102 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Adi-lita, Ch. 13

TEXT 88

Aeriaa OATS) slsey stfeta |

OB ATA YS ELA GSB] ML | vv

nilambara cakravarti Rahila ganiya

ei mase putra habe subha-ksana pana
SYNONYMS

nilambara cakravarti—of the name Nijambara Cakravarti; Rahila—said; ganiyé—by
astrological calculation; e/ mdse—in this month; putra—son; habe—will take birth;

$ubha-ksana—auspicious moment; pafid—taking advantage of.

TRANSLATION

Nilambara Cakravarti (the grandfather of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu] then did an
astrological calculation and said that in that month, taking advantage of an auspicious
moment, the child would take birth.

TEXT 89

COTS ASAT TA CH TIA
colfarna mast aicer CBr MSH ped |

caudda-sata sata-sake masa ye phalguna
paurnamasira sandhya-kale haile subha-ksera
SYNONYMS

caudda-Sata séta-sake—in 1407 of the Saka Era; mdsa—month; ye—which; phdi-
guna—of the name Phalguna; paurnamdsira—of the full moon; sandhyd-kale—in the
evening; Aaife—there was; subha-ksana—an auspicious constellation,

TRANSLATION

Thus in the year 1407 of the Saka Era in the month of Phalguna [March-April]
on the evening of the full moon, the desired auspicious moment appeared.

PURPORT

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, in his Amrta-pravaha-bhdsya, has presented the
horoscope of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as follows:

soka 1407/30/22/28/45

dinam
7 11 8
15 54 38
40 37 40

13 6 23
