1|Madhya 9-1975: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Travels to
>|the Holy Places
2|Chapter 9
3|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places
4|A summary of the Ninth Chapter is given by Srila
>|Bhaktivinoda Thakura. After leaving Vidyanagara, Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu visited such places of pilgrimage as
>|Gautami-ganga, Mallikarjuna, Ahovala-nrsimha, Siddhavata,
>|Skanda-ksetra, Trimatha, Vrddhakasi, Bauddha-sthana,
>|Tirupati, Tirumala, Pana-nrsimha, Siva-kanci, Visnu-kanci,
>|Trikala-hasti, Vrddhakola, Siyali-bhairavi, Kaveri -
>|tira and Kumbhakarna-kapala.
5|Finally the Lord went to Sri Ranga-ksetra, where He
>|converted a brahmana named Venkata Bhatta, who, along with
>|his family, became a devotee of Krsna. After
>|leaving Sri Ranga, Caitanya Mahaprabhu reached Rsabha-
>|parvata, where He met Paramananda Puri, who later arrived
>|at Jagannatha Puri. Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then
>|proceeded farther, arriving at Setubandha Ramesvara. At Sri
>|Saila-parvata, the Lord met Lord Siva and his wife Durga in
>|the dress of a brahmana and brahmani. From there He went to
>|Kamakosthi-puri and later arrived at southern Mathura. A
>|brahmana devotee of Lord Ramacandra 's talked with Him.
>|Then the Lord took His bath in the river Krtamala. On the
>|hill known as Mahendra-saila, the Lord saw Parasurama. Then
>|the Lord went to Setubandha and took His bath at Dhanus-
>|tirtha. He also visited Ramesvara, where He collected some
>|papers connected with Sitadevi, whose illusory form was
>| kidnapped by Ravana. The Lord next visited the places
>|known as Pandya-desa, Tamraparni , Naya- tripadi,
>|Ciyadatala, Tila-kanci, Gajendra-moksana, Panagadi,
>|Camtapura, Sri Vaikuntha, Malaya-parvata and Kanya-kumari.
>|The Lord then met the Bhattatharis at Mallara-desa
>|and saved Kala Krsnadasa from their clutches. The Lord also
>|collected the Brahma-samhita, Fifth Chapter, on the banks
>|of the Payasvini River. He then visited Payasvini,
>|Srngavera-puri-matha and Matsya-tirtha. At the village of
>|Udupi He saw the Gopala Deity installed by Sri Madhvacarya.
>|He then defeated the Tattvavadis in sastric conversation.
>|The Lord next visited Phalgu-tirtha, Tritakupa, Pancapsara,
>|Surparaka and Kolapura. At Sri Rangapuri the Lord
>|received news of Sankararanya 's
>|disappearance . He then
>|went to the banks of the Krsnavenva River, where He
>|collected from among the Vaisnava brahmanas a book written
>|by Bilvamangala , Krsna-karnamrta. The Lord
>|then visited Tapti, Mahismati-pura, Narmada - tira and
>|Rsyamuka-parvata. He entered Dandakaranya and liberated
>|the seven palm trees. From there He visited a place known
>|as Pampa-sarovara and visited Pancavati, Nasika, Brahmagiri
>|and also the source of the Godavari River, Kusavarta. Thus
>|the Lord visited almost all the holy places in South India.
>|He finally returned to Jagannatha Puri by taking the same
>|route, after visiting Vidyanagara again.
6|Madhya 9.1
7|TEXT 1
8|TEXT
9|nana-mata-graha-grastan
10|daksinatya-jana-dvipan
11|krparina vimucyaitan
12|gauras cakre sa vaisnavan
13|SYNONYMS
14|nana-mata-by various philosophies; graha-like crocodiles;
>|grastan-captured; daksinatya-jana-the inhabitants of South
>|India; dvipan-like elephants; krpa-arina-by His disc of
>|mercy; vimucya-liberating; etan-all these; gaurah-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; cakre-converted; sah-He; vaisnavan-to
>|the Vaisnava cult.
15|TRANSLATION
16|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu converted the inhabitants of
>|South India. These people were as strong as elephants, but
>|they were in the clutches of the crocodiles of various
>|philosophies, such as the Buddhist, Jain and Mayavada
>|philosophies. With His disc of mercy the Lord delivered
>|them all by converting them into Vaisnavas, devotees of the
>|Lord.
