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CC Madhya 9.316

Bengali

প্রভু আসি’ কৈল পম্পা-সরোবরে স্নান ।
পঞ্চবটী আসি, তাহাঁ করিল বিশ্রাম ॥ ৩১৬ ॥

Text

prabhu āsi’ kaila pampā-sarovare snāna
pañcavaṭī āsi, tāhāṅ karila viśrāma

Synonyms

prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; āsi’ — coming; kaila — did; pampā-sarovare — in the lake known as Pampā; snāna — bathing; pañcavaṭī āsi — then coming to Pañcavaṭī; tāhāṅ — there; karila — took; viśrāma — rest.

Translation

Eventually Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu arrived at a lake known as Pampā, where He took His bath. He then went to a place called Pañcavaṭī, where He rested.

Purport

According to some, the old name of the Tuṅgabhadrā River was Pambā. According to others, Vijaya-nagara, the capital of the state, was known as Pampātīrtha. According to still others, the lake near Anāguṇḍi, in the direction of Hyderabad, is Pampā-sarovara. The river Tuṅgabhadrā also flows through there. There are many different opinions about the lake called Pampā-sarovara.