CC MADHYA 7.62
'rāmānanda rāya' āche godāvarī-tīre
adhikārī hayena teṅho vidyānagare
SYNONYMS

rāmānanda rāya—Rāmānanda Rāya; āche—there is; godāvarī-tīre—on the bank of river Godāvarī; adhikārī—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.