104 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Adi-lila, Ch. 13

TEXT 91

Osos callabew fren wate |
APTS OTM NF CBF ATA fl dd Il

a-kalanka gouracandra dild darasana
sa-kalanka candre ara kon prayojana

SYNONYMS

a-kalanka—without contamination; gauracandra—the moon of Lord Caitanya
Mahaprabhu; di/@—gave; darasana—audience; sa-ka/afka—with contamination;
candre—for a moon; dra—also; kon—what; prayojana—necessity.

TRANSLATION

When the spotless moon of Caitanya Mahaprabhu became visible, what would
be the need for a moon full of black marks on its body?

TEXT 92

OS Of’ The CHM SCRA AES |
‘Sar ‘Sar ‘efx aca Sitn fagar v2 |

eta jdni’ rdhu kaila candrera grahana
‘krsna’ ‘krsna’ ‘hari’ ndme bhase tri-bhuvana

SYNONYMS

eta jani’—knowing ail this; r@hu—the zodiac figure Rahu; kai/a—attempted; can-
drera—of the moon; grahana—ectipse; krsna krsna—the holy name of Krsna; hari—
the holy name of Hari; narme—the names; bhdse—inundated; tri-bhuvana—the three
worids.
TRANSLATION

Considering this, Rahu, the black planet, covered the full moon, and immediately
vibrations of “Krsna! Krsna? Hari!’’ inundated the three worlds.

PURPORT

According to the /yotir Veda, the Rahu planet comes in front of the full moon,
and thus a lunar eclipse takes place. \t is customary in India that all the followers
of the Vedic scriptures take bath in the Ganges or the sea as soon as there is a lunar
or sofar eclipse. Atl strict followers of Vedic religion stand up in the water through-
out the whole period of the eclipse and chant the Hare Kcsna mahd-mantra. At the
time of the birth of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu such a lunar eclipse took place, and
naturally all the peopte standing in the water were chanting Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna,
Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
