Text
‘rāmānanda rāya’ āche godāvarī-tīre
adhikārī hayena teṅho vidyānagare
Synonyms
rāmānanda raya—Rāmānanda Rāya; ache—there is; godāvarī-tīre—on the bank of river Godāvarī; adhikari—a responsible officer; hayena—is; teṅho—he; vidyā-nagare—in the town known as Vidyānagara. ¶
Translation
“In the town of Vidyānagara, on the bank of the Godāvarī, there is a responsible government officer named Rāmānanda Rāya. ¶
Purport
In his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura states that Vidyānagara is today known as Porbandar. There is another Porbandar in western India in the province of Gujarat. ¶