Text 90]
Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth
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PURPORT
On principle, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu would distribute  prasāda  at the end of  kīrtana  performances. Similarly, the members of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement must distribute some  prasāda  to the audience after performing  kīrtana .
TEXT 89
कीर्तन करिते प्रसू आहेल मेघगण । आपन-हे स्वाय केल मेघ निवारण ॥ ৮৯ ॥
kīrtana karite prabhu āila megha-gaṇa āpana-icchāya kaila megha nivāraṇa
SYNONYMS
kīrtana-sahkīrtana; karite —performing;  prabhu —the Lord;  āila —there was;  megha-gaṇa —bunches of clouds;  āpana-icchāya —by self-will;  kaila —made;  megha —of the clouds;  nivāraṇa —stopping.
TRANSLATION
Once while Caitanya Mahāprabhu was performing  kīrtana , clouds assembled in the sky, and the Lord, by His own will, immediately stopped them from pouring rain.
PURPORT
In this connection Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Thākura says that once when Lord Caitanya was performing  sahkīrtana  a short way from the village, some clouds appeared overhead. By the supreme will of the Lord, the clouds were asked to disperse, and they did. Because of this incident, that place is still known as  meghera cara . Since the course of the Ganges has now changed, the village of the name Belapukhuriyā, which was formerly situated in a different place, called Tāraṇavāsa, has now become known as the  meghera cara . The  Madhya-khaṇḍa  of the  Caitanya-maṅgala  also relates that once at the end of the day, when evening clouds assembled overhead and thundered threateningly, all the Vaiṣṇavas were very much afraid. But the Lord took His  karatālas  in His hands and personally began chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mantra , looking up towards the sky as if to direct the demigods in the higher planets. Thus all the assembled clouds dispersed, and as the sky became clear, with the moon rising, the Lord began dancing very happily with His jubilant and satisfied devotees.
TEXT 90
একদিন প্রস্তু শ্রীবাসের আজ্ঞা দিল । ‘বৃহৎ সহস্রনাম’ পড়, শুনিতে মন হৈল ॥ ৯০ ॥