Text 87]
The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vrndāvana
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TRANSLATION
Thus Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu passed four years. He spent the first two years on His tour in South India.
TEXT 85
আর দুই বৎসর চাহে বৃন্দাবন যাইতে । রামানন্দ-হঠে প্রভু না পারে চলিতে ॥ ৮৫ ॥
āra dui vatsara cāhe vṛndāvana yāite rāmānanda-haṭhe prabhu nā pāre calite
SYNONYMS
āra dui vatsara —another two years;  cāhe —He wanted;  vṛndāvana yāite —to go to Vṛndāvana;  rāmānanda-haṭhe —by the tricks of Rāmānanda Rāya;  prabhu —Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  nā pāre —was not able;  calite —to go.
TRANSLATION
The other two years, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to go to Vṛndāvana, but He could not leave Jagannātha Purī because of Rāmānanda Rāya’s tricks.
TEXT 86
পঞ্চম বৎসরে গোঁড়ের ভক্তগণ আইলা। রথ দেখি’ না রহিলা, গোঁড়েরে চলিলা ॥ ৮৬ ॥
pañcama  vatsare gauḍera bhakta-gaṇa āilā ratha dekhi’ nā rahilā, gauḍere calilā
SYNONYMS
pañcama vatsare —on the fifth year;  gauḍera —of Bengal;  bhakta-gaṇa —the devotees;  āilā —came;  ratha dekhi’ —seeing the Ratha-yātrā festival;  nā rahilā —did not stay;  gauḍere calilā —returned to Bengal.
TRANSLATION
During the fifth year, the devotees from Bengal came to see the Ratha-yātrā festival. After seeing it, they did not stay but returned to Bengal.
TEXT 87
৩বে প্রভু সার্বভৌম-রামানন্দ-স্থানে । আলিজন করি’ কহে মধুর বচনে ॥ ৮৭ ॥