252 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Adi-lila, Ch. 16

TEXT 106

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sarasvati svapne tanre upadesa kaila
sdksat i$vara kari’ prabhuke janila

SYNONYMS

sarasvati— mother Sarasvati; svapne—in a dream; tanre—unto him; upadesa—advice;
kaila—gave; s@ksét—directly; #$vara—the Supreme Person; kari’—accepting; prabhuke
—the Lord; /anifa—he understood.

TRANSLATION

In a dream the goddess informed him of the Lord’s position, and the poetic cham-
pion could understand that Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the Supreme Personality
of Godhead Himself.

TEXT 107
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prate asi’ prabhu-pade fa-ila sarana
prabhu krpé kaila, tanra khandila bandhana

SYNONYMS

prate—in the morning; dsi’—coming back; prabhu-pade—at the lotus feet of the
Lord; /a-ifa—took; sarana—shelter; prabhu—the Lord; krpaé—mercy; kaila—showed;
tdnra—his; khandila—cut off; bandhana—all bondage.

TRANSLATION

On the next morning the poet came to Lord Caitanya and surrendered unto His
lotus feet. The Lord bestowed His mercy upon him and cut off all his bondage to
material attachment.

PURPORT

The same process advocated by Lord Sri Krsna in His teachings of Bhagavad-gitd
as it is—‘“‘Surrender unto Me in all instances’’—was advocated by Lord Caitanya
Mahaprabhu. The champion surrendered unto the Lord, and the Lord favored him.
One who is favored by the Lord is freed from material bondage, as stated in
Bhagavad-gité (tyaktvé deham punar janma naiti mam etl so ‘rjuna).
