Madhya 18.222

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এইমত চলি' প্রভু 'প্রয়াগ' আইলা ।
দশ-দিন ত্রিবেণীতে মকর-স্নান কৈলা ॥ ২২২ ॥

ei-mata cali' prabhu 'prayaga' aila

dasa-dina trivenite makara-snana kaila

SYNONYMS

ei-mata-in this way; cali'-walking; prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; prayaga-the holy place named Prayaga; aila-reached; dasa-dina-ten days; trivenite-at the confluence of the Rivers Ganges and Yamuna; makara-snana kaila-bathed during the festival of Makara, or Magha-mela.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu finally arrived at Prayaga and for ten successive days bathed in the confluence of the Rivers Yamuna and Ganges during the festival of Makara-saṅkranti [Magha-mela].

PURPORT

Actually the word triveni indicates the confluence of three rivers-namely the Ganges, Yamuna and Sarasvati. Presently the Sarasvati River is not visible, but the River Ganges and the River Yamuna merge at Allahabad.

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