Text 17] The Lord Travels to Vrndavana 9

called sadhu. Svaripa Damodara immediately pointed out that Balabhadra Bhat-
tacarya was quite fit to accompany the Lord because he was a learned scholar and
was simple and had great love for Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He was also ad-
vanced in Krsna consciousness; therefore he was considered appropriate to ac-
company the Lord as a personal servant.

The word snigdha (very peaceful) and the word su-snigdha (affectionate) are
used in verses fourteen and fifteen, and they are also found in Srimad-Bhagavatam
(1.1.8): bruh snigdhasya Sisyasya guravo guhyam apy uta. “A disciple who has
actual love for his spiritual master is endowed, by-the blessings of the spiritual
master, with all confidential knowledge.” Srila Sridhara Svami has commented that
the word snigdhasya means prema-vatah.The word prema-vatah indicates that
one has great love for his spiritual master.

TEXT 16

AMAT CSta-AcH BS cae CATS |
"eta Spel Bice ‘AAS’ sare ti sw tl

prathamei toma-sange dila gauda haite
inhara iccha ache ‘sarva-tirtha’ karite

SYNONYMS

prathamei—in the beginning; tomd-sange—with You; dila—came; gauda
haite—from Bengal; inhara iccha—his desire; ache —is; sarva-tirtha—all places of
pilgrimage; karite—to go see.

TRANSLATION

“In the beginning, he came with You from Bengal. It is his desire to see and
visit all the holy places of pilgrimage.

TEXT 17
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Beal Ace Sfacan Cral-fSwl-BSz 1 59 I

inhara sange ache vipra eka ‘bhrtya’
inho pathe karibena seva-bhiksa-krtya

SYNONYMS
inhara sange—with him; ache—is; vipra—brahmana; eka—one; bhrtya—ser-
vant; inho—this man; pathe—on the way; karibena—will do; seva—service;
bhiksa-krtya—and arrangements for cooking.
