Madhya-līlā

Chapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places

Verse 281 of 358
Cc Madhya 9.281

কোলাপুরে লক্ষ্মী দেখিঽ দেখেন ক্ষীরভগবতী লাংগগণেশ দেখিঽ দেখেন চোরপার্বতী

कोलापुरे लक्ष्मी देखिऽ देखेन क्षीरभगवती लांगगणेश देखिऽ देखेन चोरपार्वती

kolāpure lakṣmī dekhi' dekhena kṣīra-bhagavatī lāṅga-gaṇeśa dekhi' dekhena cora-pārvatī

Synonyms

kolāpureat Kolāpura; lakṣmīthe goddess of fortune; dekhi'seeing; dekhenahe visited; kṣīra-bhagavatīthe temple of Kṣīra-bhagavatī; lāṅga-gaṇeśathe deity Lāṅga-gaṇeśa; dekhi'seeing; dekhenaHe sees; cora-pārvatīthe goddess Pārvatī, who is known as a thief..

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then visited the town of Kolāpura, where He saw the goddess of fortune in the temple of Kṣīra-bhagavatī and Lāṅga-gaṇeśa in another temple, known as Cora-pārvatī.

Purport

Kolāpura is a town in the Mahārāṣṭra province formerly known as Bombay Pradesh. Formerly it was a native state, and it is bordered on the north by the district of Sāṅtārā, on the east and south by the district of Belagāma, and on the west by the district of Ratnagiri. In this place there is a river named Urṇā. From the Bombay Gazette it is understood that there were about 250 temples there, out of which six are very famous. These are (1) Ambābāi, or Mahālakṣmī Mandira, (2) Viṭhobā Mandira, (3) Ṭemblāi Mandira, (4) Mahākālī Mandira, (5) Phirāṅga-i, or Pratyaṅgirā Mandira, and (6) Yyāllāmmā Mandira.

Verse 281 of 358
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