Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 9.224

āmlitalāya dekhi' śrī-rāma gaurahari

mallāra-deśete āilā yathā bhattathāri

SYNONYMS

āmlitalāya — at Āmlitalā; dekhi' — seeing; śrī-rāma — the Deity of Rāmacandra; gaurahari — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; mallāra-deśete — to Mallāra-deśa; āilā — came; yathā — where; bhattathāri — the Bhattathāri community.

TRANSLATION

After visiting Kanyā-kumārī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to Āmlitalā, where He saw the Deity of Śrī Rāmacandra. Thereafter He went to a place known as Mallāra-deśa, where a community of Bhattathāris lived.

PURPORT

North of Mallāra-deśa is South Kanara. To the east are Coorg and Mysore, to the south is Cochin, and to the west is the Arabian Sea. As far as the Bhattathāris are concerned, they are a nomadic community. They camp wherever they like and have no fixed place of residence. Outwardly they take up the dress of sannyāsīs, but their real business is stealing and cheating. They allure others to supply women for their camp, and they cheat many women and keep them within their community. In this way they increase their population. In Bengal also there is a similar community. Actually, all over the world there are nomadic communities whose business is simply to allure, cheat and steal innocent women.

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