260 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 16
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‘vacaspati-grhe’ prabhu yemate rahila
loka-bhida bhaye yaiche ‘kuliya’ aila
SYNONYMS

vacaspati-grhe—at the house of Vidya-vacaspati; prabhu—the Lord; yemate—
as; rahila—stayed there for some time; loka-bhida bhaye—due to fear of crowds
of people; yaiche—just as; kuliyd ailia—He came to Kuliya, the present city of
Navadvipa.

TRANSLATION

The Lord remained some time at the house of Vidyad-vacaspati, but then, be-

cause it was too crowded, He went to Kuliya.
PURPORT

The house of Vidya-vacaspati was located at Vidyanagara, which was near
Koladvipa, or Kuliya. It was here that Devananda Pandita was residing. This infor-
mation is found in Caitanya-bhagavata (Madhya-lila, Chapter Twenty-one). In
Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka, the following statement is given about Kuliya. Tatah
kumarahatte Srivasa-pandita-vatyam abhyayayau: “From there the Lord went to
the house of Srivasa Pandita in Kumarahatta."” Tato ‘dvaita-vatim abhyetya
haridasenabhivanditas tathaiva tarani-vartmand navadvipasya pare kuliya-nama-
grame madhava-dasa-vatyam uttirnavan. evam sapta-dinani tatra sthitva punas
tata-vartmand eva calitavan: From the house of Srivasa Acarya, the Lord went to
the house of Advaita Acarya, where He was offered obeisances by Haridasa
Thakura. The Lord then took a boat to the other side of Navadvipa to a place
called Kuliya, where He stayed seven days at the house of Madhava dasa. He then
proceeded along the banks of the Ganges.”

In the Sri Caitanya-carita-mahd-kavya, it is stated, anyedyuh sa Sri-navadvipa-
bhameh pare garigam pascime kvapi dese, sriman sarva-praninam tat-tad-arigair
netranandam samyag agatya tene: ‘‘The Lord went to the eastern side of the
Ganges at Navadvipa, and everyone was pleased to see the Lord coming.”

In the Caitanya-bhagavata (Antya-khanda, Chapter Three), it is stated, sarva-
parisada-sange sri-gaurasundara/ 4cambite asi’ uttarila tana ghara: ‘The Lord sud-
denly came to Vidyanagara with a full party and stayed there in the house of
Vidya-vacaspati,” Navadvipadi sarva-dike haila dhvani: “Thus throughout
Navadvipa, the Lord’s arrival was made known.” Védcaspati-ghare dila nydsi-