17|PURPORT
18|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's converting the people of South
>|India into Vaisnavas is compared herein to Lord Visnu's
>|delivering Gajendra the elephant from the attack of a
>|crocodile. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu visited southern
>|India, almost all the residents were within the jaws of the
>|crocodiles of Buddhist, Jain and Mayavada philosophy. Here
>|Kaviraja Gosvami states that although these people were as
>|strong as elephants, they were almost in the clutches of
>|death because they were being attacked by the crocodiles of
>|various philosophies. However, as Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu in the form of Visnu mercifully saved the
>|elephant Gajendra from the clutches of a crocodile, so He
>|saved all the people of South India from the clutches of
>|various philosophies by converting them into Vaisnavas.
19|Madhya 9.2
20|TEXT 2
21|TEXT
22|jaya jaya sri-caitanya jaya nityananda
23|jayadvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda
24|SYNONYMS
25|jaya jaya-all glories; sri-caitanya-to Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; jaya-all glories; nityananda-unto Nityananda
>|Prabhu; jaya advaita-candra-all glories to Advaita Prabhu;
>|jaya-all glories; gaura-bhakta-vrnda-to the devotees of
>|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
26|TRANSLATION
27|All glories to Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu! All glories to
>|Lord Nityananda Prabhu! All glories to Sri Advaita Prabhu!
>|And all glories to the devotees of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu!
28|Madhya 9.3
29|TEXT 3
30|TEXT
31|daksina-gamana prabhura ati vilaksana
32|sahasra sahasra tirtha kaila darasana
33|SYNONYMS
34|daksina-gamana-touring in South India; prabhura-of the Lord;
>| ati-very; vilaksana-extraordinary; sahasra sahasra-
>|thousands and thousands; tirtha-holy places; kaila-did;
>|darasana-visit.
35|TRANSLATION
36|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's tour of South India was certainly
>|very extraordinary because He visited many thousands of
>|places of pilgrimage there.
37|Madhya 9.4
38|TEXT 4
39|TEXT
40|sei saba tirtha sparsi' maha-tirtha kaila
41|sei chale sei desera loka nistarila
42|SYNONYMS
43|sei saba-all those; tirtha-holy places; sparsi'-touching;
>|maha-tirtha-into great places of pilgrimage; kaila-made
>|them; sei chale-under that plea; sei desera-of those
>|countries; loka-the people; nistarila-He delivered.
44|TRANSLATION
45|On the plea of visiting all those holy places, the Lord
>|converted many thousands of residents and thus delivered
>|them. Simply by touching the holy places, He made them into
>|great places of pilgrimage.
46|PURPORT
47|It is said: tirthi-kurvanti tirthani. A tirtha, or holy
>|place, is a place where great saintly personalities visit
>|or reside. Although the holy places were already places of
>|pilgrimage, they were all purified by Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu's visit. Many people go to these holy places and
>|leave their sinful activities there, thus becoming free
>|from contamination. When these contaminations pile up, they
>|are counteracted by the visit of great personalities like
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His strict followers. Many
>|kinds of patients come to a hospital, which may be infected
>|by many types of disease. Actually the hospital is always
>|infected, but the expert physician keeps the hospital
>|sterilized by his expert presence and management. Similarly,
>| places of pilgrimage are always infected by the sins left
>|by the sinners who go there, but when a personality like
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu visits such a place, all
>|contaminations vanish.
48|Madhya 9.5
49|TEXT 5
50|TEXT
51|sei saba tirthera krama kahite na pari
52|daksina-vame tirtha-gamana haya pherapheri
53|SYNONYMS
54|sei saba-all those; tirthera-of holy places; krama-the
>|chronological order; kahite-to tell of; na pari-I am unable;
>| daksina-vame-left and right; tirtha-gamana-visiting the
>|holy places; haya-is; pherapheri-going and coming back
55|TRANSLATION
56|I cannot chronologically record all the places of
>|pilgrimage visited by Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. I can
>|only summarize everything by saying that the Lord visited
>|all holy places right and left, coming and going.
57|Madhya 9.6
58|TEXT 6
59|TEXT
60|ataeva nama-matra kariye ganana
61|kahite na pari tara yatha anukrama
62|SYNONYMS
63|ataeva-therefore; nama-matra-only as a token record; kariye
>|ganana-I count; kahite-to tell; na pari-I am unable; tara-
>|of that; yatha-as; anukrama-chronological order.
