Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 18 Verse 37

Madhya-līlā | Chapter 18: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Visit to Śrī Vṛndāvana

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 18.37

gopālera saundarya dekhi' prabhura āveśa

ei śloka paḍi' nāce, haila dina-śeṣa

SYNONYMS

gopālera — of Gopāla; saundarya — beauty; dekhi' — seeing; prabhura — of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; āveśa — ecstasy; ei śloka paḍi' — reciting the following verse; nāce — dances; haila — there was; dina-śeṣa — the end of the day.

TRANSLATION

As soon as the Lord saw the beauty of the Gopāla Deity, He was immediately overwhelmed by ecstatic love, and He recited the following verse. He then chanted and danced until the day ended.

PURPORT

Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura gives the following information about Govinda-kuṇḍa. There is a village named Āniyora on Govardhana Hill, a little distance from the village of Paiṭhā. Govinda-kuṇḍa is situated near here, and there are two temples to Govinda and Baladeva there. According to some, Queen Padmāvatī excavated this lake. In the Bhakti-ratnākara (Fifth Wave), the following statement is found:

ei śrī-govinda-kuṇḍa-mahimā aneka

ethā indra kaila govindera abhiṣeka

"Govinda-kuṇḍa is exalted for its many spiritual activities. It was here that Indra, defeated by Lord Govinda, offered prayers to Him and bathed Him." In the book Stavāvalī (Vraja-vilāsa-stava 74) the following verse is found:

nīcaiḥ prauḍha-bhayāt svayaḿ sura-patiḥ pādau vidhṛtyeha yaiḥ

svar-gańgā-salilaiś cakāra surabhi-dvārābhiṣekotsavam

govindasya navaḿ gavām adhipatā rājye sphuṭaḿ kautukāt

tair yat prādurabhūt sadā sphuratu tad govinda-kuṇḍaḿ dṛśoḥ

"With humility caused by great fear, Indra took hold of the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa and, in the company of a surabhi cow, performed His coronation festival by bathing Him with the waters of the heavenly Ganges River. Thus Lord Kṛṣṇa's kingship over the cows became splendidly manifest. I pray that Govinda-kuṇḍa, the lake created by that ceremonial bath, may eternally appear before my eyes."

Also, in the Mathurā-khaṇḍa it is stated:

yatrābhiṣikto bhagavān maghonā yadu-vairiṇā

govinda-kuṇḍaḿ taj-jātaḿ snāna-mātreṇa mokṣa-dam

"Simply by bathing in Govinda-kuṇḍa, one is awarded liberation. This lake was produced when Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa was bathed by Lord Indra."

Gāńṭhuli-grāma is situated near the two villages Bilachu and Gopāla-pura. According to hearsay, Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa first met here. In the Bhakti-ratnākara (Fifth Wave), it is stated, sakhī duńha vastre gāńṭhi dila sańgopane: "The two concealed Themselves by tying Their outer garments together." It is also stated, phāguyā laiyā keha gāńṭhi khuli' dilā: "With a phāguyā They undid the knot." For this reason the village is known as Gāńṭhuli.

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