CC Ādi 10.93

Adi-līlā, Chapter 10, Text 93

ষোড়শ বৎসর কৈল অন্তরঙ্গ–সেবন ।
স্বরূপের অন্তর্ধানে আইলা বৃন্দাবন ॥ ৯৩ ॥

ṣoḍaśa vatsara kaila antaraṅga-sevana
svarūpera antardhāne āilā vṛndāvana

Word by word

ṣoḍaśa — sixteen; vatsara — years; kaila — did; antaraṅga — confidential; sevana — service; svarūpera — of Svarūpa Dāmodara; antardhāne — disappearance; āilā — came; vṛndāvana — to Vṛndāvana.

Translation

He rendered confidential service to the Lord for sixteen years at Jagannātha Purī, and after the disappearance of both the Lord and Svarūpa Dāmodara, he left Jagannātha Purī and went to Vṛndāvana.