64|TRANSLATION
65|Because it is impossible for me to record all these places
>|in chronological order, I simply make a token gesture
>|of recording them.
66|Madhya 9.7-8
67|TEXTS 7-8
68|TEXT
69|purvavat pathe yaite ye paya darasana
70|yei grame yaya, se gramera yata jana
71|sabei vaisnava haya, kahe 'krsna' 'hari'
72|anya grama nistaraye sei 'vaisnava' kari'
73|SYNONYMS
74|purva-vat-as done previously; pathe-on the way; yaite-while
>|going; ye-anyone who; paya-gets; darasana-audience; yei-
>|which; grame-in the village; yaya-Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu goes; se-that; gramera-of the village; yata-all;
>|jana-people; sabei-all of them; vaisnava haya-become
>|devotees; kahe-say; krsna hari-the holy names of Lord Krsna
>|and Hari; anya grama-other villages; nistaraye-delivers;
>|sei-He; vaisnava-devotees; kari'-making.
75|TRANSLATION
76|As previously stated, all the residents of the villages
>|visited by Lord Caitanya became Vaisnavas and began to
>|chant "Hari " and "Krsna. " In this way, in all the
>|villages visited by the Lord, everyone became a Vaisnava, a
>|devotee.
77|PURPORT
78|The holy names of Krsna and Hari, or the chanting of the
>|Hare Krsna maha-mantra, are so spiritually powerful that
>|even today, as our preachers go to remote parts of the
>|world, people immediately begin chanting Hare Krsna. Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu was the Supreme Personality of Godhead
>|Himself. There cannot be anyone who can compare to Him or
>|His potencies. However, because we are following in His
>|footsteps and are also chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra,
>|the effect is almost as potent as during the time of Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Our preachers mainly belong to
>|European and American countries, yet by the grace of Lord
>|Caitanya they have tremendous success wherever they go to
>|open branches. Indeed, everywhere people are very seriously
>|chanting Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare
>|Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
79|Madhya 9.9
80|TEXT 9
81|TEXT
82|daksina desera loka aneka prakara
83|keha jnani, keha karmi, pasandi apara
84|SYNONYMS
85|daksina desera-of South India; loka-people; aneka-many;
>|prakara-varieties; keha-someone; jnani-philosophical
>|speculator; keha-someone; karmi-fruitive worker; pasandi-
>|nondevotees; apara-innumerable.
86|TRANSLATION
87|In South India there were many types of people. Some were
>|philosophical speculators, and some were fruitive workers,
>|but in any case there were innumerable nondevotees.
88|Madhya 9.10
89|TEXT 10
90|TEXT
91|sei saba loka prabhura darsana-prabhave
92|nija-nija-mata chadi' ha-ila vaisnave
93|SYNONYMS
94|sei saba loka-all those people; prabhura-of Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; darsana-prabhave-by the influence of
>|His visit; nija-nija-their own; mata-opinion; chadi'-giving
>|up; ha-ila-became; vaisnave-devotees.
95|TRANSLATION
96|By the influence of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, all these
>|people abandoned their own opinions and became Vaisnavas,
>|devotees of Krsna.
97|Madhya 9.11
98|TEXT 11
99|TEXT
100|vaisnavera madhye rama-upasaka saba
101|keha 'tattvavadi', keha haya 'sri-vaisnava'
102|SYNONYMS
103|vaisnavera madhye-amongst Vaisnavas; rama-upasaka saba-all
>|worshipers of Lord Sri Ramacandra; keha-someone; tattva-
>|vadi-followers of Madhvacarya; keha-someone; haya-is; sri-
>|vaisnava-devotees following the disciplic succession of Sri
>|Ramanujacarya
104|TRANSLATION
105|At the time, all the South Indian Vaisnavas were worshipers
>|of Lord Ramacandra. Some were Tattvavadis, and some were
>|followers of Ramanujacarya.
