Text 231] The Later Pastimes of Lord Caitanya 137

né—not; paiba—| shall get; habe—there will be; rasa-bhanige—a disturbance
in the atmosphere.

TRANSLATION

The Lord thought: “‘If | go to Mathura with such crowds behind Me, it
would not be a very happy situation, for the atmosphere would be dis-
turbed.””

PURPORT

$ri Caitanya Mahaprabhu confirms that visiting a holy place like Vindavana
with so many people is simply disturbing. He would not find the happiness
He desired by visiting such holy places in that way.

TEXT 230
GBF Ua, Fal ACH Gs TA |
SCI A ANSTA FMACATA NA | Oe I

ekdki yaiba, kimva sange eka jana
tabe se Sobhaye vrndavanere gamana

SYNONYMS
ekaki—alone; ydiba—! shall go; kimva—or; sahnge—with; eka—one;
jana—person; tabe—then only; se—that; sobhaye—becomes beautiful;
vrndavanere—to Vrndavana; gamana—going.

TRANSLATION

The Lord concluded that He would go alone to Vrndavana or, at most,
would take only one person as His companion. In that way, going to
Vrndavana would be very pleasant.

TEXT 231

oS fore clresaicn strata sfz |
aac aie’ afer olor callzefe n Qos Ul

eta cinti pratah-kale ganga-snana kari’
‘nilacale yaba’ bali’ calila gaurahari
