178 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 5

TRANSLATION

Thus with great pleasure Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu passed that night in
the temple. After seeing the mangala-arati ceremony in the morning, He
started on His journey.

TEXT 140

SAAAT-ATY CATS CHM AA |
fawifa aftarcen ata-gataa ti 38° I

bhuvanesvara-pathe yaiche kaila darasana
vistari’ varniyachena dasa-vrndavana

SYNONYMS

bhuvanesvara-pathe —on the way to BhuvaneSvara; yaiche—as; kaila—He did;
darasana—visiting;  vistari’—vividly;  varniyachena—has_ described; —dasa-
vrndavana—Vrndavana dasa Thakura.

TRANSLATION

[In his book Caitanya-bhagavata] Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura has very
vividly described the places visited by the Lord on the way to BhuvaneSvara.

PURPORT

In his book Caitanya-bhagavata, Antya-khanda, Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura
has very nicely described the Lord’s journey en route to Kataka (Cuttak). On that
journey, the Lord visited a place known as Balihasta, or Balakaticati. He then visited
the city of Bhuvanesvara, where Lord Siva’s temple is located. The temple of
Bhuvane$vara is situated about five to six miles from Balakaticati. The temple of
Lord Siva is mentioned in the Skanda Purana in the narration about the Lord’s
garden and the one mango tree. A king named Kasiraja wanted to fight with Lord
Krsna, and consequently he took shelter of Lord Siva to acquire the power to fight
the Lord. Being pleased with his worship, Lord Siva helped him fight Krsna. Lord
Siva’s name is Agutosa, which indicates that he is very easily satisfied when one
worships him, regardless of the purpose, and he gives his devotee whatever
benediction the devotee wants. Therefore, people are generally very fond of
worshiping Lord Siva. Thus Kaéiraja was helped by Lord Siva, but in the fight with
Lord Krsna he was not only defeated but killed. In this way the weapon known as
Pasupata-astra was baffled, and Krsna set fire to the city of Kasi. Later Lord Siva be-
came conscious of his mistake in helping Kasiraja, and he begged Lord Krsna’s
forgiveness. As a benediction from Lord Krsna, he received a place known as