106|PURPORT
107|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura points out that the
>|word "Tattvavadi" refers to the followers of Srila
>|Madhvacarya. To distinguish his disciplic succession from
>|the Mayavadi followers of Sankaracarya, Srila Madhvacarya
>|named his party the Tattvavadis. Impersonal monists are
>|always attacked by these Tattvavadis, who attempt to defeat
>|their philosophy of impersonalism. Generally, they
>|establish the supremacy of the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead. Actually the disciplic succession of Madhvacarya
>|is known as the Brahma Vaisnava sect; that is the sect
>|coming down from Lord Brahma. Consequently the Tattvavadis,
>|or followers of Madhvacarya, do not accept the incident of
>|Lord Brahma's illusion, which is recorded in the Tenth
>|Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam. Srila Madhvacarya has
>|purposefully avoided commenting on that portion of Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam in which brahma-mohana, the illusion of Lord
>|Brahma, is mentioned. Srila Madhavendra Puri was one of the
>|acaryas in the Tattvavada disciplic succession, and he
>|established the ultimate goal of transcendentalism to be
>|attainment of pure devotional service, love of Godhead.
>|Those Vaisnavas belonging to the Gaudiya-sampradaya, the
>|disciplic succession following Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, are
>|distinct from the Tattvavadis, although they belong to the
>|same Tattvavada-sampradaya. The followers of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu are therefore known as the Madhva-Gaudiya-
>|sampradaya.
108|The word pasandi refers to those who are opposed to pure
>|devotional service. In particular, these are the Mayavadis,
>|the impersonalists. A definition of pasandi is given in the
>|Hari-bhakti-vilasa (1.73), wherein it is stated:
109|yas tu narayanam devam
110|brahma- rudradi - daivataih
111|samatvenaiva vikseta
112|sa pasandi bhaved dhruvam
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113|A
>| pasandi
>| is one
>| who
>|thinks that the Supreme Lord Narayana
>|,
>|
>|the Personality of Godhead ,
>|is on the same level with the
>|demigods , headed by Lord Brahma and
>| Lord Siva
>|. the devotee never
>|considers Lord Narayana to be on the
>|same platform with Lord Brahma and Lord
>|Siva. The Madhvacarya - sampradaya
>| and Ramanuja -sampradaya are
>| mainly worshipers of
>|Lord Ramacandra, although the Sri
>|Vaisnavas are supposed to be worshipers of
>|Lord Narayana and Laksmi and
>| the
>|Tattvavadis are supposed
>| to be worshipers of Lord
>|
>|Krsna . At present
>|, in most
>|
>| of the monasteries
>|belonging to the Madhva-
>|sampradaya , Lord Ramacandra is
>|worshiped .
114|In the book known as Adhyatma-ramayana, there are
>|statements in Chapters Twelve to Fifteen about the worship
>|of the Deities Sri Ramacandra and Sita. There it is stated
>|that during Lord Ramacandra's time there was a brahmana who
>|took a vow to fast until he saw Lord Ramacandra. Sometimes,
>|due to business, Lord Ramacandra was absent from His
>|capital for a full week and could not be seen by citizens
>|during that time. Because of his vow, the brahmana could
>|not take even a drop of water during that week. Later,
>|after eight or nine days, when the brahmana could see Lord
>|Ramacandra personally, he would break his fast. Upon
>|observing the brahmana's rigid vow, Lord Sri Ramacandra
>|ordered His younger brother Laksmana to deliver a pair of
>|Sita-Rama Deities to the brahmana. The brahmana received
>|the Deities from Sri Laksmanaji and worshiped Them
>|faithfully as long as he lived. At the time of his death,
>|he delivered the Deities to Sri Hanumanji, who, for many
>|years, hung Them around his neck and served Them with all
>|devotion. After many years, when Hanumanji departed on the
>|hill known as Gandha-madana, he delivered the Deities to
>|Bhimasena, one of the Pandavas, and Bhimasena brought Them
>|to his palace, where he kept Them very carefully. The last
>|king of the Pandavas, Ksemakanta, worshiped the Deities in
>|that palace. Later, the same Deities were kept in the
>|custody of the kings of Orissa known as Gajapatis. One of
>|the acaryas, known as Narahari Tirtha, who was in the
>|disciplic succession of Madhvacarya, received these Deities
>|from the King of Orissa.
115|It may be noted that these particular Deities of Rama and
>|Sita have been worshiped from the time of King Iksvaku.
