Madhya 3.4

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সন্ন্যাস করি' প্রেমাবেশে চলিলা বৃন্দাবন ।
রাঢ়-দেশে তিন দিন করিলা ভ্রমণ ॥ ৪ ॥

sannyasa kari' premavese calila vrndavana

raḍha-dese tina dina karila bhramana

SYNONYMS

sannyasa kari'-after accepting the sannyasa order; prema-avese-in intense love for Krsna; calila-proceeded; vrndavana-toward Vrndavana-dhama; raḍha-dese-in the tract of land known as Raḍha; tina dina-continuously for three days; karila-did; bhramana-wandering.

TRANSLATION

After accepting the sannyasa order, Caitanya Mahaprabhu, out of intense love for Krsna, started for Vrndavana. However, He mistakenly wandered about in a trance continuously for three days in the tract of land known as Raḍha-desa.

PURPORT

The word Raḍha-desa comes from the word rastra, or "state." From rastra the perverted word raḍha has come. The part of Bengal on the western side of the Ganges is known as Raḍha-desa. Another name is Paunḍra-desa. The word paunḍra is a perverted form of the word pehḍo. It appears that the capital of Rastra-desa was situated in that part of Bengal.

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