24 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Antya-lila, Ch. 16
TRANSLATION
On the northern side of the Simha-dvara, behind the door, there are twenty-
two steps leading to the temple, and at the bottom of those steps is a ditch.
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sei gade karena prabhu pdada-praksdlane
tabe karibare yaya isvara-darasane
SYNONYMS
sei gade—in that ditch; karena—does; prabhu—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
pada-praksdlane—washing the feet; tabe—thereafter; karibare—to do; ydya—
He goes; isvara-darasane—to visit Lord Jagannatha.
TRANSLATION
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would wash His feet in this ditch, and then He
would enter the temple to see Lord Jagannatha.
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govindere mahaprabhu kairache niyama
‘mora pada-jala yena nd laya kona jana’
SYNONYMS
govindere—unto Govinda; mahaprabhu—Sri Caitanya © Mahaprabhu;
kairache—has given; niyama—a regulative principle; mora—My; pdda-jala—
water from washing the feet; yena—that; na laya—does not take; kona jana—
anyone.
TRANSLATION
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ordered His personal servant Govinda that no one
should take the water that had washed His feet.
