Tevy 10 July
The Deliverance of Coninatha Pattanavaka
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१९९१  (1९९१)
जब्बोी रेने नवरात्रे बिरसे सुदु बने ॥
নানা-বেশে আসি’ করে প্রভুর দরশন ॥ ১ ॥
sapta-dvīpe nava-khaņḍe vaise yata jana nānā-veśe āsi’ kare prabhura daraśana
SYNONYMS
sapta-dvīpe —in seven islands;  nava-khaņḍe —in nine  khaṇḍas ;  vaise —reside;  yata jana —all persons;  nānā-veśe —in different dresses;  āsi’ —coming;  kare prabhura daraśana —visited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
TRANSLATION
Dressed in different ways, people from the seven islands and nine khaṇḍas visited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
TEXT 10
अब्बासान, बलि, बडाज, खुक আफি मुनिगंग ।।
আসি’ প্রত্ন দেখি’ প্রেমে হয় অভেজ § ১০ §§
prahlāda, bali, vyāsa, śuka ādi muni-gaṇa āsi’ prabhu dekhi’ preme haya acetana
SYNONYMS
prahlāda —Prahlāda Mahārāja;  bali —Bali Mahārāja;  vyāsa —Vyāsadeva;  śuka —Śukadeva Gosvāmī;  ādi —and so on;  muni-gaṇa —great sages;  āsi' —coming;  prabhu dekhi' —by seeing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  preme —in ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa;  haya acetana —became unconscious.
TRANSLATION
Prahlāda Mahārāja, Bali Mahārāja, Vyāsadeva, Śukadeva Gosvāmī and other great sages came to visit Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Upon seeing Him, they became unconscious in ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.
PURPORT
According to the opinion of some historians, Prahlāda Mahārāja was born in Tretā-yuga in the city of Mūlatāna in the state of Punjab. He was born of Hiraṇyakaśipu, a king of the dynasty of Kaśyapa. Prahlāda Mahārāja was a great devotee of Lord Viṣṇu, but his father was very much against Viṣṇu. Because the father and son thus differed in their consciousness, the demon father inflicted all