Text 4] Lord Caitanya at the House of Advaita Acarya 241
cabbisa vatsara-sesa yei magha-masa
tara sukla-pakse prabhu karila sannydsa
SYNONYMS
cabbisa—twenty-fourth; vatsara—of the year; sesa—at the end; yei—
that; magha-masa—the month of Magha (January and February); tara—of
that; sukla-pakse—in the waxing period of the moon; prabhu—the Lord;
karila—accepted; sannydsa—the sannydsa order of life.
TRANSLATION
At the end of His twenty-fourth year, in the month of Magha, Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted the sannyasa order during the waxing
period of the moon.
TEXT 4
maa sia coiaicace oferetl FaaA |
aip-cacet fon fr sien Gast ti 8 I
sannyasa kari’ premavese calila vrndavana
radha-dese tina dina karila bhramana
SYNONYMS
sannyasa kari’—after accepting the sannydsa order; prema-dvese—in in-
tense love for Krsna; calila—proceeded; vrndavana—toward Vrndavana-
dhama; radha-dese—in the tract of land known as Radha; tina dina—
continuously for three days; karila—did; bhramana—wandering.
TRANSLATION
After accepting the sannyasa order, Caitanya Mahaprabhu, out of in-
tense love for Krsna, started for Vrndavana. However, He mistakenly wan-
dered about in a trance continuously for three days in the tract of land
known as Radha-deSa.
PURPORT
The word Radha-desa comes from the word rdstra, or ‘state!’ From rastra
the perverted word radha has come. The part of Bengal on the western side
of the Ganges is known as Radha-desa. Another name is Paundra-desa. The
word paundra is a perverted form of the word perdo. It appears that the
capital of Rastra-desa was situated in that part of Bengal.
