Text 194] Lord Caitanya’s Travels to the Holy Places 13

TRANSLATION

“To say nothing of touching mother Sita, a person with material senses can-
not even see her. When Ravana kidnapped her, he kidnapped only her material
illusory form.

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ravana dsitei sita antardhana kaila
ravanera dge mayd-sita pathdila

SYNONYMS

ravana—the demon Ravana; dsitei—as soon as he arrived; siti—mother Sita;
antardhana kaila—disappeared; ravanera dge—before the demon Ravana; mdayda-
sita—illusory material form of Sita; pathdila—sent.

TRANSLATION

“As soon as Ravana arrived before Sita, she disappeared. It was just to cheat
Ravana that she sent an illusory material form.

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aprakrta vastu nahe prakrta-gocara
veda-purdnete ei kahe nirantara

SYNONYMS
aprakrta—spiritual; vastu—substance; nahe—not; prakrta—of matter;
gocara—within the jurisdiction; veda-puranete—the Vedas and the Puranas; ei —
this; kahe—say; nirantara—always.

TRANSLATION

“Spiritual substance is never within the jurisdiction of the material concep-
tion. This is always the verdict of the Vedas and Puranas.”

PURPORT
As stated in Katha Upanisad (2.3.9,12):
