Text 59] The Residents of Varanasi Become Vaisnavas 329

PURPORT

This is a verse spoken by Yudhisthira Maharaja in the Mahabhdrata, Vana-parva
(313.117).

TEXT 58
S\eatowg-aih—aqcea viz |
f'Cel CA PRCA 4B, CHS ‘SY—Ala W” ev

sri-krsna-caitanya-vani——amrtera dhara
tinho ye kahaye vastu, sei ‘tattva’——sara”

SYNONYMS

sri-ktsna-caitanya-vani—the message of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
amrtera dhara—a continuous shower of nectar; tinho—the Lord; ye kahaye
vastu—whatever He says to be the ultimate truth, the summum bonum; sei tattva
sara—that is the essence of all spiritual knowledge.

TRANSLATION

“The words of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are a shower of nectar. Whatever
He concludes to be the ultimate truth is indeed the summum bonum of all
spiritual knowledge.”

TEXT 59

oa qore win qerGra sie |
ARCA SACS QUA SAM AAA |i cd

e saba vrttanta suni’ mahdrastriya brahmana
prabhure kahite sukhe karila gamana

SYNONYMS

e saba vrttanta—all these descriptions; suni’—hearing; mahdrdstriya
braéhmana—the Mahardstrian brahmana; prabhure—Lord Sri Caitanya
Mahdaprabhu; kahite—to inform; sukhe—very happily; karilé gamana—went.

TRANSLATION

After hearing all these statements, the Maharastrian brahmana very
jubilantly went to inform Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
