CC Madhya 17.24
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 17, Text 24
প্রসিদ্ধ পথ ছাড়ি’ প্রভু উপপথে চলিলা ।
‘কটক’ ডাহিনে করি’ বনে প্রবেশিলা ॥ ২৪ ॥
‘কটক’ ডাহিনে করি’ বনে প্রবেশিলা ॥ ২৪ ॥
prasiddha patha chāḍi’ prabhu upapathe calilā
‘kaṭaka’ ḍāhine kari’ vane praveśilā
‘kaṭaka’ ḍāhine kari’ vane praveśilā
Word by word
prasiddha — well-known; patha — public way; chāḍi’ — giving up; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; upapathe — through a bypass; calilā — began to walk; kaṭaka — the city of Kaṭaka (Cuttack); ḍāhine — on the right side; kari’ — keeping; vane — within the forest; praveśilā — entered.
Translation
The Lord abandoned walking on the well-known public road and went instead along a bypass. He thus kept the city of Kaṭaka on His right as He entered the forest.