Text 313] Lord Caitanya’s Travels to the Holy Places 81
the bank of the River Tungabhadra, which gradually reaches the state of Hy-
derabad. According to other opinions, this hill is situated in Madhya Pradesh and
bears the present name of Rampa. Dandakaranya is a spacious tract of land which
begins north of KhandeSa and extends up to the southern Ahammada-nagara
through Nasika and Aurangabada. The Godavari River flows through this tract of
land, and there is a great forest there where Lord Ramacandra lived.
TEXT 312
‘AVSSlA-GR’ CHCA Siaqa-[Ssz |
HS TS, AS Fa, AS Boor i 02 |
‘saptatala-vrksa’ dekhe kanana-bhitara
ati vrddha, ati sthdla, ati uccatara
SYNONYMS
sapta-tala-vrksa—seven palm trees; dekhe—sees; kdnana bhitara—within the
forest; ati vrddha—very old; ati sthdla—very bulky; ati uccatara—very high.
TRANSLATION
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then visited a place within the forest called Sap-
tatala. All the trees there were very old, very bulky and very high.
PURPORT
The name Saptatala is mentioned in the Kiskindhyd-kanda Chapter of the
Ramayana and is described in the eleventh and twelfth sections of this chapter.
TEXT 313
ASS CHP’ ote eri ferera Cay |
HHACA ASSIA CARD BAA Oro W
saptatala dekhi’ prabhu dlingana kaila
sasarire saptatala vaikunthe calila
SYNONYMS
sapta-tala dekhi’—after seeing the seven palm trees; prabhu—Lord Caitanya
Mahaprabhu; dlingana kaila—embraced; sa-sarire—with their bodies; sapta-
tala—the seven palm trees; vaikunthe calila—returned to Vaikunthaloka.
