188 Sr7-Caitanya-caritamrta [Adi-tita, Ch. 15
Saci kahe, nda khaiba, bhdla-i kahila
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
ora fed farraceta cafe celaa |
sal Oe Faare frre sfacore ma 5 U
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
fora Off? 9a etfs serteen |
wan Bini Gel sfaaica cote v2 0
