418 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 25

TRANSLATION

While staying at Varanasi, Ripa Gosvami heard of all Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu’s activities. When he heard of His deliverance of the Mayavadi
sannyasis, he became very happy.

TEXT 220

qaleiga Gaia coricsa eteifs cw fatal |
gat tact rtaaqcd FSA wf t1 220 I

mahdprabhura upara lokera pranati dekhiya
sukhi haila loka-mukhe kirtana suniya

SYNONYMS

mahaprabhura—Sri_ Caitanya Mahaprabhu; upara—upon; lokera—of the
people in general; pranati dekhiya—seeing the surrender; sukhi hailia—became
very happy; loka-mukhe—from the general public; kirtana suniya—hearing the
description.

TRANSLATION

When Ripa Gosvami saw that all the people of Varanasi respected Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he became very happy. He even heard stories from the
general populace.

TEXT 221
frat wat afe? at cacy ViMl CHT I
HalSa-acrta GS Slaw FA | 29 1

dina dasa rahi’ rapa gaude yatra kaila
sanatana-rapera ei caritra kahila

SYNONYMS
dina dasa—about ten days; rahi’—remaining; rdpa—Ripa Gosvami; gaude
yatra kaila—went back to Bengal; sanatana-rGpera—of Sri Sandatana Gosvami and
Ripa Gosvami; ei—thus; caritra—character; kahila—l| have described.

TRANSLATION

After staying in Varanasi for about ten days, Ripa Gosvami returned to
Bengal. In this way | have described the activities of Ripa and Sanatana.
