Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 1.227

prāte cali' āilā prabhu 'kānāira nāṭaśālā'

dekhila sakala tāhāń kṛṣṇa-caritra-līlā

SYNONYMS

prāte — in the morning; cali' — departing; āilā — came; prabhu — the Lord; kānāira nāṭaśālā — to the place of the name Kānāi Nāṭaśālā; dekhila — saw; sakala — all; tāhāń — there; kṛṣṇa-caritra-līlā — the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa.

TRANSLATION

In the morning, the Lord left and went to a place known as Kānāi Nāṭaśālā. While there, He saw many pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

PURPORT

In those days in Bengal there were many places known as Kānāi Nāṭaśālā, where pictures of the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa were kept. People used to go there to see them. This is called kṛṣṇa-caritra-līlā. In Bengal there are still many places called hari-sabhā, which indicates a place where local people gather to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra and discuss the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa. The word kānāi means "Lord Kṛṣṇa's," and nāṭaśālā indicates a place where pastimes are demonstrated. So those places which at the present moment are called hari-sabhā may previously have been known as Kānāi Nāṭaśālā.

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