20 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 17

TEXT 38

cate aRteiga graraer’-aFS Cx |
qalaa-es-aeq Cats ASAT ov I

dekhi’ mahaprabhura ‘vrndavana’-smrti haila
vrndavana-guna-varnana sloka padila

SYNONYMS

dekhi’—seeing; mahaprabhura—of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; vrndavana—of
the holy land of Vrndavana; smrti haila—there was remembrance; vrndavana—of
Sti. Vendavana; guna—of the qualities; varnana—description; sloka—verse;
padila—recited.

TRANSLATION

Seeing the tigers and deer following Him, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu im-
mediately remembered the land of Vrndavana. He then began to recite a verse
describing the transcendental qualitity of Vrndavana.

TEXT 39

aw CANAL aT ALTAR TTA |
faa hata stata-wS-sb-SFat fraT toa |

yatra naisarga-durvairah
sahdasan nr-mrgadayah

mitranivajitavasa-
druta-rut-tarsanadikam

SYNONYMS
yatra—where; naisarga—by nature; durvairah—living in enmity; saha-asan—
live together; nr—human beings; mrga-adayah—and animals; mitrani—friends;
iva—like; ajita—of Lord Sri Krsna; avasa—residence; druta—gone away; ruj—
anger; tarsana-adikam—thirst and so on.

TRANSLATION

“‘Vrndavana is the transcendental abode of the Lord. There is no hunger,
anger or thirst there. Though naturally inimical, both human beings and fierce
animals live together there in transcendental friendship.”
