Madhya-līlā

Chapter 1: The Later Pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Verse 224 of 284
Cc Madhya 1.224

যার সংগে চলে এই লোক লক্ষকোটি বৃন্দাবনযাত্রার এ নহে পরিপাটী

यार संगे चले एइ लोक लक्षकोटि वृन्दावनयात्रार ए नहे परिपाटी

yāra saṅge cale ei loka lakṣa-koṭi vṛndāvana-yātrāra e nahe paripāṭī

Synonyms

yāraof whom; saṅgein the company; calefollow; eithese; lokapeople; lakṣa-koṭihundreds and thousands; vṛndāvana-yātrāraof going to Vṛndāvana; ethis; nahenot; paripāṭīmethod..

Translation

"Dear Lord, You are going to Vṛndāvana with hundreds and thousands of people following You, and this is not a fitting way to go on a pilgrimage."

Purport

Sometimes, for business purposes, large crowds of men are taken to different places of pilgrimage, and money is collected from them. That is a very lucrative business, but Rūpa and Sanātana Gosvāmīs, expressing their opinion in the presence of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, disapproved of such crowded pilgrimages. Actually when Lord Caitanya visited Vṛndāvana, He visited it alone and accepted a servant only at His devotees' request. He never visited Vṛndāvana with crowds of people for a commercial purpose.

Verse 224 of 284
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