Adi-lila, Chapter 10 265
Raghava Pandita was formerly a confidential gop7 in Vraja during the time of Lord
Krsna’s pastimes, and his former name was Dhanistha. This gopi, Dhanistha, always
engaged in preparing foodstuffs for Krsna.
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RIG COMA CA SCH ATA we
tanhara bhagini damayanti prabhura priya dasi
prabhura bhoga-samagri ye kare vara-masi
SYNONYMS
tanhara—his; bhagini—sister; damayanti—of the name Damayanti; prabhura—of the
Lord; priya—dear; dasi—maidservant; prabhura—of the Lord; bhoga-samagri—cook-
ing materials; ye—who; kare—does; vara-masi—throughout the whole year.
TRANSLATION
Raghava Pandita’s sister Damayanti was the dear maidservant of the Lord. She
always collected various ingredients with which to cook for Lord Caitanya.
PURPORT
In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verse 167, it is mentioned, gunamala vraje yasid
damayanti tu tat-svasd: ‘‘The gopi named Gunamala has now appeared as his sister
Damayanti.” On the East Bengal railway line beginning from the Sealdah
station in Calcutta, there is a station named Sodapura which is not very far
from Calcutta. Within one mile of this station, toward the western side of the
Ganges, is a village known as Panihati in which the residential quarters of Raghava
Pandita still exist. On Raghava Pandita’s tomb is a creeper on a concrete platform.
There is also a Madana-mohana Deity in a broken-down temple nearby. This temple
is managed by a local Zamindar of the name Sri Sivacandra Raya Caudhuri.
Makaradhvaja Kara was also an inhabitant of Panihatt.
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CA a aaa TS atfencs ofan |
Aa MUM BPA ONS SRA HW H
se saba samagri yata jhalite bhariya
raghava la-iya ya’na gupata kariya
