তাপী স্নান করিঽ আইলা মাহিষ্মতীপুরে নানা তীর্থ দেখি তাহাঙ্নর্মদার তীরে
तापी स्नान करिऽ आइला माहिष्मतीपुरे नाना तीर्थ देखि ताहाङ्नर्मदार तीरे
tāpī snāna kari' āilā māhiṣmatī-pure nānā tīrtha dekhi tāhāṅ narmadāra tīre
Synonyms
tāpī—in the Tāpī River; snāna kari'—taking a bath; āilā—arrived; māhiṣmatī-pure—at Māhiṣmatī-pura; nānā tīrtha—many holy places; dekhi—seeing; tāhāṅ—there; narmadāra tīre—on the bank of the River Narmadā..
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu next arrived at the banks of the River Tāpī. After bathing there, He went to Māhiṣmatī-pura. While there, He saw many holy places on the banks of the River Narmadā.
Purport
The River Tāpī is presently known as Tāpti. The river's source is a mountain called Multāi, and the river flows through the state of Saurāṣṭra and into the western Arabian Sea. Māhiṣmatī-pura is mentioned in Mahābhārata in connection with Sahadeva's victory. Sahadeva, the youngest brother of the Pāṇḍavas, conquered that part of the country. As stated in Mahābhārata:
tato ratnāny upādāya
purīṁ māhiṣmatīṁ yayau
tatra nīlena rājñā sa
cakre yuddhaṁ nararṣabhaḥ
"After acquiring jewels, Sahadeva went to the city of Māhiṣmatī, where he fought with a king called Nīla."