Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 16 Verses 114-115

Madhya-līlā | Chapter 16: The Lord's Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 16.114-115

eka navya-naukā āni' rākhaha nadī-tīre

yāhāń snāna kari' prabhu yā'na nadī-pāre

tāhāń stambha ropaṇa kara 'mahā-tīrtha' kari'

nitya snāna kariba tāhāń, tāhāń yena mari

SYNONYMS

eka — one; navya — new; naukā — boat; āni' — bringing; rākhaha — keep; nadī-tīre — on the bank of the river; yāhāń — where; snāna kari' — taking a bath; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; yā'na — goes; nadī-pāre — on the other bank of the river; tāhāń — there; stambha — a memorial column; ropaṇa kara — establish; mahā-tīrtha kari' — making that place a great place of pilgrimage; nitya — daily; snāna kariba — I shall bathe; tāhāń — there; tāhāń — there; yena mari — let me die.

TRANSLATION

The King also ordered them to maintain a new boat on the banks of the river, and wherever Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His bath or crossed to the other side of the river, they should establish a memorial column and make that place a great place of pilgrimage. "Indeed," said the King, "I will take my bath there. And let me also die there."

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