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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.304
তবে মহাপ্রভু আইলা কৃষ্ণবেণ্বা-তীরে ।
নানা তীর্থ দেখি’ তাহাঁ দেবতা-মন্দিরে ॥ ৩০৪ ॥
tabe mahāprabhu āilā kṛṣṇa-veṇvā-tīre
nānā tīrtha dekhi’ tāhāṅ devatā-mandire
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu next went to the bank of the Kṛṣṇa-veṇvā River, where He visited many holy places and the temples of various gods.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to the bank of the Kṛṣṇa-veṇvā River and visited many holy places and temples of various gods.
The Kṛṣṇa-veṇvā is a branch of the river Kṛṣṇā. It is also called the Vīnā, the Veṇī, the Sinā and the Bhīmā.
It is said that Ṭhākura Bilvamaṅgala resided on the banks of this river.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
The mood of Madhya 9 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
He then went to the banks of the Kṛṣṇa-veṇvā River, where He collected from among the Vaiṣṇava brāhmaṇas a book written by Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura, Śrī Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta. The Lord then visited the Tāpī River, Māhiṣmatī-pura, the Narmadā River and Ṛṣyamūka-parvata.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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In this verse: “branch”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does learning about this river help you attend more closely to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s journey?
Write one short note identifying the Kṛṣṇa-veṇvā as a branch of the river Kṛṣṇā.
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