Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 9 Verse 282

Madhya-līlā | Chapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 9.282

tathā haite pāṇḍarapure āilā gauracandra

viṭhṭhala-ṭhākura dekhi' pāilā ānanda

SYNONYMS

tathā haite — from there; pāṇḍara-pure — to Pāṇḍarapura; āilā — came; gauracandra — Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; viṭhṭhala-ṭhākura — the Deity known as Viṭhṭhala; dekhi' — seeing; pāilā — got; ānanda — great happiness.

TRANSLATION

From there Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to Pāṇḍarapura, where He happily saw the temple of Viṭhṭhala Ṭhākura.

PURPORT

The city of Pāṇḍarapura is situated on the river Bhīmā. It is said that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu initiated Tukārāma when He visited Pāṇḍarapura, and thus Tukārāma became His disciple. Tukārāma Ācārya became very famous in the Maharashtra province, and he spread the sańkīrtana movement all over the province. The sańkīrtana party belonging to Tukārāma is still very popular in Bombay and throughout the province of Maharashtra. Tukārāma's book is known as Abhańga. His sańkīrtana party exactly resembles the Gauḍīya-Vaiṣṇava sańkīrtana parties, for they chant the holy name of the Lord with mṛdańga and karatālas.

The Lord Viṭhṭhaladeva mentioned in this verse is a form of Lord Viṣṇu with two hands. He is Nārāyaṇa.

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