saba bhakta-gana
210|SYNONYMS
211|tabe-thereafter; navadvipe-to Navadvipa; tumi-you; kariha-
>|should do; gamana-going; saci-saha-mother Saci; lana-taking
>|along; aisa-come back; saba bhakta-gana-all the devotees.
212|TRANSLATION
213|"After that," Nityananda Prabhu continued, "I shall go to
>|Advaita Acarya's house, and you should go to Navadvipa and
>|return with mother Saci and all the other devotees."
214|Madhya 3.23
215|TEXT 23
216|TEXT
217|tanre pathaiya nityananda mahasaya
218|mahaprabhura age asi' dila paricaya
219|SYNONYMS
220|tanre-him; pathaiya-sending; nityananda-Lord Nityananda;
>|maha-asaya-the great personality; mahaprabhura-of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; age-in front; asi'-coming; dila-gave;
>|paricaya-introduction.
221|TRANSLATION
222|After sending Acaryaratna to the house of Advaita Acarya,
>|Sri Nityananda Prabhu went before Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|and gave notice of His coming.
223|Madhya 3.24
224|TEXT 24
225|TEXT
226|prabhu kahe,-sripada, tomara kothake gamana
227|sripada kahe, tomara sange yaba vrndavana
228|SYNONYMS
229|prabhu kahe-the Lord inquired; sripada-sir; tomara-of You;
>|kothake-where; gamana-going; sripada kahe-Nityananda Prabhu
>|replied; tomara-You; sange-with; yaba-I shall go; vrndavana-
>|toward Vrndavana.
230|TRANSLATION
231|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was in ecstasy, and He asked where
>|Nityananda Prabhu was going. Nityananda replied that He was
>|going with Him toward Vrndavana.
232|Madhya 3.25
233|TEXT 25
234|TEXT
235|prabhu kahe,-kata dure ache vrndavana
236|tenho kahena,-kara ei yamuna darasana
237|SYNONYMS
238|prabhu kahe-the Lord replied; kata dure-how far; ache-there
>|is; vrndavana-Vrndavana-dhama; tenho kahena-He replied;
>|kara-just do; ei-this; yamuna-Yamuna River; darasana-seeing.
239|TRANSLATION
240|When the Lord asked Nityananda Prabhu how far it was to
>|Vrndavana, Nityananda replied, "Just see! Here is the river
>|Yamuna."
241|Madhya 3.26
242|TEXT 26
243|TEXT
244|eta bali' anila tanre ganga-sannidhane
245|avese prabhura haila gangare yamuna-jnane
246|SYNONYMS
247|eta bali'-saying this; anila-He brought; tanre-Him; ganga-
>|sannidhane-near the Ganges; avese-in ecstasy; prabhura-of
>|the Lord; haila-there was; gangare-of the river Ganges;
>|yamuna-jnane-acceptance as the river Yamuna.
248|TRANSLATION
249|Saying this, Nityananda Prabhu took Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|near the Ganges, and the Lord, in His ecstasy, accepted the
>|river Ganges as the river Yamuna.
250|Madhya 3.27
251|TEXT 27
252|TEXT
253|aho bhagya, yamunare pailun darasana
254|eta bali' yamunara karena stavana
255|SYNONYMS
256|aho bhagya-oh, My great fortune; yamunare-of the river
>|Yamuna; pailun-I have gotten; darasana-vision; eta bali'-
>|after saying this; yamunara-of the river Yamuna; karena-
>|does; stavana-praising.
257|TRANSLATION
258|The Lord said, "Oh, what good fortune! Now I have seen the
>|river Yamuna." Thus thinking the Ganges to be the river
>|Yamuna, Caitanya Mahaprabhu began to offer prayers to it.
259|Madhya 3.28
260|TEXT 28
261|TEXT
262|cid-ananda-bhanoh sada nanda-sunoh
263|para-prema-patri drava-brahma-gatri
264|aghanam lavitri jagat-ksema-dhatri
265|pavitri-kriyan no vapur mitra-putri
266|SYNONYMS
267|cit-ananda-bhanoh-of the direct manifestation of spiritual
>|energy and bliss; sada-always; nanda-sunoh-of the son of
>|Maharaja Nanda; para-prema-patri-the giver of the highest
>|love; drava-brahma-gatri-composed of the water of the
>|spiritual world; aghanam-of all sins and offenses; lavitri-
>|the destroyer; jagat-ksema-dhatri-the performer of
>|everything auspicious for the world; pavitri-kriyat-kindly
>|purify; nah-our; vapuh-existence; mitra-putri-the daughter
>|of the sun-god.
268|TRANSLATION
269|"O river Yamuna, you are the blissful spiritual water that
>|gives love to the son of Nanda Maharaja. You are the same
>|as the water of the spiritual world, for you can vanquish
>|all our offenses and the sinful reactions incurred in life.
>|You are the creator of all auspicious things for the world.
>|O daughter of the sun-god, kindly purify us by your pious
>|activities."
270|PURPORT
271|This verse is recorded in the Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka (5.
>|35), by Kavi-karnapura.
272|Madhya 3.29
273|TEXT 29
274|TEXT
275|eta bali' namaskari' kaila ganga-snana
276|eka kaupina, nahi dvitiya paridhana
277|SYNONYMS
278|eta bali'-saying this; namaskari'-offering obeisances;
>|kaila-did; ganga-snana-bathing in the Ganges; eka kaupina-
>|only one piece of underwear; nahi-there was not; dvitiya-
>|second; paridhana-garment.
279|TRANSLATION
280|After reciting this mantra, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu offered
>|obeisances and took His bath in the Ganges. At that time He
>|had on only one piece of underwear, for there was no second
>|garment.
