Text 33] Ideal Family Life 179

lotus feet of Lord Visnu; prayaégah—Allahabad, at the confluence of the
two sacred rivers Ganges and Yamuna; pulaha-adsramah—the residence
of Pulaha Muni; naimisam—the place known as Naimisaranya (near
Lucknow); phdalgunam—the place where the Phalgu River flows;
setuh—Setubandha, where Lord Ramacandra constructed a bridge be-
tween India and Lanka; prabhdsah—Prabhasaksetra; atha—as well as;
kusa-sthali—Dvaravati, or Dvaraka; vdrdnasi—Benares; madhu-
puri—Mathura; pampd—a place where there is a lake called Pampa;
bindu-sarah—the place where Bindu-sarovara is situated; tatha—there;
naradyana-dsramah—known as Badarikasrama; nanda—the place
where the Nanda River flows; sita-rama—of Lord Ramacandra and
mother Sita; asrama-ddayah—places of shelter like Citrakiita; sarve—
all (such places); kuldcalah—hilly tracts of land; rajan—O King;
mahendra—known as Mahendra; malaya-ddayah—and others, like
Malayacala; ete—all of them; punya-tamaéh—extremely sacred;
desah—places; hareh—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; arca-
Gsritah—places where the Deity of Radha-Krsna is worshiped (such as
big American cities like New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and
European cities like London and Paris, or wherever there are centers of
Krsna consciousness); ca—as well as; ye—those which; etdn desan—all
these countries; niseveta—should worship or visit; sreyah-kamah—one
who desires auspiciousness; hi—indeed; abhiksnasah—again and again;
dharmah—religious activities; hi—from which; atra—in these places;
ihitah—performed; purmsdm—of the persons; sahasra-adhi—more
than a thousand times; phala-udayah—effective.

TRANSLATION

The sacred lakes like Puskara and places where saintly persons
live, like Kuruksetra, Gaya, Prayaga, Pulahasrama, Naimisaranya,
the banks of the Phalgu River, Setubandha, Prabhasa, Dvaraka,
Varanasi, Mathura, Pampa, Bindu-sarovara, Badarikasrama
[Narayanaérama], the places where the Nanda River flows, the
places where Lord Ramacandra and mother Sita took shelter, such
as Citrakita, and also the hilly tracts of land known as Mahendra
and Malaya—all of these are to be considered most pious and
sacred. Similarly, places outside India where there are centers of
the Krsna consciousness movement and where Radha-Krsna
