388 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta {Madhya-lila, Ch. 25
$loka-vivarana—the description of the atmarama-sloka explained by Sri Caitanya
Mahdaprabhu.
TRANSLATION
At this time the brahmana from the province of Maharastra mentioned Lord
Caitanya’s explanation of the atmarama verse.
TEXT 161
eB caticaa orf ety aaa?’ esta |
sfraicea, wel @fe cics BACT Sd I
ei Slokera artha prabhu ‘ekasasti’ prakara
kariyachena, yaha suni’ loke camatkdra
SYNONYMS
ei slokera artha—the meanings of this verse; prabhu—Sri Caitanya
Mahdaprabhu; eka-sasti prakdra—sixty-one varieties; kariyachena—has done;
yaha suni’—hearing which; loke camatkdra—everyone is astonished.
TRANSLATION
The Maharastrian brahmana stated that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had
already explained that verse in sixty-one ways. Everyone was astonished to
hear this.
TEXT 162
Sea FA CAS Sacs Biale sfFet |
orale’ ad aig faafe’ sfertn ses u
tabe saba loka sunite agraha karila
‘ekasasti’ artha prabhu vivari’ kahila
SYNONYMS
tabe—then; saba loka—all the people gathered there; sunite—to hear; dgraha
karila—expressed their eagerness; eka-sasti artha—sixty-one different meanings
of the verse; prabhu—Sri Caitanya Mahdaprabhu; vivari’—elaborately; kahila—ex-
plained.
TRANSLATION
When all the people gathered there expressed the desire to hear again the
sixty-one different meanings of the atmarama-Sloka, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
again explained them.
