PURPORT

Navani Hoda appears to have been the same person as Hoda Krsnadasa, the son of the King of Badagachi. His father's name was Hari Hoda. One can visit Badagachi by taking the Lalagola-ghata railway line. Formerly the Ganges flowed by Badagachi, but now it has become a canal known as the Kalsira Khal. Near the Mudagacha station is a village known as Saligrama in which King Krsnadasa arranged for the marriage of Sri Nityananda Prabhu, as described in the Bhakti-ratnakara, Taraṅga Twelve. It is sometimes said that Navani Hoda was the son of Raja Krsnadasa. His descendants still live in Rukunapura, a village near Bahiragachi. They belong to the daksina radhiya kayastha community, but, having been reformed as brahmanas, they still initiate all classes of men.