Text 90] The Lord Travels to Vrndavana 45

TEXT 89

aeca faa sia’ aca fel fre |
ASH-SHITY ALS FAVA i vd i

prabhure nimantrana kari’ ghare bhiksa dila
balabhadra-bhattacarye paka kardila

SYNONYMS

prabhure nimantrana kari’—inviting the Lord; ghare—at home; bhiksa dila—
gave lunch; balabhadra-bhattacarye —Balabhadra Bhattacarya; paka karaila—he
had cook.

TRANSLATION

Tapana Miéra invited Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to take lunch at his home,
and he had Balabhadra Bhattacarya cook.

PURPORT

While at Varanasi (Benares), Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu stayed at the house of
Tapana Misra. Near Tapana Misra’s house was a bathing ghat known as
Paficanadi-ghata. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to take His bath daily at this ghat,
and He used to see the temple of Bindu Madhava. Then He took His lunch at
Tapana Misra’s house. Near the Bindu Madhava temple is a big banyan tree, and it
is said that after eating, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to rest beneath the tree.
That banyan tree is still known today as Caitanya-vata. Gradually, due to changes
in language, the name became Yatana-vata. The local people still call that place
Yatana-vata.

Presently, beside a lane there is a tomb of Vallabhacarya, but there is no sign
that Caitanya Mahaprabhu ever lived there. Vallabhacarya was also known as
Mahaprabhu among his disciples. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu probably lived at
Yatana-vata, but there is no sign of Candrasekhara’s or Tapana Misra’s house, nor
is there sign of the Mayadvadi sannyasi PrakaSananda Sarasvati, with whom Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu discussed Vedanta-sutra. A little distance from Yatana-vata
is a temple of Gaura-Nitydnanda established by Sasibhsana Niyogi MahaSaya of
Calcutta. This temple is now managed by the mother-in-law of Sasibhisana and
his brother-in-law Narayana-candra Ghosh.

TEXT 90

fers fz’ qeieig Sfaen “Ha |
FHI YS AY FCA AA-AVA tl de
