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

gangaya hafid para apand-apani
kolakoli kari’ sabhe kare hari-dhvani

ksaneke kuliya-grama—nagara prantara
paripdrna haila sthala, nahi avasara

ksaneke aila mahdsaya vacaspati
tenho nahi payena prabhura kotha sthiti

kuliyaya prakase yateka papi chila
uttama, madhyama, nica, —sabe para haila

kuliyd-gramete asi’ sri-krsna-caitanya
hena nahi, yare prabhu nd karila dhanya

“When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu stayed at Vidya-vacaspati’s house, many
hundreds and thousands of people went to see Him and chant the holy name of
Hari. It was so crowded that people could not even find a place to walk; therefore
they made room by clearing out the jungles near the village. Many roads were
automatically excavated, and many people also came by boat to see the Lord. So
many came that it was difficult for the boatmen to get them across the river.
When Vidya-vacaspati suddenly arrived, he made arrangements for many boats
to receive these people, but the people would not wait for the boats. Somehow
or other they crossed the river and hurried toward the house of Vidya-vacaspati.
Due to this great crowd, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu secretly went to Kuliya-nagara.
After the Lord left Vidyanagara, however, all the people heard news of His leav-
ing. They then accompanied Vacaspati to Kuliya-nagara. Since the news of the
Lord’s arrival was immediately broadcast, large crowds arrived and greeted Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu with great jubilation. Indeed, when the crowd went to see
Sti Caitanya Mahaprabhu, it increased ten thousand times in number. No one
could say how many people crossed the river to see Him, but many hundreds of
thousands made a great tumult when crossing the River Ganges. After crossing
the river, everyone began to embrace one another because they heard the good
news of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s arrival. Thus all the inhabitants of Kuliya, the
sinful, intermediate, and spiritually advanced, were delivered and glorified by sn
Caitanya Mahaprabhu.”

As stated in Caitanya-bhagavata (Antya-khanda, Chapter Six):

khanayoda, badagachi, dra dogachiyd
gangdra opara kabhu yayena ‘kuliya’

As stated in Caitanya-margala:

ganga-snana kari prabhu radha-desa diya
krame krame uttarila nagara ‘kuliyd’
