298 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 9

TEXT 13
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rama! raghava! rama! raghava! rama! raghava! pahi mam
krsna! kesava! krsna! kesava! krsna! kesava! raksa mam

SYNONYMS

rama—O Rama; raghava—descendant of Raghu; pahi—please protect; mam—
me; krsna—O Krsna; kesava—killer of Kesi; raksa—protect; mam—me.

TRANSLATION

“O Lord Ramacandra, descendant of Maharaja Raghu, kindly protect me! O
Lord Krsna, killer of the Kesi demon, kindly protect me!”’

TEXT 14

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ei sloka pathe padi’ karila praydna
gautami-gangaya ydi’ kaila ganiga-snana

SYNONYMS

ei sloka—this Sanskrit verse; pathe—on the way; padi’—reciting; karila—did;
praydna—going; gautami-gangaya—to the bank of the Gautami-ganga; ydai’—
going; kaila—did; gangd-snana—bathing in the Ganges.

TRANSLATION

While walking on the road, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to chant this
Rama Raghava mantra. Chanting in this way, He arrived at the banks of the
Gautami-ganga and took His bath there.

PURPORT

The Gautami-ganga is another branch of the River Godavari. Formerly a great
sage named Gautama Rsi used to live on the bank of this river opposite the city of
Rajamahendri, and consequently this branch was called the Gautami-ganga.

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura says that Srila Kaviraja Gosvami has recorded the
names of the holy places visited by $ri Caitanya Mahaprabhu but that there is no
chronological order of the places visited. However, there is a notebook of Govin-
