Text 101] The Advent of Lord Caitanya 109
TRANSLATION
Seeing the lunar eclipse and laughing, both Advaita Acarya and Haridasa Thakura
immediately went to the bank of the Ganges and bathed in the Ganges in great
jubilation. Taking advantage of the occasion of the lunar eclipse, Advaita Acarya,
by His own mental strength, distributed various types of charity to the brahmarias.
PURPORT
It is the custom of Hindus to give in charity to the poor as much as possible
during the time of a lunar or solar eclipse. Advaita Acarya, therefore, taking ad-
vantage of this eclipse, distributed many varieties of charity to the bra@hmanas.
In the Srimad-8hagavatam there is a statement in the Tenth Canto, Third Chapter,
verse 11, that when Krsna took His birth, immediately Vasudeva, taking advantage
of this moment, distributed ten thousand cows to the brdhmanas. |t is customary
among Hindus that at the time a child is born, especially a male child, the parents
distribute great charity in jubilation. Advaita Acarya was actually interested in dis-
tributing charity because of Lord Caitanya’s birth at the time of the lunar eclipse.
People could not understand, however, why Advaita Acarya was giving such a
great variety of things in charity. He did so not because of the lunar eclipse but
because of the Lord’s taking birth at that moment. He distributed charity exactly
as Vasudeva did at the time of Lord Krsna’s appearance.
TEXT 101
ale, BiRway, cafe’ aca faa,
dtcacdtca ecw afew |
COTA Gea Fa, GUA Ba AANA,
cafe—fag sicd atte STH Se3 I
fagat Gnandamaya, dekhi’ mane sa-vismaya,
tharethore kahe haridasa
tomara aichana rarfiga, mora mana parasanna,
dekhi—kichu karye Gche bhasa
SYNONYMS
jagat—the whole world; Gnandamaya—full of pleasure; dekhi’—seeing; mane—
within the mind; sa-vismmaya—with amazement; fthdrethore—by direct and indirect
indications; kahe—says; harid@sa—Haridasa Thakura; tomdara—Y our; aichana—that
kind of; rarrga—performance; mora—my; mana—mind; parasanna—very much
pleased; dekhi—| can understand; Aichu—something; k@rye—in work; a@che—there
is; bhdsa—indication.
TRANSLATION
When he saw that the whole world was jubilant, Haridasa Thakura, his mind
astonished, directly and indirectly expressed himself to Advaita Acarya: “Your
