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upeksa kariya kaila mathura gamana

mathura dekhiya punah kaila agamana

SYNONYMS

upeksa—neglecting them; kariya—doing so; kaila—did; mathura—the town named Mathura; gamana—traveling; mathura—Mathura; dekhiya—after seeing it; punah—again; kaila agamana—came back.

Thus neglecting the blasphemy of the Varanasi Mayavadis, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu proceeded to Mathura, and after visiting Mathura He returned to meet the situation.

PURPORT

Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not talk with the Mayavadi philosophers when He first visited Varanasi, but He returned there from Mathura to convince them of the real purpose of Vedanta.