Madhya-līlāChapter 3: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Stay at the House of Advaita Ācārya

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 3.36

gańgāya yamunā vahe hañā eka-dhāra

paścime yamunā vahe, pūrve gańgā-dhāra

SYNONYMS

gańgāya — with the river Ganges; yamunā — the river Yamunā; vahe — flows; hañā — becoming; eka-dhāra — one stream; paścime — on the western side; yamunā — the river Yamunā; vahe — flows; pūrve — on the eastern side; gańgā-dhāra — the flow of the Ganges.

TRANSLATION

Advaita Ācārya then explained that at that spot the Ganges and Yamunā flow together. On the western side was the Yamunā, and on the eastern side was the Ganges.

PURPORT

The Ganges and Yamunā mix at the confluence at Allahabad (Prayāga). The Yamunā flows from the western side and the Ganges from the eastern, and they merge. Since Caitanya Mahāprabhu bathed on the western side, He actually took His bath in the river Yamunā.

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