>|Indeed, they were worshiped by the royal princes even
>|before the appearance of Lord Ramacandra. Later, during
>|Lord Ramacandra's presence, the Deities were worshiped by
>|Laksmana. It is said that just three months before his
>|disappearance, Sri Madhvacarya received these Deities and
>|installed them in the Udupi temple. Since then the Deities
>|have been worshiped by the Madhvacarya-sampradaya at that
>|monastery. As far as the Sri Vaisnavas are concerned,
>|beginning with Ramanujacarya, they also worshiped Deities
>|of Sita-Rama. Sita-Rama Deities are also being worshiped in
>|Tirupati and other places. From the Sri Ramanuja-sampradaya
>|there is another branch known as Ramanandi or Ramat, and
>|the followers of that branch also worship Deities of Sita-
>|Rama very rigidly. The Ramanuja-sampradaya Vaisnavas prefer
>|the worship of Lord Ramacandra to that of Radha-Krsna.
116|Madhya 9.12
117|TEXT 12
118|TEXT
119|sei saba vaisnava mahaprabhura darsane
120|krsna-upasaka haila, laya krsna-name
121|SYNONYMS
122|sei saba-all those; vaisnava-devotees; mahaprabhura-of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; darsane-by seeing; krsna-upasaka-
>|devotees of Lord Krsna; haila-became; laya-took; krsna-name-
>|the holy name of Lord Krsna.
123|TRANSLATION
124|After meeting Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, all those different
>|Vaisnavas became devotees of Krsna and began chanting the
>|Hare Krsna maha-mantra.
125|Madhya 9.13
126|TEXT 13
127|TEXT
128|rama! raghava! rama! raghava! rama! raghava! pahi mam
129|krsna! kesava! krsna! kesava! krsna! kesava! raksa mam
130|SYNONYMS
131|rama-O Rama; raghava-O descendant of Raghu; pahi-please
>|protect; mam-me; krsna-O Krsna; kesava-O killer of Kesi;
>|raksa-protect; mam-me.
132|TRANSLATION
133|" 'O Lord Ramacandra, descendant of Maharaja Raghu, kindly
>|protect me! O Lord Krsna, killer of the Kesi demon, kindly
>|protect me!' "
134|Madhya 9.14
135|TEXT 14
136|TEXT
137|ei sloka pathe padi' karila prayana
138|gautami-gangaya yai' kaila ganga-snana
139|SYNONYMS
140|ei sloka-this Sanskrit verse; pathe-on the way; padi'-
>|reciting; karila-did; prayana-going; gautami-gangaya-to the
>|bank of the Gautami-ganga; yai'-going; kaila-did; ganga-
>|snana-bathing in the Ganges.
141|TRANSLATION
142|While walking on the road, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to
>|chant this Rama Raghava mantra. Chanting in this way, He
>|arrived at the banks of the Gautami-ganga and took His bath
>|there.
143|PURPORT
144|The Gautami-ganga is another branch of the river Godavari.
>|Formerly a great sage named Gautama Rsi used to live on the
>|bank of this river opposite the city of Rajamahendri, and
>|consequently this branch was called the Gautami-ganga.
145|Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura says that Srila Kaviraja Gosvami
>|has recorded the names of the holy places visited by Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu but that there is no chronological
>|order of the places visited. However, there is a notebook
>|of Govinda dasa's containing a chronological order and
>|references to geographical positions. Srila Bhaktivinoda
>|Thakura requests the readers to refer to that book.
>|According to Govinda dasa, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to
>|Trimanda from the Gautami-ganga. From there He went to
>|Dhundirama-tirtha, another place of pilgrimage. According
>|to this book, after visiting the Gautami-
>|ganga, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to Mallikarjuna-tirtha.
146|Madhya 9.15
147|TEXT 15
148|TEXT
149|mallikarjuna-tirthe yai' mahesa dekhila
150|tahan saba loke krsna-nama laoyaila
151|SYNONYMS
152|mallikarjuna-tirthe-to the holy place known as Mallikarjuna;
>| yai'-going; mahesa-the deity of Lord Siva; dekhila-He saw;
>|tahan-there; saba loke-all the people; krsna-nama-Lord
>|Krsna's holy name; laoyaila-He induced to chant.
153|TRANSLATION
154|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then went to Mallikarjuna-tirtha
>|and saw the deity of Lord Siva there. He also induced all
>|the people to chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra.
155|PURPORT
156|Mallikarjuna is also known as Sri Saila. It is situated
>|about seventy miles south of Karnula on the
>|right bank of the Krsna River. There are great walls all
>|around the village, and within the walls resides the deity
>|known as Mallikarjuna. It is a deity of Lord Siva and is
>|one of the Jyotirlingas .
