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 |
ASTI SA ACS AUAA-HSA |! SO It
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 ate significant. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted to perform kirtana in each
of these neighboring towns. He ordered the city decorated for the function.
TEXT 134
FATS CAV AT A AA ACA |
CHY, CHIT SIM Gf’ Cayca Atel SCM Use9n
sandhyate deuti sabe jvafa ghare ghare
dekha, kona k@ji 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.”
