136 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Antya-lila, Ch. 9
kinds of bodily pain upon Prahlada. When this torture became intolerable, the
Supreme Lord appeared as Nrsirhhadeva and killed the great demon
Hiranyakasipu.

Bali Maharaja was the grandson of Prahlada Maharaja. The son of Prahlada
Maharaja was Virocana, and his son was known as Bali. Appearing as Vamana and
begging Bali Maharaja for three feet of land, the Lord took possession of the entire
three worlds. Thus Bali Maharaja became a great devotee of Lord Vamana. Bali
Maharaja had one hundred sons, of whom Maharaja Bana was the eldest and
most famous.

Vydsadeva was the son of the great sage ParaSara. Other names for him are
Satyavateya and Krsna-dvaipayana Badarayana Muni. As one of the authorities on
the Vedas, he divided the original Veda, for convenience, into four divisions —
Sama, Yajur, Rg and Atharva. He is the author of eighteen Purdnas as well as the
theosophical thesis Brahma-sdtra and its natural commentary, Srimad-
Bhagavatam. He belongs to the Brahma-sampradaya and is a direct disciple of
Narada Muni.

Sukadeva Gosvami is the son of Vyasadeva. He was a brahmacari fully con-
scious of Brahman realization, but later he became a great devotee of Lord Krsna.
He narrated Srimad-Bhagavatam to Maharaja Pariksit.

TEXT 11
atfaca Parca cars, wef ai *Y491 |
‘Hy Se’ aco ty aifaca Bihar 0 ss tt
bahire phukare loka, darsana na pana
‘krsna kaha’ balena prabhu bahire asiya
SYNONYMS

bahire—outside; phu-kare—with a tumultuous sound; loka—people; darsana
na pafia—not being able to see; krsma kaha—chant Krsna; balena—says;
prabhu—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bahire asiya—coming outside.

TRANSLATION

Being unable to see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the populace outside His
room would make a tumultuous sound. Thus Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would
go outside and tell them, ‘Chant Hare Krsna.”’

TEXT 12
ate wefca Hq Cotes CATA SICH |
VAS TH CGA aifs-feATA 92 1
