Text 230] The Lord Travels to Vrndavana 125

SYNONYMS

sahasra-guna—one thousand times; prema—love; bade—increased;
mathura—Mathura; darasane—upon seeing; laksa-guna—a hundred thousand
times; prema bade—love increases; bhramena—wanders; yabe—when; vane—
in the forests of Vrndavana.

TRANSLATION

The Lord’s ecstatic love increased a thousand times when He visited
Mathura, but it increased a hundred thousand times when He wandered in the
forests of Vrndavana.

TEXTS 228-229

GHP-CH COT Garr ‘Aa aer-aITA |
ABS GA GCA CHS FHACA | Vw kl
Coa staat aa aile-fraca |

Ria-fewile-faais BeFq GSA I 22 Il

anya-desa prema uchale ‘vrndavana’-name
saksat bhramaye ebe sei vrndavane

preme garagara mana ratri-divase
snana-bhiksadi-nirvaha karena abhyase

SYNONYMS
anya-desa—in other countries; prema—love; uchale—increases; vrndavana-
name—by the name of Vrndavana; saksat—directly; bhramaye—travels; ebe—
now; sei vrndavane—in that Vrndavana; preme—in ecstatic love; garagara—
faltering; mana—mind; ratri-divase—day and night; sndna-bhiksa-adi—bathing
and accepting food; nirvaha—accomplishing; karena—does; abhyadse —by habit.

TRANSLATION

When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was elsewhere, the very name of Vendavana
was sufficient to increase His ecstatic love. Now, when He was actually travel-
ing in the Vrndavana forest, His mind was absorbed in great ecstatic love day
and night. He ate and bathed simply out of habit.

TEXT 230

OBAS 6 AI—Aae Baer ‘ala’ aa |
og fafa, a4y ai aH aa 1 Qo I
