Madhya 9.14

TEXT 14

TEXT

এই শ্লোক পথে পড়ি' করিলা প্রয়াণ ।
গৌতমী-গঙ্গায় যাই' কৈল গঙ্গাস্নান ॥ ১৪ ॥

ei sloka pathe padi' karila prayana

gautami-gaṅgaya yai' kaila gaṅga-snana

SYNONYMS

ei sloka-this Sanskrit verse; pathe-on the way; padi'-reciting; karila-did; prayana-going; gautami-gaṅgaya-to the bank of the Gautami-gaṅga; yai'-going; kaila-did; gaṅga-snana-bathing in the Ganges.

TRANSLATION

While walking on the road, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to chant this Rama Raghava mantra. Chanting in this way, He arrived at the banks of the Gautami-gaṅga and took His bath there.

PURPORT

The Gautami-gaṅga is another branch of the River Godavari. Formerly a great sage named Gautama Rsi used to live on the bank of this river opposite the city of Rajamahendri, and consequently this branch was called the Gautami-gaṅga.

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura says that Srila Kaviraja Gosvami has recorded the names of the holy places visited by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu but that there is no chronological order of the places visited. However, there is a notebook of Govinda dasa's containing a chronological order and references to geographical positions. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura requests the readers to refer to that book. According to Govinda dasa, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to Trimanda from the Gautami-gaṅga. From there He went to Dhundirama-tirtha, another place of pilgrimage. According to this book, after visiting Gautami-gaṅga, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to Mallikarjuna-tirtha.