CC Antya 4.123
Antya-līlā, Chapter 4, Text 123
প্রভু কহে, — “তপ্ত-বালুকাতে কেমনে আইলা ? সিংহদ্বারের পথ — শীতল, কেনে না আইলা ? ১২৩ ।। ॥ ১২৩ ॥
prabhu kahe, — “tapta-vālukāte kemane āilā?
siṁha-dvārera patha — śītala, kene nā āilā?
siṁha-dvārera patha — śītala, kene nā āilā?
Word by word
prabhu kahe — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said; tapta-vālukāte — on hot sand; kemane āilā — how did you come; siṁha-dvārera patha — the path of the Siṁha-dvāra gate; śītala — very cool; kene — why; nā āilā — did you not come.
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “How did you come along the beach, where the sand is so hot? Why didn’t you come by the path in front of the Siṁha-dvāra gate? It is very cool.”
Purport
Siṁha-dvāra refers to the main gate on the eastern side of the Jagannātha temple.