288 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta { Adi-lila, Ch. 17
tabe sei papi prabhura /a-ila sarana
hita upadesa kaila ha-iyé karuna
SYNONYMS
sannyasa kariyd—after accepting the renounced order of life; yabe— when; prabhu
—Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; ni/dcafe—in fagannatha Puri; ge/@—went; tath@ haite—
from there; yabe~when; kullya—of the name Kuliya; grame—to the village; di/a—
came back; tabe—at that time; se/—that; pdpi—sinful man; prabhura—of the Lord;
la-ifa—took; Sarana—shelter; hita—beneficial; upadesa—advice; kaifa—gave; ha-iva—
becoming; Rkaruria--merciful,
TRANSLATION
When Sri Caitanya, after accepting the renounced order of life, went to Jagannatha
Puri and then came back to the village of Kuliya, upon His return that sinful man
took shelter at the Lord’s lotus feet. The Lord, being merciful to him, gave him
instructions for his benefit.
PURPORT
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, in his Anubhdsya, has given the following
note in connection with the village Kuliya. The village originally known as Kuliya
has developed into what is now the city of Navadvipa. In various authorized books
like Bhakti-ratndkara, Caitanya-carita-mahGkGvya, Caitanya-candrodaya-notaka and
Caitanya-bhagavata it is mentioned that the village Kuliya is on the western side of
the Ganges. Even now, within the area known as Koladvipa, there is a place known
as kulia@ra gefija and a place called kufia@ra daha, both within the jurisdiction of
the present municipality of Navadvipa. In the time of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
there were two villages named Kuliya and Pahadapura on the western side of the
Ganges, both belonging to the jurisdiction of Bahiradvipa. At that time the place on
the eastern side of the Ganges now known as Antardvipa was known as Navadvipa.
At Sri Mayapur that place is still known as Dvipera Matha. There is another place of
the name Kuliya near Kancadapada, but it is not the same Kuliya mentioned here.
It cannot be accepted as aparddha-bhafijanera péta, or the place where the offense
was excused, for that occurred in the above-mentioned Kuliya on the western side
of the Ganges. For business reasons many envious persons oppose excavation of the
real place, and sometimes they advertise unauthorized places as the authorized one.
TEXTS 57-58
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