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Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta
TRANSLATION
After thus delivering the people in general, the Lord desired to leave Vārāṇasī. After instructing Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, He sent him toward Vṛndāvana.
PURPORT
The actual purpose of Lord Caitanya's stay at Vārāṇasī after coming back from Vṛndāvana was to meet Sanātana Gosvāmī and teach him. Sanātana Gosvāmī met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu after the Lord's return to Vārāṇasī, where the Lord taught him for two months about the implications of Vaiṣṇava philosophy and Vaiṣṇava activities. After completely instructing him, He sent him to Vṛndāvana to execute His orders. When Sanātana Gosvāmī went to Vṛndāvana, there were no temples. The city was lying vacant like an open field. Sanātana Gosvāmī sat down on the bank of the Yamunā, and after some time he gradually constructed the first temple; then other temples were constructed, and now the city is full of temples, numbering about 5,000.
TEXT 161
রাত্রি-দিবসে লোকের শুনি কোলাহল । বারাণসী ছাড়ি প্রভু আইলা নীলাচল ॥ ১৬১ ॥
rātri-divase lokera śuni' kolāhala vārāṇasī chāḍi' prabhu āilā nīlācala
SYNONYMS
rātri —night;  divase —day;  lokera —of the people in general;  śuni —hearing;  kolāhala —tumult;  vārāṇasī —the city of Benares;  chāḍi —leaving;  prabhu —the Lord;  āilā —returned;  nīlācala —to Purī.
TRANSLATION
Because the city of Vārāṇasī was always full of tumultuous crowds, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, after sending Sanātana to Vṛndāvana, returned to Jagannātha Purī.
TEXT 162
এই লীলা কহিব আগে বিস্তার করিয়া । সংক্ষেপে কহিলাঙ ইহাঁ প্রসঙ্গ পাইয়া ॥ ১৬২ ॥
ei līlā kahiba āge vistāra kariyā saṅkṣepe kahilāṅ ihāṅ prasaṅga pāiyā