CC Madhya 3.4 (1975)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 4
- sannyāsa kari' premāveśe calilā vṛndāvana
- rāḍha-deśe tina dina karilā bhramaṇa
SYNONYMS
sannyāsa kari'-after accepting the sannyāsa order; prema-āveśe—in intense love for Kṛṣṇa; calilā—proceeded; vṛndāvana—toward Vṛndāvana-dhāma; rāḍha-deśe—in the tract of land known as Rāḍha; tina dina—continuously for three days; karilā—did; bhramaṇa—wandering.
TRANSLATION
After accepting the sannyāsa order, Caitanya Mahāprabhu, out of intense love for Kṛṣṇa, started for Vṛndāvana. However, He mistakenly wandered about in a trance continuously for three days in the tract of land known as Rāḍha-deśa.
PURPORT
The word Rāḍha-deśa comes from the word rāṣṭra, or "state." From rāṣṭra the perverted word rāḍha has come. The part of Bengal on the western side of the Ganges is known as Rāḍha-deśa. Another name is Pauṇḍra-deśa or Peṅḍo-deśa. The word peṅḍo is a perverted form of the word pauṇḍra. It appears that the capital of Rāṣṭra-deśa was situated in that part of Bengal.