74 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 1

PURPORT

A temple of Ananta Padmanabha Visnu is situated in the Trivandrama dis-
trict. This temple is very famous in those quarters. Another Visnu temple,
named Sri Janardana, is situated about twenty-six miles north of the Tri-
vandrama district near a railway station called Varkala.

TEXT 116

SLA AG CHA RASA FAcatot |
CAQTSH BA, ACTA GA tt Sv lt

tabe prabhu kaila saptatala vimocana
setu-bandhe snana, ramesvara daragana

SYNONYMS

tabe—thereafter; prabhu—the Lord; kaila—did; sapta-téla-vimocana—
deliverance of the Saptatala tree; setu-bandhe—at Cape Comorin; snana—
bathing; ramesvara—temple of Ramesvara; darasana—visit.

TRANSLATION

After that, Lord Caitanya Mahdprabhu delivered the celebrated Sap-
tatala tree, took His bath at Setubandha Ramesvara and visited the temple
of Lord Siva known as Rame$vara.

PURPORT

It is said that the Saptatala tree is a very old, massive palm tree. There was
once a fight between Bali and his brother Sugriva, and Lord Ramacandra took
the side of Sugriva and killed Bali, keeping Himself behind this celebrated tree.
When Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu toured south India, He embraced this tree,
which was delivered and directly promoted to Vaikuntha.

TEXT 117

Sletice Sia FAA Sta |
THM ASI forcers alae, SATS farear ss tI

tahafi karila kdrma-purana sravana
mayéd-sita nileka ravana, tahate likhana
