Madhya 18.67

TEXT 67

TEXT

'শ্রীবন' দেখি' পুনঃ গেলা 'লোহ-বন' ।
'মহাবন' গিয়া কৈলা জন্মস্থান-দরশন ॥ ৬৭ ॥

'srivana' dekhi' punah gela 'loha-vana'

'mahavana' giya kaila janma-sthana-darasana

SYNONYMS

sri-vana-Srivana; dekhi'-seeing; punah-again; gela-went; loha-vana-to Lohavana; maha-vana-to Mahavana; giya-going; kaila-performed; janma-sthana-birth site; darasana-seeing.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then visited Srivana and Lohavana. He then went to Mahavana and saw Gokula, the place of Lord Krsna's early childhood pastimes.

PURPORT

Of Srivana (also called Bilvavana), the Bhakti-ratnakara states, devata-pujita bilvavana sobhamaya: "The beautiful forest of Bilvavana is worshiped by all the demigods."

About Lohavana, Bhakti-ratnakara (Fifth Wave) states:

lohavane krsnera adbhuta go-carana
etha loha-jaṅghasure vadhe bhagavan

"At Lohavana, Lord Krsna used to tend cows. The demon named Lohajaṅgha was killed at this place."

Mahavana is described as follows in Bhakti-ratnakara (Fifth Wave):

dekha nanda-yasoda-alaya mahavane
ei dekha sri-krsna-candrera janma sthala
sri-gokula, mahavana-dui 'eka' haya

"Behold the house of Nanda and Yasoda in Mahavana. See the birthplace of Lord Krsna. Mahavana and the birthplace of Lord Krsna, Gokula, are one and the same."