Text 91] Lord Caitanya Meets Raghunatha dasa Gosvami 243

TRANSLATION

Who can understand the influence and mercy of Lord Nityananda Prabhu?
He is so powerful that He induced Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to come eat
chipped rice on the bank of the Ganges.

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AHGea “Aga-Aler’ sla CFA | de I

sri-ramadasadi gopa premavista haila
gangd-tire ‘yamunda-pulina’ jfiana kaila

SYNONYMS
Sri-ramadasa-adi—headed by Sri Ramadasa; gopa—the cowherd boys;
prema-davista haila—became absorbed in ecstatic love; ganga-tire—the bank of
the Ganges River; yamund-pulina—the bank of the Yamuna River; jana kaila—
they thought.

TRANSLATION

All the confidential devotees who were cowherd boys, headed by Sri
Ramadasa, were absorbed in ecstatic love. They thought the bank of the
Ganges to be the bank of the Yamuna.

TEXT 91
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mahotsava Suni’ pasari nand-grama haite
cida, dadhi, sandesa, kala anila vecite

SYNONYMS

mahotsava suni’—hearing about this festival; pasari—the shopkeepers; nand-
grama—various villages; haite—from; cida—chipped rice; dadhi—yogurt; san-
desa—sweetmeats; kala—bananas; dnila—brought; vecite—to sell.

TRANSLATION

When the shopkeepers of many other villages heard about the festival, they
arrived there to sell chipped rice, yogurt, sweetmeats and bananas.
