Text 10] The Deliverance of Gopinatha Pattanayaka 135

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AINA AAT CAT TS |
aracacet MTA? SCH SHEA ATA HD o

sapta-dvipe nava-khande vaise yata jana
nanda-vese asi’ kare prabhura darasana

SYNONYMS
sapta-dvipe—in seven islands; nava-khande—in nine khandas; vaise—reside;
yata jana—all persons; nand-vese—in different dresses; dsi’—coming; kare
prabhura darasana—visited Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

TRANSLATION

Dressed in different ways, people from the seven islands and nine khandas
visited Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

TEXT 10

Set, afar, aa, ws cif gfarste |
aria ety cafe ceicy Sa BUSA t Se I

prahlada, bali, vyasa, suka addi muni-gana
asi’ prabhu dekhi’ preme haya acetana

SYNONYMS
prahlada—Prahlada Maharaja; bali—Bali Maharaja; vyasa—Vyasadeva; suka —
Sukadeva Gosvani; adi—and sO on; muni-gana—great sages; dsi’—coming;
prabhu dekhi’—by seeing Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; preme—in ecstatic love of
Krsna; haya acetana—became unconscious.

TRANSLATION

Prahlada Maharaja, Bali Maharaja, Vyasadeva, Sukadeva Gosvami and other
great sages came to visit Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Upon seeing Him, they be-
came unconscious in ecstatic love for Krsna.

PURPORT

According to the opinion of some historians, Prahlada Maharaja was born in
Tretaé-yuga in the city of Milatana in the state of Punjab. He was born of
HiranyakaSipu, a king of the dynasty of KaSyapa. Prahlada Maharaja was a great
devotee of Lord Visnu, but his father was very much against Visnu. Because the
father and son thus differed in their consciousness, the demon father inflicted all
