Text 116] The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vrndavana 215

TRANSLATION

The King ordered two respectable officers named Haricandana and Mar-
daraja to do whatever was necessary to carry out these orders.

TEXTS 114-115

OF AB-caYH AUPe’ Tes AA-SYCA |
WA Mtr SP SS AA AA-ATT 998 A

Sl GSE Carrel Sa ‘HaSrel’ hz” |
forey ta Sig StS, SA CaM APA se

eka navya-nauka ani’ rakhaha nadi-tire
yahan snana kari’ prabhu ya’na nadi-pare

tahan stambha ropana kara ‘mahd-tirtha’ kari’
nitya snana kariba tahan, tahar yena mari

SYNONYMS
eka—one; navya—new; naukd—boat; ani’—bringing; rakhaha—keep; nadi-
tire—on the bank of the river; yahan —where; sndana kari’—taking bath; prabhu—
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; ya’na—goes; nadi-pare—on the other bank of the
river; tahahA—there; stambha—a memorial column; ropana kara—establish;
maha-tirtha kari’—making that place a great place of pilgrimage; nitya—daily;
snana kariba—I shall bathe; tahan—there; tahan—there; yena mari—let me die.

TRANSLATION

The King also ordered them to maintain a new boat on the banks of the
river, and wherever Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took His bath or crossed to the
other side of the river, they should establish a memorial column and make that
place a great place of pilgrimage. ‘‘Indeed,”’ said the King, ‘‘I will take my
bath there. And let me also die there.”

TEXT 116

DYU ier FIZ Boa AAG AIA |
APTAM, MS SiI AVAG-Hat wv ssw it

caturdvare karaha uttama navya vasa
ramananda, yaha tumi mahdprabhu-pdasa