157|Madhya 9.16
158|TEXT 16
159|TEXT
160|ramadasa mahadeve karila darasana
161|ahovala-nrsimhere karila gamana
162|SYNONYMS
163|rama-dasa-Ramadasa; maha-deve-of Mahadeva; karila-did;
>|darasana-seeing; ahovala-nrsimhere-to Ahovala-nrsimha;
>|karila-did; gamana-going.
164|TRANSLATION
165|There he saw Lord Mahadeva [Siva], the servant of Lord Rama.
>| He then went to Ahovala-nrsimha.
166|Madhya 9.17
167|TEXT 17
168|TEXT
169|nrsimha dekhiya tanre kaila nati-stuti
170|siddhavata gela yahan murti sitapati
171|SYNONYMS
172|nrsimha dekhiya-after seeing the Lord Nrsimha Deity; tanre-
>|unto Him; kaila-did; nati-stuti-offering of various prayers;
>| siddhavata-to Siddhavata; gela-He went; yahan-where; murti-
>|the Deity; sita-pati-Lord Ramacandra.
173|TRANSLATION
174|After seeing the Ahovala-nrsimha Deity, Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|offered many prayers unto the Lord. He then went to
>|Siddhavata, where He saw the Deity of Ramacandra, the Lord
>|of Sitadevi.
175|PURPORT
176|Siddhavata, also known as Sidhauta, is ten miles east of
>|the village Kudapa. Previously this place was also known
>|as southern Benares. There is a great banyan tree
>|there, and it is therefore known as Siddhavata. Vata means
>|banyan tree.
177|Madhya 9.18
178|TEXT 18
179|TEXT
180|raghunatha dekhi' kaila pranati stavana
181|tahan eka vipra prabhura kaila nimantrana
182|SYNONYMS
183|raghu-natha dekhi'-after seeing Lord Ramacandra, the
>|descendant of Maharaja Raghu; kaila-offered; pranati-
>|obeisances; stavana-prayers; tahan-there; eka-one; vipra-
>|brahmana; prabhura-to Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kaila-
>|did; nimantrana-invitation.
184|TRANSLATION
185|After seeing the Deity of Lord Ramacandra, the descendant
>|of King Raghu, the Lord offered His prayers and obeisances.
>|Then a brahmana invited the Lord to take lunch.
186|Madhya 9.19
187|TEXT 19
188|TEXT
189|sei vipra rama-nama nirantara laya
190|'rama''rama' vina anya vani na kahaya
191|SYNONYMS
192|sei vipra-that brahmana; rama-nama-the holy name of Lord
>|Ramacandra; nirantara-constantly; laya-chants; rama rama-
>|the holy names Rama Rama; vina-without; anya-other; vani-
>|vibration; na-does not; kahaya-speak.
193|TRANSLATION
194|That brahmana constantly chanted the holy name of
>|Ramacandra. Indeed, but for chanting Lord Ramacandra's holy
>|name, that brahmana did not speak a word.
195|Madhya 9.20
196|TEXT 20
197|TEXT
198|sei dina tanra ghare rahi' bhiksa kari'
199|tanre krpa kari' age calila gaurahari
200|SYNONYMS
201|sei dina-on that day; tanra ghare-the house of that
>|brahmana; rahi'-staying; bhiksa kari'-accepting prasada;
>|tanre-unto him; krpa kari'-showing mercy; age-ahead; calila-
>|departed; gaura-hari-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
202|TRANSLATION
203|That day, Lord Caitanya remained there and accepted
>|prasada at his house. After bestowing mercy upon him in
>|this way, the Lord proceeded ahead.
204|Madhya 9.21
205|TEXT 21
206|TEXT
207|skanda-ksetra-tirthe kaila skanda darasana
208|trimatha aila, tahan dekhi' trivikrama
209|SYNONYMS
210|skanda-ksetra-tirthe-in the holy place known as Skanda-
>|ksetra; kaila-did; skanda darasana-visiting Lord Skanda (
>|Karttikeya, son of Lord Siva); trimatha-at Trimatha; aila-
>|arrived; tahan-there; dekhi'-seeing; trivikrama-a form of
>|Lord Visnu, Trivikrama.
211|TRANSLATION
212|At the holy place known as Skanda-ksetra, Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu visited the temple of Skanda. From there He went
>|to Trimatha, where He saw the Visnu Deity Trivikrama.
