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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 1]
SYNONYMS
brahmānanda-bhāratīra —of Brahmānanda Bhāratī;  ghucāila —vanquished;  carma-ambara —dress of skin;  ei mata —in this way;  līlā —pastimes;  kaila —performed;  chaya vatsara —six years.
TRANSLATION
Later, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stopped Brahmānanda Bhāratī's habit of wearing deerskin. The Lord thus enjoyed His pastimes continuously for six years, experiencing varieties of transcendental bliss.
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এই ত’ কহিল মধ্যলীলাক্ষগণ । শেষ ছাদশ বৎসরের শুন বিবরণ ॥ ২৮৬ ॥
ei ta’ kahila madhya-līlāra sūtra-gaṇa śeṣa dvādaśa vatsarera śuna vivaraṇa
SYNONYMS
ei ta’ —thus;  kahila —explained;  madhya-līlāra —of the middle pastimes;  sūtra-gaṇa —the codes;  śeṣa —last;  dvādaśa —twelve;  vatsarera —of the years;  śuna —hear;  vivaraṇa —the description.
TRANSLATION
I have thus given the codes of the madhya-līlā. Now please hear the pastimes the Lord performed during the last twelve years.
PURPORT
Thus Śrīla Kavirāja Gosvāmī, strictly following in the footsteps of Śrī Vyāsadeva, gives a synopsis of the  līlās  of  Caitanya-caritāmṛta . He has given such a description at the end of each canto. In the  Ādi-līlā  he outlined the pastimes of the Lord in the five stages of boyhood, leaving the details of the description to Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura. Now in this chapter the pastimes that took place at the end of the Lord's life are summarized. These are described in the  Madhya-līlā  and  Antya-līlā . The rest of the pastimes have been described in codes in the Second Chapter of  Madhya-līlā . In this way the author has gradually described both the  Madhya-līlā  and  Antya-līlā .