84 Siz Caitanya-caritamrta [Adi-lila, Ch. 13
Cakravartt still live in the village of the name Magdoba in the district of Faridpur in
Bangladesh. His nephew was Jagannatha Cakravarti, alsoknown as Mamu Thakura,
who became a disciple of Pandita Gosvami and stayed at Jagannatha Puri as the
priest of Tota-gopinatha. Nitambara Cakravarti lived at Navadvipa in the neighbor-
hood of Belapukuriya. This fact is mentioned in the book Prema-vilasa. Because he
jived near the house of the Kazi, the Kazi was also considered one of the maternal
uncles of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The Kazi used to address Nitambara Cakravarti
as kdkd, or “uncle.”’ One cannot separate the residence of the Kazi from Vamana-
pukura because the tomb of the Kazi is stifl existing there. Formerly the place was
known as Belapukuriya, and now it is catled Vamanapukura. This has been ascer-
tained by archeological evidence.
TEXT 61

agence Sferer otga fares |

TemiA Aes, Ga qatfa, AFH wv

radhadese janmila thakura nityananda

gangadasa pardita, gupta murari, mukunda

SYNONYMS

radhadese—the place where there is no Ganges; janmi/d—took birth; thdkura
nityananda—Nityananda Prabhu ; garigadasa pandita—of the name Gangadasa Pandita;
gupta muradri—of the name Murari Gupta; mukunda—of the name Mukunda.

TRANSLATION

In Radhadefa, the part of Bengal where the Ganges is not visible, Nityananda

Prabhu, Gangadasa Pandita, Murari Gupta and Mukunda took birth.
PURPORT

Here rddhadese refers to the village of the name Ekacakra in the district of
Birbhum, next to Burdwan. After the Burdwan railway station there is another
branch line, which is called the Loop Line of the eastern railway, and there is a raif-
way station of the name Mallarapura. Eight miles east of this railway station
Ekacakra Village is still situated. Ekacakra Village extends north and south for an
area of about eight miles. Other vitlages, namely Viracandra-pura and Virabhadra-
pura, are situated within the area of the village of Ekacakra. In honor of the holy
name of Virabhadra Gosvamt, these places are renowned as Viracandra-pura and
Virabhadra-pura.

In the Bengali year 1331 a thunderbolt struck the temple of Ekacakra-grama.
Therefore the temple is now in a broken state. Before this, there were no such ac-
cidents in that quarter. Within the temple there is a Deity of S:T Krsna established
by Sri Nityananda Prabhu. The name of the Deity is Batkima Raya or Banka Raya.
