30 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 9
women for their camp, and they cheat many women and keep them within their
community. In this way they increase their population. In Bengal also there is a
similar community. Actually, all over the world there are nomadic communities
whose business is simply to allure, cheat and steal innocent women.
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tamdla-kartika dekhi’ dila vetapani
raghunatha dekhi’ tahan vaficila rajani
SYNONYMS
tamala-kartika—the place named Tamila-kartika; dekhi’—seeing; dila—came;
vetapani—to Vetapani; raghu-natha dekhi’—seeing the temple of Lord Rama-
candra; tahan—there; vaficila rajani—passed the night.
TRANSLATION
After visiting Mallara-desa, Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to Tamala-kartika
and then to Vetaépani. There He saw the temple of Raghunatha, Lord Rama-
candra, and passed the night.
PURPORT
Tamila-kartika is forty-four miles south of Tinebheli and two miles south of the
Aramavalli mountain. It is located within the jurisdiction of Tobala. There is situ-
ated there a temple of Subrahmanya, or Lord Kartika, the son of Lord Siva.
Vetapani, or Vatapani, is north of Kaila in the Tribankura state. It is known also as
Bhatapandi and is within the jurisdiction of the Tobala district. It is understood
that formerly there was a Deity of Lord Ramacandra there. Later the Deity was
replaced with a deity of Lord Siva known as RameSvara or Bhitanatha.
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gosdfira sange rahe krsnadasa brahmana
bhattathari-saha tahan haila darasana
