Text 305] Lord Caitanya’s Travels to the Holy Places 77

tabe mahaprabhu 4ila krsna-venva-tire
nan tirtha dekhi’ tahari devata-mandire

SYNONYMS

tabe—thereafter; mahaprabhu —Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; aila—came; krsna-
venva-tire—to the bank of the River Krsna-venva; ndnd—various; tirtha—holy
places; dekhi’—seeing; tahan—there; devata-mandire—in the temples of some
gods.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu next went to the bank of the Krsna-venva River,
where He visited many holy places and the temples of various gods.

PURPORT

This river is another branch of the River Krsna. It is said that Thakura
Bilvamangala resided on the banks of this river. This river is sometimes called the
Vina, the Veni, the Sind and the Bhima.

TEXT 305

Sela HA—CARVA-BLAS |
CANT ABA ATG ‘BaiyZS’ | oe |

brahmana-samaja saba—vaisnava-carita
vaisnava sakala pade ‘krsna-karnamrta’

SYNONYMS

braéhmana-samaja—the community of braéhmanas; saba—all; vaisnava-carita—
pure devotees; vaisnava sakala—all the Vaisnavas; pade—study; krsna-kar-
namrta—the Krsna-karnamrta of Bilvamangala Thakura.

TRANSLATION

The brahmana community there was composed of pure devotees, who
regularly studied a book entitled Krsna-karnamrta, which was composed by
Bilvamangala Thakura.

PURPORT

This book was composed by Bilvamangala Thakura in 112 verses. There are two
or three other books bearing the same name, and there are also two commen-
