286 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 24

SYNONYMS

ekddasi—the eleventh day of the fortnight; janmastami—the birthday
ceremony of Lord Krsna; vamana-dvadasi—the birthday or appearance day of
Lord Vamana; sri-rama-navami—the birthday ceremony of Lord Ramacandra;
ara—and; nrsimha-caturdasi—the appearance day of Lord Nesirnha.

TRANSLATION

“Ekadasi, Janmastami, Vamana-dvadasi, Rama-navami and Nrsirnha-catur-
dasi should all be observed.

TEXT 342

OF ACA fag l-Sriat, wfaal-sael |
BBA CH, CHCA SfBA ASA |) O82 |

ei sabe viddhd-tydga, aviddha-karana
akarane dosa, kaile bhaktira lambhana

SYNONYMS

ei sabe—all these things; viddhd-tyaga—to avoid viddha-ekddasi or mixed
Ekadasi; aviddha-karana—performing the pure Ekadasi; akarane dosa—the fault
of not performing them; kaile—if done so; bhaktira lambhana—there will be dis-
crepancies in devotional service.

TRANSLATION

“You should recommend the avoidance of mixed Ekadasi and the perfor-
mance of pure Ekadasi. You should also describe the fault in not observing
this. One should be very careful as far as these items are concerned. If one is
not careful, one will be negligent in executing devotional service.

TEXT 343
ALG Siais| feca Aatsl-a5e |
Slafe-fapalaasas-ame || 08 |

sarvatra pramana dibe purdna-vacana
sri-mdrti-visnu-mandira karana-laksana

SYNONYMS
sarvatra—everywhere; pramdna—evidence; dibe—you should give; purdna-
vacana—quoting from the Puranas; sri-mdrti—the Deity; visnu-mandira—of the
Visnu temple; karana-laksana—the characteristics of constructing.
