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CC Madhya 18.70

Bengali

লোকের সংঘট্ট দেখি মথুরা ছাড়িয়া ।
একান্তে ‘অক্রূর তীর্থে’ রহিলা আসিয়া ॥ ৭০ ॥

Text

lokera saṅghaṭṭa dekhi mathurā chāḍiyā
ekānte ‘akrūra-tīrthe’ rahilā āsiyā

Synonyms

lokera — of people; saṅghaṭṭa — crowd; dekhi — seeing; mathurā — the city of Mathurā; chāḍiyā — leaving; ekānte — in a solitary place; akrūra-tīrthe — at Akrūra-tīrtha; rahilā — stayed; āsiyā — coming.

Translation

Seeing a great crowd assemble at Mathurā, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left and went to Akrūra-tīrtha. He remained there in a solitary place.

Purport

Akrūra-tīrtha is also mentioned in the Bhakti-ratnākara (Fifth Wave):

dekha, śrīnivāsa, ei akrūra grāmete
śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-prabhu chilena nibhṛte

“Śrīnivāsa, look at this village of Akrūra. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed there in a solitary place.”