Day 495 | CC Madhya 10.109-111 | The Lord’s Return to Jagannātha Purī | 7 JUNE 2026

SVARUPA DAMODARA GOSVAMI CAME TO PURI, ALWAYS ABSORBED IN TH EECSTACY OF KRSNA PREMA, REMAINED IN SOLITUDE, DIDN'T TALK TO ANYONE, NO NE KNEW WHERE HE WAS. Text 109 guru-ṭhāñi ājñā māgi’ āilā nīlācale rātri-dine kṛṣṇa-prema-ānanda-vihvale Translation After taking permission from his sannyāsa-guru, Svarūpa Dāmodara went to Nīlācala and accepted the shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Then all day and night, in ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa, he enjoyed transcendental mellows in the loving service of the Lord. Text 110 pāṇḍityera avadhi, vākya nāhi kāro sane nirjane rahaye, loka saba nāhi jāne Translation Svarūpa Dāmodara was the limit of all learned scholarship, but he did not exchange words with anyone. He simply remained in a solitary place, and no one could understand where he was. Text 111 kṛṣṇa-rasa-tattva-vettā, deha — prema-rūpa sākṣāt mahāprabhura dvitīya svarūpa Translation Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara was the personification of ecstatic love, fully cognizant of the transcendental mellows in relationship with Kṛṣṇa. He directly represented Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as His second expansion.