tabeta karilÄ prabhu gayÄte gamana
Ä«Å›vara-purÄ«ra saá¹…ge tathÄi milana
tabeta - thereafter; karilÄ - did; prabhu - Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu; gayÄte - to GayÄ; gamana - travel; Ä«Å›vara-purÄ«ra saá¹…ge - with Īśvara PurÄ«; tathÄi - there; milana - meeting.
Thereafter the Lord went to GayÄ. There He met ÅšrÄ«la Īśvara PurÄ«.
ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu went to GayÄ to offer respectful oblations to His forefathers. This process is called piṇá¸a-dÄna. In Vedic society, after the death of a relative, especially one’s father or mother, one must go to GayÄ and there offer oblations to the lotus feet of Lord Viṣṇu. Therefore hundreds and thousands of men gather in GayÄ daily to offer such oblations, or Å›rÄddha. Following this principle, Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu also went there to offer piṇá¸a to His dead father. Fortunately He met Īśvara PurÄ« there.
