Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 14.47

daśendriye śiṣya kari', 'mahā-bāula' nāma dhari',

śiṣya lañā karila gamana

mora deha sva-sadana, viṣaya-bhoga mahā-dhana,

saba chāḍi' gelā vṛndāvana

SYNONYMS

daśa-indriye — the ten senses; śiṣya kari' — making disciples; mahā-bāula — of a great mendicant; nāma dhari' — taking the name; śiṣya lañā — taking disciples; karila gamana — has gone; mora — My; deha — body; sva-sadana — own home; viṣaya-bhoga — material enjoyment; mahā-dhana — great treasure; saba chāḍi' — leaving aside everything; gelā vṛndāvana — has gone to Vṛndāvana.

TRANSLATION

"The mystic yogī of My mind has assumed the name Mahābāula and made disciples of My ten senses. Thus My mind has gone to Vṛndāvana, leaving aside the home of My body and the great treasure of material enjoyment.

PURPORT

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu compares His mind to one of the mystic yogīs known as bāulas, who make at least ten disciples.

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