Text 218] Lord Caitanya’s Travels to the Holy Piaces 25

TRANSLATION

“Due to my mental distress | could not give You a very nice lunch the other
day. Now, by good fortune, You have come again to my home.”

TEXT 217

as afer cre feet gee ss CH |
Gaa cineca cece fowl sae 2591

eta bali’ sei vipra sukhe paka kaila
uttama prakdre prabhuke bhiksa kardila

SYNONYMS

eta bali’—saying this; sei vipra—that brahmana; sukhe—in great happiness;
paka kaila—cooked; uttama prakére—very nicely; prabhuke—unto Lord Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bhiksé—lunch; kardila—gave.

TRANSLATION

Saying this, the brahmana very happily cooked food, and a first-class dinner
was offered to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

TEXT 218

GAS aif Stel ale’ Sica Sn sia’ |
ATQTCHT SIMA coten calaahy nase t

sei ratri tahan rahi’ tanre krpa kari’
pandya-dese tamraparni geld gaurahari

SYNONYMS
sei ratri—that night; tahaf—there; rahi’—staying; tanre—unto the brahmana;
krpa kari’—showing mercy; pandya-dese—in the country known as Pandya-
deSa; tamra-parni—to the place named Tamraparni; geld—went; gaura-hari—
Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu passed that night in the house of the brahmana.
Then, after showing him mercy, the Lord started toward Tamraparni in Pan-
dya-deSa.
