Text 218] Lord Caitanya at the House of Advaita Acarya 351

the Ganges. One can go from this village to Panihati and from there to
Varaha-nagara, north of Calcutta. In those days the Ganges flowed to the
south of Calcutta through Kali-ghata, which is still known as adi-ganga. From
Baruipura, the Ganges branched out and flowed through Diamond Harbor
near the Mathurdpura police station. It is to be noted that $ri Caitanya
Mahdaprabhu passed through all these places on His way to Jagannatha Puri.

TEXT 217

CoomTAcH’ ates ser le-st7e |
fawtta aftintcen wia-grnrae ii 359 1

‘caitanya-mangale’ prabhura niladri-gamana
vistari varniyachena dasa-vrndavana

SYNONYMS

caitanya-mangale—in the book named Caitanya-mangala; prabhura—of
the Lord; niladri-gamana—going to Jagannatha Puri; vistari—elaborating; var-
niyachena—has described; dasa-vrndavana—Vrndavana dasa Thakura.

TRANSLATION

In his book known as Caitanya-mangala [Caitanya-bhagavata]
Vrndavana dasa Thakura has elaborately described the Lord’s passage to
Jagannatha Puri.

PURPORT

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura states that while Sri Caitanya
Mahdaprabhu passed through Bengal, He passed through Atisara-grama,
Varaha-grama and Chatrabhoga. He then reached the Orissa province, where
he passed through Prayaga-ghata, Suvarnarekha, Remuna, Yajapura, Vaitarani,
DasaSvamedha-ghata, Kataka, Mahanadi, Bhuvanesvara (where there is a big
lake known as Bindu-sarovara), Kamalapura and Atharandla. In this way, pass-
ing through all these and other places, He reached Jagannatha Puri.

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BUUS-Fce ete fain gm AS Ba |
Bioca faarca Sica Baceta-way y roe hl
