Volume 7 - Prabhupada

Text 48] The Lord's Visit to Sri Vndavana 153SYNONYMSmleccha-bhaye-because of fear of the Muslims; ai/a-came; gopa/a-theDeity Gopala; mathura-nagare-to the city of Mathura; eka-masa-one month;rahi/a-stayed; viththalesvara-ghare-in the temple of Viththalesvara.TRANSLATIONDue to fear of the Mohammedans, Gopala went to Mathura, where Heremained in the temple of Vifhfhalesvara for one full month.PURPORTWhen the two brothers Srila ROpa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami went toVrndavana, they decided to live there. Following Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's example,they did not climb the hill because they considered it nondifferent fromKrr:Ja, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. On some pretext, the Gopala Deitygranted Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu an audience beneath the hill, and Gopalasimilarly favored Srila ROpa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami. During his ripe oldage, when ROpa Gosvami could not go to Govardhana Hill because of invalidity,Gopala kindly went to Mathura and remained at the temple of Viththalesvara forone month. It was then that Srila ROpa Gosvami could see Gopala's beauty to hisheart's content.TEXT 48 c;f$ :Jf fili9f'5t'l $1 It WPI C'li -rn fi II 8\r IItabe rupa gosani saba nija-gaQa lanaeka-masa darasana kaila mathuraya rahiyaSYNONYMStabe-thereupon; rupa gosani-Srila ROpa Gosvami; saba-all; nija-gaQa/ana-taking his associates with him; eka-masa-for one month; darasana kailasawthe Deity; mathuraya rahiya-staying at the city of Mathura.TRANSLATIONSrila Rupa Gosvami and his associates stayed in Mathura for one month andsaw the Deity Gopala.PURPORTThe following description of the temple of Viththalesvara is given in Bhakti-ratnakara(Fifth Wave):