CC Madhya 16.265-266

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 16: The Lord's Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXTS 265-266

eta kahi’ āmi yabe vidāya tāṅre dila
gamana-kāle sanātana ‘prahelī’ kahila
yāṅra saṅge haya ei loka lakṣa koṭi
vṛndāvana yāibāra ei nahe paripāṭī

SYNONYMS

eta kahi’—saying this; āmi—I; yabe—when; vidāya—farewell; tāṅre—unto them; dila—gave; gamana-kāle—while going; sanātana—Sanātana; prahelī—enigma; kahila—said; yāṅra saṅge—with whom; haya—is; ei—this; loka—crowd of people; lakṣa koṭi—hundreds of thousands; vṛndāvana—to Vṛndāvana-dhāma; yāibāra—for going; ei—this; nahe—not; paripāṭī—the method.

TRANSLATION

“After speaking to them in this way, I bade them farewell. As I was leaving, Sanātana told Me, ‘It is not appropriate for one to be followed by a crowd of thousands when going to Vṛndāvana.’