Text 20] The Residents of Varanasi Become Vaisnavas 305

SYNONYMS

ye divasa—the day when; prabhu—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sannydsire—to
the Mayavadi sannydsis; krpa kaila—showed His mercy; se divasa haite—
beginning from that day; grame—in the locality; kolahala haila—there were many
talks about this incident.

TRANSLATION

Beginning from the day on which Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu showed His
mercy to the Mayavadi sannyasis, there were vivid discussions about this con-
version among the inhabitants of Varanasi.

TEXT 19

UCTS AIG NBA agra cafes |
ata ice thes arecn atte fastface uso 1

lokera sanghatta dise prabhure dekhite
nané sastre pandita dise sastra vicdrite

SYNONYMS

lokera sanghatta—crowds of men; dise—come; prabhure dekhite—to see Lord
Sti Caitanya Mahaprabhu; nana sastre pandita—scholars learned in various scrip-
tures; aise—used to come; sdastra vicadrite—to talk on various scriptures.

TRANSLATION

Crowds of people came to see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu from that day on,
and scholars of various scriptures discussed different subject matters with the
Lord.

TEXT 20
adaig afe’ aig ‘oie’ sca Aid |
HASH ACI Te FAH HAA Re hi

sarva-sastra khandi’ prabhu ‘bhakti’ kare sara
sayuktika vakye mana phirdya sabara

SYNONYMS

sarva-sastra khandi’—defeating all the false conclusions of different scriptures;
prabhu—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bhakti kare sara—established the
