তমালকার্তিক দেখিঽ আইল বেতাপনি রঘুনাথ দেখিঽ তাহাঙ্বংচিলা রজনী
तमालकार्तिक देखिऽ आइल वेतापनि रघुनाथ देखिऽ ताहाङ्वंचिला रजनी
tamāla-kārtika dekhi' āila vetāpani raghunātha dekhi' tāhāṅ vañcilā rajanī
Synonyms
tamāla-kārtika—the place named Tamāla-kārtika; dekhi'—seeing; āila—came; vetāpani—to Vetāpani; raghu-nātha dekhi'—seeing the temple of Lord Rāmacandra; tāhāṅ—there; vañcilā rajanī—passed the night..
Translation
After visiting Mallāra-deśa, Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to Tamāla-kārtika and then to Vetāpani. There He saw the temple of Raghunātha, Lord Rāmacandra, and passed the night.
Purport
Tamāla-kārtika is forty-four miles south of Tinebheli and two miles south of the Aramavallī mountain. It is located within the jurisdiction of Tobala. There is situated there a temple of Subrahmaṇya, or Lord Kārtika, the son of Lord Śiva. Vetāpani, or Vātāpāṇī, is north of Kaila in the Trībaṅkura state. It is known also as Bhūtapaṇḍi and is within the jurisdiction of the Tobala district. It is understood that formerly there was a Deity of Lord Rāmacandra there. Later the Deity was replaced with a deity of Lord Śiva known as Rāmeśvara or Bhūtanātha.