20 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 17
TEXT 38
cafe aetetga ‘qraiae’-gle Czar |
qm laa-esl-aelay cate Af weT I ov 1
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.”
