eta cinti' - thinking like this; bhaṭṭācārya - Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya; āchena - was; vasiyā - sitting; nityānanda-ādi - all the devotees, headed by Nityānanda Prabhu; siṁha-dvāre - at the entrance door of the Jagannātha temple; milila - met; āsiyā - coming.

While the Bhaṭṭācārya was thinking in this way at his home, all the devotees of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, headed by Nityānanda Prabhu, approached the Siṁha-dvāra [the entrance door of the temple].