88 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Antya-lila, Ch. 12

tate—therefore; tanre—Him; chadi’—leaving; loka—people; yaya—go; desa-an-
tara—to different parts of the country.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the fully independent Personality of Godhead
and makes everyone dance as He likes. Leaving His company, therefore, all
the devotees returned to their homes in different parts of the country.

TEXT 85

SCH ABN CAA FAC AGT |
oaa-pfaw FoR Gala a aT ve |

kasthera putali yena kuhake nacaya
isvara-caritra kichu bujhana na yaya

SYNONYMS

kasthera—made of wood; putali—doll; yena—as; kuhake—a magician;
nacdéya—causes to dance; isvara-caritra—the characteristic of the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead; kichu bujhana na yaya—no one can understand.

TRANSLATION

As a wooden doll dances to the will of a puppeteer, everything is ac-
complished by the will of the Lord. Who can understand the characteristics of
the Supreme Personality of Godhead?

TEXT 86

HATA Stator “IZ? cHfAatca |
RS-CHSH Heal HVAT ATA-AaACT vv

purva-varse jagadananda ‘ai’ dekhibdre
prabhu-ajfia lafid dila nadiyd-nagare

SYNONYMS
purva-varse—in the previous year; jagadananda—jJagadananda Pandita; ai—

Sacimata; dekhibare—to see; prabhu-ajfid laia—taking the permission of Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; aila—came; nadiyd-nagare—to the city of Nadia.

TRANSLATION

The previous year, Jagadananda Pandita, following the Lord’s order, had
returned to the city of Nadia to see Sacimata.
