Madhya-līlāChapter 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 25.241

śeṣa aṣṭādaśa vatsara nīlācale vāsa

bhakta-gaṇa-sańge kare kīrtana-vilāsa

SYNONYMS

śeṣa aṣṭādaśa vatsara — the remaining eighteen years; nīlācale vāsa — residence at Jagannātha Purī; bhakta-gaṇa-sańge — with devotees; kare — performs; kīrtana-vilāsa — the pastimes of chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra.

TRANSLATION

After taking sannyāsa at the age of twenty-four, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lived another twenty-four years. For six of these years, He traveled extensively throughout India, sometimes going to Jagannātha Purī and sometimes leaving. After traveling for six years, the Lord fixed His residence at Jagannātha Purī and stayed there for the eighteen remaining years of His life. During these eighteen years He mainly chanted Hare Kṛṣṇa with His devotees.

<<< >>>

Buy Online Copyright © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness