Text 134] Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth 329

TRANSLATION
Understanding the anxiety within the people’s minds, the Lord called them
together and spoke to them as follows.

TEXT 133
aitca asics Sufe airy StSer |
HET FCA SA ACS AUA-HOA | SOS |
nagare nagare Gji karimu kirtana
sandhya-kale kara sabhe nagara-mandana

SYNONYMS

nagare—from town; nagare—to town; aji—today; karimu—! shail perform;
kirtana—chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra; sandhyd-kafe—in the evening;
kara—do; sabhe—all; nagara—of the city; mapdana—decoration.

TRANSLATION
“In the evening | shall perform sankirtana in each and every town. Therefore you

should all decorate the city in the evening.

PURPORT
At that time, Navadvipa was composed of nine smal! cities, so the words nagare
nagare are significant. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted to perform kirtana in each
of these neighboring towns. He ordered the city decorated for the function.

TEXT 134

FACS CHB ATA SIM ICA ACA |
Ce, CHIT SIGN wtla’ CHITA AYA BCA lde9R

sandhyate deuti sabe jvafa ghare ghare

dekha, kona kaji asi’ more mand kare

SYNONYMS

sandhyate—in the evening; deugi—lamps; sabe—everyone; jva/a—light up; ghare
ghare—in each and every home; dekha—just wait and see; Rona—which kind; kaj7—
magistrate; Gsi'—-coming; more—unto Me; mand kare—orders Me to stop.

TRANSLATION

“In the evening, burn torchlights in every home. I shall give protection to every-
one. Let us see what kind of Kazi comes to stop our kirtana.”
