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Lord Caitanya at the House of Advaita Acārya
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cabbiśa vatsara-śeṣa yei māgha-māsa tāra śukla-pakse prabhu karilā sannyāsa
SYNONYMS
cabbiśa —twenty-fourth;  vatsara —of the year;  śeṣa —at the end;  yei —that;  māgha-māsa —the month of Māgha (January and February);  tāra —of that;  śukla-pakṣe —in the waxing period of the moon;  prabhu —the Lord;  karilā —accepted;  sannyāsa —the  sannyāsa  order of life.
TRANSLATION
At the end of His twenty-fourth year, in the month of Māgha, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the sannyāsa order during the waxing period of the moon.
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সন্ন্যাস করি’ প্রেমাবেশে চলিলা বৃন্দাবন । রাঢ়-দেশে তিন দিন করিলা ভ্রমণ ॥ ৪ ॥
sannyāsa kari’ premāveśe calilā vṛndāvana rāḍha-deśe tina dina karilā bhramaṇa
SYNONYMS
sannyāsa kari' —after accepting the  sannyāsa  order;  prema-āveśe —in intense love for Kṛṣṇa;  calilā —proceeded;  vṛndāvana —toward Vṛndāvana-dhāma;  rāḍha-deśe —in the tract of land known as Rāḍha;  tina dina —continuously for three days;  karilā —did;  bhramaṇa —wandering.
TRANSLATION
After accepting the sannyāsa order, Caitanya Mahāprabhu, out of intense love for Kṛṣṇa, started for Vṛndāvana. However, He mistakenly wandered about in a trance continuously for three days in the tract of land known as Rāḍha-deśa.
PURPORT
The word Rāḍha-deśa comes from the word  rāṣṭra , or ‘‘state.’’ From  rāṣṭra  the perverted word  rāḍha  has come. The part of Bengal on the western side of the Ganges is known as Rāḍha-deśa. Another name is Pauṇḍra-deśa. The word  pauṇḍra  is a perverted form of the word  peṅḍo . It appears that the capital of Rāṣṭra-deśa was situated in that part of Bengal.