tathÄ haite pÄṇá¸arapure ÄilÄ gauracandra
viá¹há¹hala-á¹hÄkura dekhi' pÄilÄ Änanda
tathÄ haite - from there; pÄṇá¸ara-pure - to PÄṇá¸arapura; ÄilÄ - came; gauracandra - Lord ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu; viá¹há¹hala-á¹hÄkura - the Deity known as Viá¹há¹hala; dekhi' - seeing; pÄilÄ - got; Änanda - great happiness.
From there ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu went to PÄṇá¸arapura, where He happily saw the temple of Viá¹há¹hala ṬhÄkura.
The city of PÄṇá¸arapura is situated on the river BhÄ«mÄ. It is said that ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu initiated TukÄrÄma when He visited PÄṇá¸arapura, and thus TukÄrÄma became His disciple. TukÄrÄma Ä€cÄrya became very famous in the Maharashtra province, and he spread the saá¹…kÄ«rtana movement all over the province. The saá¹…kÄ«rtana party belonging to TukÄrÄma is still very popular in Bombay and throughout the province of Maharashtra. TukÄrÄma’s book is known as Abhaá¹…ga. His saá¹…kÄ«rtana party exactly resembles the Gauá¸Ä«ya-Vaiṣṇava saá¹…kÄ«rtana parties, for they chant the holy name of the Lord with má¹›daá¹…ga and karatÄlas.
The Lord Viá¹há¹haladeva mentioned in this verse is a form of Lord Viṣṇu with two hands. He is NÄrÄyaṇa.
