Sending Saptatāla Trees to Vaikunta

Madhya 9.312

‘saptatāla-vṛkṣa’ dekhe kānana-bhitara

ati vṛddha, ati sthūla, ati uccatara

Synonyms:

sapta-tāla-vṛkṣa — seven palm trees; dekhe — sees; kānana bhitara — within the forest; ati vṛddha — very old;ati sthūla — very bulky; ati uccatara — very high.

Translation:

Within the Daṇḍakāraṇya forest Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then visited a place called Saptatāla. The seven palm trees there were very old, very bulky and very high.

Purport:

The name Saptatāla is mentioned in the Kiṣkindhyā section of the Rāmāyaṇa and is described in the eleventh and twelfth chapters of that section.

Madhya 9.313

saptatāla dekhi’ prabhu āliṅgana kaila
saśarīre saptatāla vaikuṇṭhe calila

Synonyms:

sapta-tāla dekhi’ — upon seeing the seven palm trees; prabhu — Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; āliṅgana kaila — embraced; sa-śarīre — with their bodies; sapta-tāla — the seven palm trees; vaikuṇṭhe calila — returned to Vaikuṇṭhaloka.

Translation:

Upon seeing the seven palm trees, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu embraced them. As a result, they all returned to Vaikuṇṭhaloka, the spiritual world.

Madhya 9.314

śūnya-sthala dekhi’ lokera haila camatkāra
loke kahe, e sannyāsī—rāma-avatāra

Synonyms:

śūnya-sthala — the vacant place; dekhi’ — seeing; lokera — of the people in general; haila — there was;camatkāra — astonishment; loke kahe — all people began to say; e sannyāsī — this sannyāsī; rāma-avatāra — incarnation of Lord Rāmacandra.

Translation:

After the seven palm trees had departed for Vaikuṇṭha, everyone was astonished to see that they were gone. The people then began to say, “This sannyāsī called Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu must be an incarnation of Lord Rāmacandra.

Madhya 9.315

saśarīre tāla gela śrī-vaikuṇṭha-dhāma
aiche śakti kāra haya, vinā eka rāma

Synonyms:

sa-śarīre — with the material body; tāla — the palm trees; gela — went; śrī-vaikuṇṭha-dhāma — to the spiritual kingdom, known as Vaikuṇṭha; aiche — such; śakti — power; kāra — whose; haya — is; vinā — without; eka — one; rāma — Lord Rāmacandra.

Translation:

“Only Lord Rāmacandra has the power to send seven palm trees to the spiritual Vaikuṇṭha planets.”

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