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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 1]
PURPORT
A temple of Ananta Padmanābha Viṣṇu is situated in the Trivāndrama district. This temple is very famous in those quarters. Another Viṣṇu temple, named Śrī Janārdana, is situated about twenty-six miles north of the Trivāndrama district near a railway station called Varkālā.
TEXT 116
তবে প্রভু কৈল সপ্ততাল বিমোচন । সেতুবঙ্কে স্নান, রামেশ্বর দরশন ॥ ১১৬ ॥
tabe prabhu kaila saptatāla vimocana setu-bandhe snāna, rāmeśvara daraśana
SYNONYMS
tabe —thereafter;  prabhu —the Lord;  kaila —did;  sapta-tāla-vimocana —deliverance of the Saptatāla tree;  setu-bandhe —at Cape Comorin;  snāna —bathing;  rāmeśvara —temple of Rāmeśvara;  daraśana —visit.
TRANSLATION
After that, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu delivered the celebrated Saptatāla tree, took His bath at Setubandha Rāmeśvara and visited the temple of Lord Śiva known as Rāmeśvara.
PURPORT
It is said that the Saptatāla tree is a very old, massive palm tree. There was once a fight between Bali and his brother Sugrīva, and Lord Rāmacandra took the side of Sugrīva and killed Bali, keeping Himself behind this celebrated tree. When Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu toured south India, He embraced this tree, which was delivered and directly promoted to Vaikuṇṭha.
TEXT 117
তাহাঞি করিল কুর্মপুরাণ শ্রবণ । মায়াসীতা নিলেক রাবণ, তাহাতে লিখন ॥ ১১৭ ॥
tāhāñi karila kūrma-purāṇa śravaṇa māyā-sītā nileka rāvaṇa, tāhāte likhana