Text 245] Lord Caitanya’s Travels to the Holy Places 41
Sankaracarya defeated many scholars throughout India and converted them to his
Mayavada philosophy. He left the material body at the age of thirty-three.
As far as Matsya-tirtha is concerned, it was supposedly situated beside the
ocean in the district of Malabara.
TEXT 245
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By Acs ‘Ha’ cafe, Sei Carr caicarm*irse
madhvacarya-sthane aila yanhda ‘tattvavadi’
udupite ‘krsna’ dekhi, tahar haila premonmadi
SYNONYMS
madhva-acarya-sthane—at the place of Madhvacarya; aila—arrived; yanha—
where; tattva-vadi—philosophers known as Tattvavadis; udupite—at the place
known as Udupi; krsna—the Deity of Lord Krsna; dekhi—seeing; tahan—there;
haila—became; prema-unmadi—mad in ecstasy.
TRANSLATION
Caitanya Mahaprabhu next arrived at the place of Madhvacarya, where the
philosophers known as Tattvavadis resided. He stayed there at a place known
as Udupi, where he saw the Deity of Lord Krsna and became mad with ecstasy.
PURPORT
Sripada Madhvacarya took his birth at Udupi, which is situated in the South
Kanada district of South India, just west of Sahyadri. This is the chief city of the
South Kanada province and is near the city of Mangalore, which is situated to the
south of Udupi. In the city of Udupi is a place called Pajaka-ksetra, where
Madhvacarya took his birth in a sivalli-brahmana dynasty as the son of
Madhyageha Bhatta, in the year 1040 of Sakabda. According to some, he was
born in the year 1160 Sakabda.
in his childhood, Madhvacarya was known as Vasudeva, and there are some
wonderful stories surrounding him. It is also said that his father piled up many
debts, and Madhvacarya converted tamarind seeds into actual coins to pay them
off. When he was five years old, he was offered the sacred thread. One demon
named Maniman lived near his abode in the form of a snake, and at the age of five
Madhvacarya killed that snake with the toe of his left foot. When his mother was
very disturbed, he would appear before her in one jump. He was a great scholar
even in childhood, and although his father did not agree, he accepted sannydsa at
the age of twelve. After receiving sannydasa from Acyuta Preksa, he received the
