CC Madhya 7.62
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 62
- ‘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.