Text 831
The lord travels to Verdávana
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TEXT 82
এইমত নানা-স্বেখে প্রভু আইনা ‘কাশী’। 
মধ্যাচ্চ-স্নান কৈল মণিকণিকায় আসি’ ॥ ৮২ ॥
ei-mata nānā-sukhe prabhu āilā ‘kāśī’ madhyāhna-snāna kaila manikarnikāya āsi’
SYNONYMS
ei-mata —in this way;  nānā-sukhe —in great happiness;  prabhu —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  āilā —came;  kāśī —to the holy place named Kāśī;  madhyāhna-snāna —afternoon bath;  kaila —took;  maṇikarṇikāya —to the bathing place known as Maṇikarṇikā;  āsi' —coming.
TRANSLATION
Finally the Lord with great happiness arrived at the holy place called Kāśī. There He took His bath in the bathing ghat known as Maṇikarṇikā.
PURPORT
Kāśī is another name for Vārāṇasī (Benares). It has been a place of pilgrimage since time immemorial. Two rivers named Asiḥ and Varuṇā merge there. Maṇikarṇikā is famous because, according to the opinion of great personalities, a bejeweled earring fell there from the ear of Lord Viṣṇu. According to some, it fell from the ear of Lord Śiva. The word  maṇi  means “jewel,” and  karṇika  means “from the ear.” According to some, Lord Viśvanātha is the great physician who cures the disease of material existence by delivering a person through the ear, which receives the vibration of the holy name of Lord Rāma. Because of this, this holy place is called Maṇi-karṇikā. It is said that there is no better place than where the River Ganges flows, and the bathing ghat known as Maṇikarṇikā is especially sanctified because it is very dear to Lord Viśvanātha. In the  Kāśī-khaṇḍa  it is said:  saṁsāri-cintāmaṇir atra yasmāt tārakaṁ sajjana-karṇikāyām. śivo ‘bhidhatte saha-sānta-kāle tad gīyate ‘sau maṇi-karṇiketi. mukti-lakṣmī mahā-pīṭha-maṇis taccaraṇābjayoḥ. karṇikeyaṁ tataḥ prāhur yāṁ janā maṇi-karṇikām.  According to the  Kāśī-khaṇḍa , if one gives up his body at Maṇikarṇikā, he is liberated simply by remembering Lord Śiva’s name.
TEXT 83
সেইকালে তপনমিশ্র করে গঙ্গাস্নান। প্রভূ দেখি’ হৈল তাঁর কিছু বিস্ময় জ্ঞান ॥ ৮৩ ॥