306 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Adi-lila, Ch. 17
eka-dina prabhu srivasere ajfia dila
‘ofthat sahasra-ndma’ pada, sunite mana haila
SYNONYMS
eka-dina—one day; prabhu—the Lord; $rivdsere—unto Srivasa Thakura; afa—
order; difa—gave; brhat—great; sahasramdma—one thousand names; paga—read;
$Sunite—to hear; mana—mind; haifa—wanted.
TRANSLATION
One day the Lord ordered Srivasa Thakura to read the Bchat-sahasranama [the
thousand names of Lord Visnu] , for He wanted to hear them at that time.
TEXT 91
ATS GAM Bra afHcET ary |
@fern Stfae Caer arg cataera ds I
padite dild stave ntsirnhera nama
Suniya avista hailé prabhu gauradhdma
SYNONYMS
padite—while reading; di//@g—came; stave—in the prayer; nysirmhera—of Lord
Nesirnha; n@ma—the holy name; suniy@—hearing; dvista—absorbed; hasid— became;
prabhu—Lord; gaura-dhamo—$ri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
TRANSLATION
As he read the thousand names of the Lord, in due course the holy name of Lord
Nesitnha appeared. When Caitanya Mahaprabhu heard the holy name of Lord
Nrsitnha, He became fully absorbed in thought.
PURPORT
The Caitanyamarigala, Madhya-khanda, describes this incident as follows. Srivasa
Pandita was performing the sr@ddha ceremony of his father, and, as is customary, he
was hearing the thousand names of Lord Visnu. At that time Gaurahari (Lord
Caitanya) appeared on the scene, and He also began to hear the thousand names of
Visnu with full satisfaction. When He thus heard the holy name of Lord Nrsitnha,
Lord Caitanya became absorbed in thought, and He became angry like Nrsimha
Prabhu in His angry mood. His eyes became red, His hairs stood on end, all the parts
of His body trembled, and He made a thundering sound. All of a sudden He took up
a club, and people became greatly afraid, thinking, ‘‘We do not know what kind of
offense we have now committed!” But then Sr7 Caitanya Mahaprabhu adjusted His
thoughts and sat down on His seat.
