Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 18.67

'srivana' dekhi' punah gela 'loha-vana'

'mahavana' giya kaila janma-sthana-darasana

SYNONYMS

sri-vana -- Srivana; dekhi' -- seeing; punah -- again; gela -- went; loha-vana -- to Lohavana; maha-vana -- to Mahavana; giya -- going; kaila -- performed; janma-sthana -- birth site; darasana -- seeing.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then visited Srivana and Lohavana. He then went to Mahavana and saw Gokula, the place of Lord Krishna's early childhood pastimes.

PURPORT

Of Srivana (also called Bilvavana), the Bhakti-ratnakara states, devata-pujita bilvavana sobhamaya: "The beautiful forest of Bilvavana is worshiped by all the demigods."

About Lohavana, the Bhakti-ratnakara (Fifth Wave) states:

lohavane krishnera adbhuta go-carana

etha loha-janghasure vadhe bhagavan

"At Lohavana, Lord Krishna used to tend cows. The demon named Lohajangha was killed at this place."

Mahavana is described as follows in the Bhakti-ratnakara (Fifth Wave):

dekha nanda-yasoda-alaya mahavane

ei dekha sri-krishna-candrera janma sthala

sri-gokula, mahavana -- dui 'eka' haya

"Behold the house of Nanda and Yasoda in Mahavana. See the birthplace of Lord Krishna. Mahavana and the birthplace of Lord Krishna, Gokula, are one and the same."

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