sva-prabhÄve loka-sabÄra karÄÃ±Ä vismaya
pÄnÄ-ná¹›siá¹he ÄilÄ prabhu dayÄ-maya
sva- prabhave -- by His own influence; loka- sabara -- of all the people; karana -- inducing; vismaya -- astonishment; pana- nrisimhe -- to the Lord named Pana- nrisimha; aila -- came; prabhu -- Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; daya- maya -- the most merciful.
Everywhere ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu went, His influence astonished everyone. He next arrived at the temple of PÄnÄ-ná¹›siá¹ha. The Lord is so merciful.
PÄnÄ-ná¹›siá¹ha, or PÄnÄkal-narasiá¹ha, is located in the district of Krishna, in the hills known as Maá¹…galagiri, about seven miles from a city known as Vijayawada. One must climb six hundred steps to reach the temple. It is said that when the Lord is offered food with syrup here, He does not take more than half. Within this temple is a conchshell presented by the late king of Tanjore, and it is said that this shell was used by Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself. During the month of March, a great fair takes place in this temple.
