188 Sr7-Caitanya-caritamrta [Adi-tita, Ch. 15

saci kahe, —na@ khaiba, bhala-i kahilé
sei haite ekddasi karite lagila
SYNONYMS

$acT kahe—-mother Saci said ; 04 Rhaiba—| shall not take; bhdla-i kahila—Y ou have
said very nicely; sei haite—from that day; ekd@dasi—Ekadasi day; karite fagila—
began to observe.

TRANSLATION

Mother Saci said: “You have spoken very nicely. [ shall not eat grains on
Ekadast.’’ From that day, she began to observe fasting on Ekadasi.

PURPORT

(tis a prejudice amongst smdrta-brahmanas that a widow must observe fasting on
Ekadasi but a woman who has her husband should not. It appears that before the
request of Lord Caitanya Sacimata was not observing Ekadasi because of her being
sa-dhava, which means that her husband was living. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
however, introduced the system that a woman, even if not a widow, must observe
the Ekadasi day and must not touch any kind of grains, even those offered to the
Deity of Visnu.

TEXT 11

wr fad favacata cafeal calaa |
sal ofS Faare fers wfacere aa SS 0

tabe misra visvariipera dekhiya yauvana
kanyé cahi’ vivaha dite karilena mana

SYNONYMS

tabe—thereafter; miSra—|agannatha Misra; visvarupera—of Visvarupa, his elder
son; dekhiyd—seeing; yauvana—youthfulness; kanyd ca@hi’—wanting to find a girl;
vivaha—marriage; dite—to give; karifena—made; mana—his mind.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, seeing Vi§varupa a grown-up youth, Jagannatha Misra wanted to find
a girl and arrange a marriage ceremony for Him.

TEXT 12

frvat of az wife oterreen |
waa Sisal Sel shaica cote i ya 0
