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
SA AS Cat HaSIA Facatoa |
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 Mahaprabhu 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
Slatin sity SAAYaIKe Sas |
TRATS! feces alae, SATS farear 399 WI
tahafi karila kdrma-purana sravana
mayéd-sita nileka ravana, tahate likhana
