Text 197] Lord Caitanya’s Travels to the Holy Places 15

ception by argument and counter argument. Mahajano yena gatah sa panthah: we
have to follow in the footsteps of great authorities coming down in the parampara
system. If we approach a bona fide acarya and keep faith in his words, spiritual
realization will be easy.

TEXT 196

erga apc facaia eta faais |
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prabhura vacane viprera ha-ila visvasa
bhojana karila, haila jivanera asa

SYNONYMS

prabhura vacane—in the words of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; viprera—of
the brahmana; ha-ila—was; visvasa—faith; bhojana karila—he took his lunch;
haila—there was; jivanera—for living; 4sa—hope.

TRANSLATION

Although the brahmana was fasting, he had faith in the words of Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu and accepted food. In this way his life was saved.

TEXT 197

Sica araifra ery shat saa |
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tanre asvasiya prabhu karila gamana
krtamdalaya snana kari aila durvasana

SYNONYMS
tanre asvasiya—assuring him; prabhu—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;  karila
gamana—departed; krta-malaya—in the river known as Krtamala; snana kari—
bathing; aila—came; durvasana—to DurvaSana.

TRANSLATION

After thus assuring the brahmana, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu proceeded
further into southern India and finally arrived at Durvasana, where He bathed
in the River Krtamaila.
