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CC Madhya 7.62

Bengali

‘রামানন্দ রায়’ আছে গোদাবরী-তীরে ।
অধিকারী হয়েন তেঁহো বিদ্যানগরে ॥ ৬২ ॥

Text

‘rāmānanda rāya’ āche godāvarī-tīre
adhikārī hayena teṅho vidyānagare

Synonyms

rāmānanda rāya — Rāmānanda Rāya; āche — there is; godāvarī-tīre — on the bank of river Godāvarī; adhikārī — a responsible officer; hayena — is; teṅho — he; vidyānagare — in the town known as Vidyānagara.

Translation

“In the town of Vidyānagara, on the bank of the Godāvarī, there is a responsible government officer named Rāmānanda Rāya.

Purport

In the Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura states that Vidyānagara is today known as Porbandar. There is another Porbandar in western India, in the province of Gujarat.