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Chapter 15: The Lord Accepts Prasāda at the House of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

Verse 17 of 299
Cc Madhya 15.17

কৃষ্ণজন্মযাত্রাদিনে নন্দমহোত্সব গোপবেশ হৈলা প্রভু লঞা ভক্ত সব

कृष्णजन्मयात्रादिने नन्दमहोत्सव गोपवेश हैला प्रभु लञा भक्त सब

kṛṣṇa-janma-yātrā-dine nanda-mahotsava gopa-veśa hailā prabhu lañā bhakta saba

Synonyms

kṛṣṇa-janma-yātrā—observance of the birth of Lord Kṛṣṇa; dine—on the day of; nanda-mahotsava—the festival observed by Nanda Mahārāja, the father of Kṛṣṇa; gopa-veśa hailā—dressed Himself as a cowherd boy; prabhu—Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; lañā—taking; bhakta saba—all the devotees..

Translation

The devotees also celebrated the festival of Janmāṣṭamī, Kṛṣṇa's birthday, which is also called Nanda-mahotsava, the festival of Nanda Mahārāja. At that time Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees dressed themselves as cowherd boys.

Verse 17 of 299