Madhya-līlā

Chapter 16: The Lord's Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana

Verse 208 of 280
Cc Madhya 16.208

মাধবদাসগৃহে তথা শচীর নন্দন লক্ষকোটি লোক তথা পাইল দরশন

माधवदासगृहे तथा शचीर नन्दन लक्षकोटि लोक तथा पाइल दरशन

mādhava-dāsa-gṛhe tathā śacīra nandana lakṣa-koṭi loka tathā pāila daraśana

Synonyms

mādhava-dāsa-gṛheat the house of Mādhava dāsa; tathāthere; śacīra nandanathe son of mother Śacī; lakṣa-koṭi lokamany hundreds and thousands of people; tathāthere; pāila daraśanagot His audience..

Translation

When the Lord stayed at the house of Mādhava dāsa, many hundreds and thousands of people came to see Him.

Purport

Mādhava dāsa is identified as follows. In the family of Śrīkara Caṭṭopādhyāya, Yudhiṣṭhira Caṭṭopādhyāya took his birth. Formerly, he and his family members lived in Bilvagrāma and Pāṭūli. From there he went to Kuliyā Pāhāḍapura, formerly known as Pāḍapura. The eldest son of Yudhiṣṭira Caṭṭopādhyāya is known as Mādhava dāsa, the second son was called Haridāsa, and the youngest son was called Kṛṣṇasampatti Caṭṭopādhyāya. The three brothers' nicknames were Chakaḍi, Tinakaḍi and Dukaḍi. The grandson of Mādhava dāsa was named Vaṁśīvadana, and his grandson Rāmacandra and their descendants are still living at Vāghnāpāḍā, or Vaiñcī.

Verse 208 of 280
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