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.
TEXT 193
ata GaSe Hel Gaia CFA |
AACA BTA AAAS Aiea h sw |
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.
TEXT 194
BANS IBZ ACS QNPS-caAlbs |
CUH-AACICS GS FH HAGA i 58 0
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):
