Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 1 Texts 89-94
Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila
Chapter 1 Text 89
ananta, apara -- tara ke janibe marma
TRANSLATION
For the twenty-four years after Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted the renounced order, whatever pastimes He executed were unlimited and unfathomable. Who can understand the purport of such pastimes?
Text 90
mukhya mukhya lilara kari sutra ganana
TRANSLATION
Just to indicate those pastimes, I am presenting a general survey of the chief pastimes in the form of a synopsis.
Text 91
sannyasa kari' calila prabhu sri-vrndavana
TRANSLATION
This is the first synopsis: After accepting the sannyasa order, Caitanya Mahaprabhu proceeded toward Vrndavana.
Text 92
radha-dese tina dina karila bhramana
TRANSLATION
When proceeding toward Vrndavana, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was overwhelmed with ecstatic love for Krsna, and He lost all remembrance of the external world. In this way He traveled continuously for three days in Radha-desa, the country where the Ganges River does not flow.
Text 93
ganga-tire lana aila 'yamuna' baliya
TRANSLATION
First of all, Lord Nityananda bewildered Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu by bringing Him along the banks of the Ganges, saying that it was the river Yamuna.
Text 94
prathama bhiksa kaila tahan, ratre sankirtana
TRANSLATION
After three days, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu came to the house of Advaita Acarya at Santipura and accepted alms there. This was His first acceptance of alms. At night He performed congregational chanting there.