Text 48] The Lord's Visit to Sri Vrndavana 153
SYNONYMS
mleccha-bhaye—because of fear of the Muslims; dila—came; gopdla—the
Deity Gopala; mathurd-nagare—to the city of Mathura; eka-masa—one month;
rahila—stayed; viththalesvara-ghare—in the temple of Viththalesvara.
TRANSLATION
Due to fear of the Mohammedans, Gopala went to Mathura, where He
remained in the temple of Viththalesvara for one full month.
PURPORT
When the two brothers Srila Rapa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami went to
Vrndavana, they decided to live there. Following Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s ex-
ample, they did not climb the hill because they considered it nondifferent from
Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. On some pretext, the Gopala Deity
granted Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu an audience beneath the hill, and Gopala
similarly favored Srila Rapa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami. During his ripe old
age, when Ripa Gosvami could not go to Govardhana Hill because of invalidity,
Gopala kindly went to Mathura and remained at the temple of Viththalesvara for
one month. It was then that Srila Rapa Gosvami could see Gopala’s beauty to his
heart's content.
TEXT 48
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CBU MAA CBA RATT ASA 1 Sv
tabe rupa gosani saba nija-gana land
eka-masa darasana kaila mathuraya rahiya
SYNONYMS
tabe—thereupon; rdpa gosani—Srila Ripa Gosvami; saba—all; nija-gana
land —taking his associates with him; eka-masa—for one month; darasana kaila—
saw the Deity; mathuraya rahiya—staying at the city of Mathura.
TRANSLATION
Srila Rapa Gosvami and his associates stayed in Mathura for one month and
saw the Deity Gopaia.
PURPORT
The following description of the temple of Viththalesvara is given in Bhakti-rat-
nakara (Fifth Wave):
