Text 29] Lord Caitanya’s Travels to the Holy Places 305

TEXT 28

ATS CAS CAA WSTA OS a |
aicaa asa BACH AVA Ve UI

balya-kala haite mora svabhava eka haya
namera mahima-sastra kariye saficaya

SYNONYMS

balya-kala haite—from my childhood; mora—my; sva-bhava—practice; eka—
one; haya—there is; namera—of the holy name; mahima—concerning the glo-
ries; sastra—the revealed scriptures; kariye saficaya—lI collect.

TRANSLATION

“From my childhood | have been practicing this chanting and have been
collecting the glories of the holy name from revealed scriptures.

TEXT 29

aaewe carfacataace awestacy foutufar |
SHS atatcwatcny ae SASH IS ti r> |

ramante yogino ‘nante
satyanande cid-atmani
iti réma-padendasau
param brahmabhidhiyate

SYNONYMS

ramante—take pleasure; yoginah—transcendentalists; anante—in the un-
limited; satya-anande —real pleasure; cit-4tmani—in spiritual existence; iti—thus;
rama—Rama; padena—by the word; asau—He; param—supreme; brahma—
truth; abhidhiyate—is called.

TRANSLATION

“‘The Supreme Absolute Truth is called Rama because the transcenden-
talists take pleasure in the unlimited true pleasure of spiritual existence.’

PURPORT

This is the eighth verse of the Satanama-stotra of Lord Ramacandra, which is
found in the Padma Purana.
