290 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 9
KuSavarta. Thus the Lord visited almost all the holy places in South India. He finally
returned to Jagannatha Puri by taking the same route, after visiting Vidyanagara
again.
TEXT 1
aAASaeaaig ati wreAeote |
Satta faqeoswty callaencen wm CawAIA USN
nand-mata-graha-grastan
daksinatya-jana-dvipan
krparind vimucyaitan
gauras cakre sa vaisnavan
SYNONYMS

nand-mata—by various philosophies; graha—like crocodiles; grastan—cap-
tured; daksinatya-jana—the inhabitants of South India; dvipan—like elephants;
krpa-arina—by His disc of mercy; vimucya—liberating; etan—all these; gaurah—
sn Caitanya Mahaprabhu; cakre—converted; sah—He; vaisnavan—to the
Vaisnava cult.

TRANSLATION

Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu converted the inhabitants of South India.
These people were as strong as elephants, but they were under the clutches of
the crocodiles of various philosophies—such as the Buddhist, Jaina and
Mayavada philosophies. By His disc of mercy, the Lord converted all of them
into Vaisnavas, devotees of the Lord.

PURPORT

Herein it is stated that the Lord delivered the Gajendra, the elephant, who was
being attacked by crocodiles. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu visited southern In-
dia, almost all the residents were under the claws of crocodiles presenting Bud-
dhist, Jaina and Mayavada philosophy. Although Kaviraja Gosvami states that
these people were as strong as elephants, they were actually under the clutches
of death because they were being attacked by the crocodiles of various philoso-
phies. However, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saved the elephant from the clutches
of the crocodiles by His mercy.
