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

PURPORT

Stila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura remarks that in the Kirma Purana there
are only two khandas, namely the Purva-khanda and Uttara-khanda. Sometimes it
is said that the Kdrma Purana contains six thousand verses, but originally the Kur-
ma Purana contains seventeen thousand verses. According to Srimad-Bhagavatam,
there are seventeen thousand verses in the Kdrma Purana, which is one of the
eighteen Mahd-purdnas. The Kdrma Purana is considered the fifteenth of these
Mahd-purdanas.

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pativrata-siromani janaka-nandint
jagatera mata sita —ramera grhini

SYNONYMS

pati-vrata—chaste woman; siromani—the topmost; janaka-nandini—is the
daughter of King Janaka; jagatera—ot all the three worlds; maté—the mother;
sita—Sita; ramera—of Lord Ramacandra; grhini—wife.

TRANSLATION

Srimati Sitadevi is the mother of the three worlds and the wife of Lord
Ramacandra. Among chaste women, she is supreme, and she is the daughter
of King Janaka.

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ravana dekhiyéd sita laila agnira sarana
ravana haite agni kaila sitake avarana

SYNONYMS
ravana dekhiyda—after seeing Ravana; sita—mother Sita; laila—took; agnira—
of fire; sarana—shelter; ravana—Ravana; haite—from; agni—fire; kaila—did;
sitake —unto mother Sita; avarana—covering.

TRANSLATION

When Ravana came to kidnap mother Sita and she saw him, she took shelter
of the fire-god, Agni. The fire-god covered the body of mother Sita, and in this
way she was protected from the hands of Ravana.
