Text 200] Lord Caitanya’s Travels to the Holy Places 17
TRANSLATION
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then went to Setubandha [RameSvara], where He
took His bath at a place called Dhanustirtha. From there He visited the
RameSvara temple and then took rest.
PURPORT
The path through the ocean to the islands known as Mandapam and Pambam
consists partly of sand and partly of water. The island of Pambam is about eleven
miles long and six miles wide. From the Pambam Harbor four miles to the north is a
temple known as RameSvara. It is said, devi-pattanam drabhya gaccheyuh setu-
bandhanam: ‘After visiting the temple of the goddess Durga, one should go to the
temple of RameSvara.” In this area there are twenty-four different holy places, one
of which is Dhanustirtha, located about twelve miles southeast of Rameévara. It is
near the last station of the South Indian Railway, a station called Ramandda. It is
said that here, due to the request of Vibhisana, the younger brother of Ravana,
Lord Ramacandra destroyed a small bridge with His bow upon returning to His
capital. If one visits Dhanustirtha, he is liberated from the cycle of birth and death.
It is also said that if one bathes at Dhanustirtha, he gets all the fruitive results of
performing the yajiia known as agnistoma. ;
Setubandha is on the island of Pambam. There is a temple of Lord Siva there
called RameSvara. This indicates that Lord Siva is a great personality whose
worshipable Deity is Lord Rama. Thus the Lord Siva found in the temple of
RameSvara is a great devotee of Lord Ramacandra.
TEXT 200
faal-ASIa Vea Stal F4-2AarK4 |
Sl ACG GVA AfSaS-Soszta y root
vipra-sabhaya Sune tanha kGrma-puradna
tara madhye dila pativrata-upakhydna
SYNONYMS
vipra-sabhaya—among the assembly of bréhmanas; sune—hears; tanha—
there; kdrma-purana—the Kdrma Purana; tara madhye—within that book; 4ila—
there was; pati-vrata—of the chaste woman; upakhyana—narration.
TRANSLATION
There, among the brahmanas, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu heard the Karma
Purana, wherein was mentioned the chaste woman’s narration.
