Text 273] Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth 399
TEXT 272
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eta bali’ bhdarati gosahi katoyate gela
mahadprabhu tahd ydai’ sannyasa karila
SYNONYMS

eta bali’'—saying this; bhdrati—Kesava Bharati; gos@ai—the spiritual master;
kdtoydte—to Katwa; ge/@—went; mahdaprabhu—Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; td@ha—
there; ydi’—going; sannydsa—the renounced order of life; kari/@—accepted.

TRANSLATION

After saying this, Kesava Bharat?, the spiritual master, went back to his village,
Katwa. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu went there and accepted the renounced order
of life [sannyasa}.

PURPORT

At the end of His twenty-fourth year, at the end of the fortnight of the waxing
moon, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu left Navadvipa and crossed the River Ganges at a
place known as Nidayara-ghata. Then He reached Kantaka-nagara, or Katoya
(Katwa), where He accepted ekadanga-sannyasa according to the Sankarite system.
Since KeSava Bharatt belonged to the Sarikarite sect, he could not award the Vaisnava
sannydsa order, whose members carry the tridanda.

Candragekhara Acarya assisted in the routine ceremonial work of the Lord’s
acceptance of sannyasa. By the order of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, kirtana was per-
formed for the entire day, and at the end of the day the Lord shaved off His hair.
On the next day He became a regular sannydsi, with one rod (ekadarida}. From that
day on, His name was Sri Krsna Caitanya. Before that, He was known as Nimai
Pandita. Sr? Caitanya Mahaprabhu, in the sonnydsa order, traveled all over the
Radhadesa, the region where the Ganges River cannot be seen. Kesava Bharati
accompanied Him for some distance.

TEXT 273
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sange nitydnanda, candrasekhara @carya
mukunda-datta, —ei tina kaila sarve kdrya
SYNONYMS

safige—in His company; nitydnanda—Nityananda Prabhu; candra-sekhara acdrya—
Candrasgekhara Acarya; mukunda-datta—Mukunda Datta; ef ting—these three; kaila—
performed; sarva—all; k@rya—necessary activities.