213|Madhya 9.22
214|TEXT 22
215|TEXT
216|punah siddhavata aila sei vipra-ghare
217|sei vipra krsna-nama laya nirantare
218|SYNONYMS
219|punah-again; siddha-vata-to the place known as Siddhavata;
>|aila-returned; sei-that; vipra-ghare-in the house of the
>|brahmana; sei vipra-that brahmana; krsna-nama-the holy name
>|of Lord Krsna; laya-chants; nirantare-constantly.
220|TRANSLATION
221|After visiting the temple of Trivikrama, the Lord returned
>|to Siddhavata, where He again visited the house of the
>|brahmana, who was now constantly chanting the Hare Krsna
>|maha-mantra.
222|Madhya 9.23
223|TEXT 23
224|TEXT
225|bhiksa kari' mahaprabhu tanre prasna kaila
226|' 'kaha vipra, ei tomara kon dasa haila
227|SYNONYMS
228|bhiksa kari'-after accepting lunch; mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; tanre-unto him; prasna kaila-asked a question;
>|kaha vipra-My dear brahmana friend, please say; ei-this;
>|tomara-your; kon-what; dasa-situation; haila-became.
229|TRANSLATION
230|After finishing His lunch there, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|asked the brahmana, "My dear friend, kindly tell Me what
>|your position is now.
231|Madhya 9.24
232|TEXT 24
233|TEXT
234|purve tumi nirantara laite rama-nama
235|ebe kene nirantara lao krsna-nama' '
236|SYNONYMS
237|purve-formerly; tumi-you; nirantara-constantly; laite-used
>|to chant; rama-nama-the holy name of Lord Ramacandra; ebe-
>|now; kene-why; nirantara-constantly; lao-you chant; krsna-
>|nama-the holy name of Krsna.
238|TRANSLATION
239|"Formerly you were constantly chanting the holy name of
>|Lord Rama. Why are you now constantly chanting the holy
>|name of Krsna?"
240|Madhya 9.25
241|TEXT 25
242|TEXT
243|vipra bale,-ei tomara darsana-prabhave
244|toma dekhi' gela mora ajanma svabhave
245|SYNONYMS
246|vipra bale-the brahmana replied; ei-this; tomara darsana-
>|prabhave-by the influence of Your visit; toma dekhi'-after
>|seeing You; gela-went; mora-my; a-janma-from childhood;
>|svabhave-nature.
247|TRANSLATION
248|The brahmana replied, "This is all due to Your influence,
>|sir. After seeing You, I have lost my lifelong practice.
249|Madhya 9.26
250|TEXT 26
251|TEXT
252|balyavadhi rama-nama-grahana amara
253|toma dekhi' krsna-nama aila eka-bara
254|SYNONYMS
255|balya-avadhi-since the days of my childhood; rama-nama-
>|grahana-chanting the holy name of Lord Ramacandra; amara-my;
>| toma dekhi'-upon seeing You; krsna-nama-the holy name of
>|Lord Krsna; aila-came; eka-bara-once only.
256|TRANSLATION
257|"From my childhood I have been chanting the holy name of
>|Lord Ramacandra, but upon seeing You I chanted the holy
>|name of Lord Krsna just once.
258|Madhya 9.27
259|TEXT 27
260|TEXT
261|sei haite krsna-nama jihvate vasila
262|krsna-nama sphure, rama-nama dure gela
263|SYNONYMS
264|sei haite-since that time; krsna-nama-the holy name of Lord
>|Krsna; jihvate-on the tongue; vasila-was seated tightly;
>|krsna-nama-the holy name of Lord Krsna; sphure-
>|automatically comes; rama-nama-the holy name of Lord
>|Ramacandra; dure-far away; gela-went.
265|TRANSLATION
266|"Since then, the holy name of Krsna has been tightly fixed
>|upon my tongue. Indeed, since I have been chanting the holy
>|name of Krsna, the holy name of Lord Ramacandra has gone
>|far away.
267|Madhya 9.28
268|TEXT 28
269|TEXT
270|balya-kala haite mora svabhava eka haya
271|namera mahima-sastra kariye sancaya
272|SYNONYMS
273|balya-kala haite-from my childhood; mora-my; svabhava-
>|practice; eka-one; haya-there is; namera-of the holy name;
>|mahima-concerning the glories; sastra-the revealed
>|scriptures; kariye sancaya-I collect.
274|TRANSLATION
275|"From my childhood I have been practicing this chanting and
>|have been collecting the glories of the holy name from
>|revealed scriptures.
276|Madhya 9.29