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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Ādi-līlā, Ch. 13]
TEXT 91
অ-কলঙ গৌরচন্দ্র দিলা দরশন ।
স-কলঙ চন্দ্রে আর কোন্ প্রয়োজন ॥ ৯১ ॥
a-kalaṅka gauracandra dilā daraśana
sa-kalaṅka candre āra kon prayojana
SYNONYMS
a-kalaṅka —without contamination;  gauracandra —the moon of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  dilā —gave;  daraśana —audience;  sa-kalaṅka —with contamination;  candre —for a moon;  āra —also;  kon —what;  prayojana —necessity.
TRANSLATION
When the spotless moon of Caitanya Mahāprabhu became visible, what would be the need for a moon full of black marks on its body?
TEXT 92
এত জানি’ রাহু কৈল চন্দ্রের গ্রহণ ।
‘কৃষ্ণ’ ‘কৃষ্ণ’ ‘হরি’ নামে ভাসে ত্রিভুবন ॥ ৯২ ॥
eta jāni’ rāhu kaila candrera grahaṇa
‘kṛṣṇa’ ‘kṛṣṇa’ ‘hari’ nāme bhāse tri-bhuvana
SYNONYMS
eta jāni’ —knowing all this;  rāhu —the zodiac figure Rāhu;  kaila —attempted;  candrera —of the moon;  grahaṇa —eclipse;  kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa —the holy name of Kṛṣṇa;  hari —the holy name of Hari;  nāme —the names;  bhāse —inundated;  tri-bhuvana —the three worlds.
TRANSLATION
Considering this, Rāhu, the black planet, covered the full moon, and immediately vibrations of “Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Hari!” inundated the three worlds.
PURPORT
According to the  Jyotir Veda , the Rāhu planet comes front of the full moon, and thus a lunar eclipse takes place. It is customary in India that all the followers of the Vedic scriptures take bath in the Ganges or the sea as soon as there is a lunar or solar eclipse. All strict followers of Vedic religion stand up in the water throughout the whole period of the eclipse and chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mahā-mantra . At the time of the birth of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu such a lunar eclipse took place, and naturally all the people standing in the water were chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.