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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Ādi-līlā, Ch. 13]
The place where Nityānanda Prabhu appeared is called Garbhavāsa. There is an allotment of about forty-three  bighās  of land to continue the worship in a temple there. The Mahārāja of Dinājapura donated twenty  bighās  of land in this connection. It is said that near the place known as Garbhavāsa, Hāḍāi Paṇḍita conducted a primary school. The priests of this place, listed in a genealogical table, were as follows: (1) Śrī Rāghavacandra, (2) Jagadānanda dāsa, (3) Kṛṣṇadāsa, (4) Nityānanda dāsa, (5) Rāmadāsa, (6) Vrajamohana dāsa, (7) Kānāi dāsa, (8) Gauradāsa, (9) Śivānanda dāsa and (10) Haridāsa. Kṛṣṇadāsa belonged to the Ciḍiyā-kuñja at Vṛndāvana. The date of his disappearance is Kṛṣṇa-janmāṣṭamī. Ciḍiyā-kuñja is a place now managed by the  goṣvāmīs  of Śiñgāra-ghāṭa in Vṛndāvana. They are also known as belonging to the Nityānanda family, most probably on the basis of their relationship with Kṛṣṇadāsa.
Near Garbhavāsa is a place called Bakulatatā, where Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu and His boy friends used to take part in sporting activities known as  ihāla-ihapeṭā . There is a  bakula  tree there that is wonderful because all its branches and sub-branches look like the hoods of serpents. It has been suggested that by the desire of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, Anantadeva manifested Himself in that way. The tree is very old. It is said that formerly it had two branches, but later on, when the playmates of Nityānanda Prabhu felt inconvenience in jumping from one branch to another, Nityānanda Prabhu, by His mercy, merged the two branches into one.
Another place nearby is named Hāṅṭugāḍā. It is said that Lord Nityānanda Prabhu brought all the holy places there. Therefore the people in the surrounding villages go there instead of to the Ganges to take bath. It is named Hāṅṭugāḍā because Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu used to perform the  dadhi-ciḍā  festival of distributing chipped rice with yogurt  prasāda  there and He took the  prasāda  kneeling down. A sanctified lake in this place is always full of water throughout the year. A great fair is held there during Goṣṭhāṣṭamī, and there is another big fair on the birthday of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu. In the  Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā  it is described that Halāyudha, Baladeva, Viśvarūpa and Saṅkarṣaṇa appeared as Nityānanda Avadhūta.
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অসংখ্য ভক্তের করাইলা অবতার ।
শেষে অবতীর্ণ হৈলা ভক্তেরকুমার ॥ ৬২ ॥
aṣaṅkhya bhaktera karāilā avatāra śeṣe avatīrṇa hailā vrajendra-kumāra
SYNONYMS
aṣaṅkhya —unlimited;  bhaktera —of devotees;  karāilā —made into being;  avatāra —incarnation;  śeṣe —at last;  avatīrṇa —descended;  hailā —became;  vrajendra-kumāra —Lord Kṛṣṇa, the son of Nanda Mahārāja.
TRANSLATION
Lord Kṛṣṇa, Vrajendra-kumāra, first caused countless devotees to appear, and at last He appeared Himself.