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

SYNONYMS

brahmananda-bhdratira—of Brahmananda Bharati; ghucdila—vanquished;
carma-ambara—dress of skin; ei mata—in this way; /ila—pastimes; kaila—
performed; chaya vatsara—six years.

TRANSLATION

Later, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu stopped Brahmananda Bharati’s habit of
wearing deerskin. The Lord thus enjoyed His pastimes continuously for
six years, experiencing varieties of transcendental bliss.

TEXT 286

68S sem use eR |
Gale Blt eercay wa faa 1 Vw Il

ei ta’ kahila madhya-lilara sdtra-gana
Sesa dvadaSa vatsarera suna vivarana

SYNONYMS

ei ta’—thus; kahila—explained; madhya-lilara—of the middle pastimes;
sUtra-gana—the codes; sesa—last; dvadasa—twelve; vatsarera—of the
years; suna—hear; vivarana—the description.

TRANSLATION

| have thus given the codes of the madhya-lila. Now please hear the
pastimes the Lord performed during the last twelve years.

PURPORT

Thus Srila Kaviraja Gosvami, strictly following in the footsteps of Sri
Vydsadeva, gives a synopsis of the /ilas of Caitanya-caritamrta. He has given
such a description at the end of each canto. In the Adi-lil4 he outlined the
pastimes of the Lord in the five stages of boyhood, leaving the details of the
description to Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura. Now in this chapter the
pastimes that took place at the end of the Lord’s life are summarized. These
are described in the Madhya-lil4 and Antya-lila. The rest of the pastimes have
been described in codes in the Second Chapter of Madhya-lil4. in this way
the author has gradually described both the Madhya-lilé and Antya-lila.