281|Madhya 3.30
282|TEXT 30
283|TEXT
284|hena kale acarya-gosani naukate cadina
285|aila nutana kaupina-bahirvasa lana
286|SYNONYMS
287|hena kale-at that time; acarya-gosani-Advaita Acarya Prabhu;
>| naukate cadina-on board a boat; aila-reached there; nutana-
>|new; kaupina-underwear; bahih-vasa-outer garments; lana-
>|bringing.
288|TRANSLATION
289|While Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was standing there without a
>|second garment, Sri Advaita Acarya arrived in a boat,
>|bringing with Him new underwear and external garments.
290|Madhya 3.31
291|TEXT 31
292|TEXT
293|age acarya asi' rahila namaskara kari'
294|acarya dekhi' bale prabhu mane samsaya kari'
295|SYNONYMS
296|age-in front; acarya-Advaita Acarya; asi'-coming; rahila-
>|stood; namaskara kari'-making obeisances; acarya dekhi'-
>|seeing Advaita Acarya; bale-says; prabhu-the Lord; mane-
>|within His mind; samsaya kari'-doubting.
297|TRANSLATION
298|When Advaita Acarya arrived, He stood before the Lord and
>|offered His obeisances. After seeing Him, the Lord began to
>|wonder about the entire situation.
299|Madhya 3.32
300|TEXT 32
301|TEXT
302|tumi ta' acarya-gosani, etha kene aila
303|ami vrndavane, tumi ke-mate janila
304|SYNONYMS
305|tumi-You are; ta'-certainly; acarya-gosani-Advaita Acarya;
>|etha-here; kene-why; aila-You have come; ami-I; vrndavane-
>|in Vrndavana; tumi-You; ke-mate-how; janila-knew.
306|TRANSLATION
307|Still in His ecstasy, the Lord asked Advaita Acarya, "Why
>|did You come here? How did You know that I was in Vrndavana?
>|"
308|Madhya 3.33
309|TEXT 33
310|TEXT
311|acarya kahe-tumi yahan, sei vrndavana
312|mora bhagye ganga-tire tomara agamana
313|SYNONYMS
314|acarya kahe-Acarya replied; tumi yahan-wherever You are;
>|sei-that; vrndavana-Vrndavana; mora bhagye-by My great
>|fortune; ganga-tire-on the bank of the Ganges; tomara
>|agamana-Your appearance.
315|TRANSLATION
316|Advaita Acarya disclosed the whole situation, telling Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, "Wherever You are, that is Vrndavana.
>|Now it is My great fortune that You have come to the bank
>|of the Ganges."
317|Madhya 3.34
318|TEXT 34
319|TEXT
320|prabhu kahe,-nityananda amare vancila
321|gangake aniya more yamuna kahila
322|SYNONYMS
323|prabhu kahe-the Lord replied; nityananda-Lord Nityananda;
>|amare-Me; vancila-has cheated; gangake-to the bank of the
>|Ganges; aniya-bringing; more-Me; yamuna-the river Yamuna;
>|kahila-informed.
324|TRANSLATION
325|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then said, "Nityananda has cheated
>|Me. He has brought Me to the bank of the Ganges and told Me
>|that it was the Yamuna."
326|Madhya 3.35
327|TEXT 35
328|TEXT
329|acarya kahe, mithya nahe sripada-vacana
330|yamunate snana tumi karila ekhana
331|SYNONYMS
332|acarya kahe-Advaita Acarya replied; mithya nahe-this is not
>|untrue; sripada-vacana-the words of Sri Nityananda Prabhu;
>|yamunate-in the river Yamuna; snana-bathing; tumi-You;
>|karila-did; ekhana-just now.
333|TRANSLATION
334|When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accused Nityananda of cheating
>|Him, Srila Advaita Acarya said, "Whatever Nityananda Prabhu
>|has told You is not false. You have indeed just now taken
>|Your bath in the river Yamuna."
335|Madhya 3.36
336|TEXT 36
337|TEXT
338|gangaya yamuna vahe hana eka-dhara
339|pascime yamuna vahe, purve ganga-dhara
340|SYNONYMS
341|gangaya-with the river Ganges; yamuna-the river Yamuna;
>|vahe-flows; hana-becoming; eka-dhara-one stream; pascime-on
>|the western side; yamuna-the river Yamuna; vahe-flows;
>|purve-on the eastern side; ganga-dhara-the flow of the
>|Ganges.
342|TRANSLATION
343|Advaita Acarya then explained that at that spot both the
>|Ganges and Yamuna flow together. On the western side was
>|the Yamuna, and on the eastern side was the Ganges.
344|PURPORT
345|The Ganges and Yamuna mix at the confluence at Allahabad (
>|Prayaga). The Yamuna flows from the western side and the
>|Ganges from the eastern, and they merge. Since Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu bathed on the western side, He actually took His
>|bath in the river Yamuna.
346|Madhya 3.37
347|TEXT 37
348|TEXT
349|pascima-dhare yamuna vahe, tahan kaile snana
350|ardra kaupina chadi' suska kara paridhana
351|SYNONYMS
352|pascima-dhare-in the western flow; yamuna-the river Yamuna;
>|vahe-flows; tahan-there; kaile-You did; snana-bathing;
>|ardra-wet; kaupina-underwear; chadi'-giving up; suska-dry;
>|kara-do; paridhana-putting on.
353|TRANSLATION
354|Advaita Acarya then suggested that since Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu had taken His bath in the river Yamuna and His
>|underwear was now wet, the Lord should change His underwear
>|for dry garments.
355|Madhya 3.38
356|TEXT 38
357|