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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 6]
SYNONYMS
chatra-bhoga —the place named Chatrabhoga;  pāra hañā —crossing;  chāḍiyā —giving up;  sarāṇa —the royal road;  kugrāma diyā diyā —going through village pathways;  karila prayāṇa —proceeded.
TRANSLATION
He crossed Chatrabhoga, but instead of going on the general path, he proceeded on the path that went from village to village.
PURPORT
Chatrabhoga, known now as Chāḍa-khāḍi, is in the district of twenty-four pargaṇās in West Bengal. It is situated near the celebrated village Jayanagara-majilapura. Formerly the Ganges or some of its branches flowed through this region. Sometimes Chatrabhoga is misunderstood to have been a village on the River Kāṅsāi-nadī in Benāpola.
TEXT 186
ভক্ষণ অপেক্ষা নাহি, সমস্ত দিবস গমন ।
ক্ষুধা নাহি বাধে, চৈতন্যচরণ-প্রাপ্ত্যে মন ॥ ১৮৬ ॥
bhakṣaṇa apekṣā nāhi, samasta divasa gamana kṣudhā nāhi bādhe, caitanya-caraṇa-prāptye mana
SYNONYMS
bhakṣaṇa apekṣā nāhi —did not care for eating;  samasta divasa —all day;  gamana —traveling;  kṣudhā —hunger;  nāhi bādhe —did not become an impediment;  caitanya-caraṇa —the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  prāptye —on obtaining;  mana —mind.
TRANSLATION
Not caring about eating, he traveled all day. Hunger was not an impediment, for his mind was concentrated upon obtaining shelter at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
TEXT 187
ক্ভু চর্বণ, ক্ভু রন্ধন, ক্ভু দুগ্ধপান ।
যবে যেই মিলে, তাহে রাখে নিজ প্রাণ ॥ ১৮৭ ॥
kabhu carvaṇa, kabhu randhana, kabhu dugdha-pāna yabe yei mile, tāhe rākhe nija prāṇa