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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 1]
for such a great crowd to accompany You on Your pilgrimage to Vṛndāvana.
TEXT 224
যার সঙ্গে চলে এই লোক লক্ষ্ণকোটি । বৃন্দাবন-যাত্রার এ নহে পরিপাটী ॥ ২২৪ ॥
yāra saṅge cale ei loka lakṣa-koṭi vṛndāvana-yātrāra e nahe paripāṭi
SYNONYMS
yāra—of whom; saṅge—in the company; cale—follow; ei—these; loka—people; lakṣa-koṭi—hundreds and thousands; vṛndāvana-yātrāra—of going to Vṛndāvana; e—this; nahe—not; paripāṭi—method.
TRANSLATION
“Dear Lord, You are going to Vṛndāvana with hundreds and thousands of people following You, and this is not a fitting way to go on a pilgrimage.”
PURPORT
Sometimes, for business purposes, large crowds of men are taken to different places of pilgrimage, and money is collected from them. That is a very lucrative business, but Rūpa and Sanātana Gosvāmīs, expressing their opinion in the presence of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, disapproved of such crowded pilgrimages. Actually when Lord Caitanya visited Vṛndāvana, He visited it alone and accepted a servant only at His devotees’ request. He never visited Vṛndāvana with crowds of people for a commercial purpose.
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যত্নাপি বস্তুতঃ প্রভুর কিছু নাহি ভয় । তথাপি লোকিকলীলা, লোক-চেষ্টাময় ॥ ২২৫ ॥
yadyapi vastutaḥ prabhura kichu nāhi bhaya tathāpi laukika-līlā, loka-ceṣṭā-maya
SYNONYMS
yadyapi—although; vastutaḥ—in fact; prabhura—of the Lord; kichu—any; nāhi—there is not; bhaya—fear; tathāpi—still; laukika-līlā—general pastimes; loka-ceṣṭā-maya—consisting of popular behavior.