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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.317
নাসিকে ত্র্যম্বক দেখি’ গেলা ব্রহ্মগিরি ।
কুশাবর্তে আইলা যাহাঁ জন্মিলা গোদাবরী ॥ ৩১৭ ॥
nāsike tryambaka dekhi’ gelā brahmagiri
kuśāvarte āilā yāhāṅ janmilā godāvarī
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then visited Nāsika, where He saw the deity of Tryambaka [Lord Śiva]. He then went to Brahmagiri and then to Kuśāvarta, the source of the river Godāvarī.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited Nāsika, where He saw the deity of Tryambaka, Lord Śiva.
He then went to Brahmagiri and Kuśāvarta, the source of the river Godāvarī.
The purport locates Kuśāvarta in the western ghāṭa, at Sahyādri, near the holy place Nāsika. It also notes that some placed it in the valley of Vindhya.
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:
From there He visited a place known as Pampā-sarovara and visited Pañcavaṭī, Nāsika, Brahmagiri and also the source of the Godāvarī River, Kuśāvarta. Thus the Lord visited almost all the holy places in South India.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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Write down the three places visited in the translation, in order.
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