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CC Madhya 9.294

Bengali

কৌতুকে পুরী তাঁরে পুছিল জন্মস্থান
গোসাঞি কৌতুকে কহেন ‘নবদ্বীপ’ নাম ॥ ২৯৪ ॥

Text

kautuke purī tāṅre puchila janma-sthāna
gosāñi kautuke kahena ‘navadvīpa’ nāma

Synonyms

kautuke — out of curiosity; purī — Śrī Raṅga Purī; tāṅre — Him; puchila — asked; janma-sthāna — the place of birth; gosāñi — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; kautuke — as a matter of course; kahena — said; nava-dvīpa — Navadvīpa; nāma — name.

Translation

Out of curiosity, Śrī Raṅga Purī asked Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu about His birthplace, and the Lord informed him that it was Navadvīpa-dhāma.