162 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 16

TRANSLATION

Prataparudra Maharaja said, ‘Please endeavor to keep Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu here at Jagannatha Puri, for now He is thinking of going
elsewhere.

TEXT 6
Stal far oF ates catca athe Sta
cattatios afaces Fae ata Gory ww i

tanhd vind ei rajya more nahi bhaya
gosani rakhite karaha nana upaya

SYNONYMS
tanhd vind—without Him; ei rajya—this kingdom; more—to me; nahi bhaya—
is not very pleasing; gosafi—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; rakhite—to keep;
karaha—do; nana upaya—various sorts of devices.

TRANSLATION

“Without Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, this kingdom is not pleasing to me.
Therefore please try to devise some plan to enable the Lord to stay here.”

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TAH, MACS, GSAT |
Sed SS BoA AF—Alq FHA’ 9 1

ramdnanda, sérvabhauma, dui-jand-sthane
tabe yukti kare prabhu —‘yaba vrndavane’

SYNONYMS

ramananda—Ramananda; sarvabhauma—Sarvabhauma; dui-jana-sthane—
before the two persons; tabe—then; yukti kare—consulted; prabhu—Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; yaba vrndavane—| shall go to Vrndavana.

TRANSLATION

After this, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself consulted Ramananda Raya
and Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, saying, ‘‘I shall go to Vrndavana.”’
