Text 10] The Deliverance of Gopinatha Pattanayaka 135
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AGA AAT CA TS TA |
aac BM? SoA SHA GAMA Nd 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; nana-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.
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Set, afar, aa, ws cif gfarste |
wif as cafe coca SI USA D So UI
prahlada, bali, vyasa, suka addi muni-gana
asi’ prabhu dekhi’ preme haya acetana
SYNONYMS
prahlada—Prahlada Maharaja; bali—Bali Maharaja; vyasa—Vyasadeva; suka —
Sukadeva Gosvami; 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
