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tanhara bhagini damayanti prabhura priya dasi
prabhura bhoga-samagri ye kare vara-masi
SYNONYMS
tanhara—his; bhagini—sister; damayanti—of the name Damayanti; prabhura—of the Lord; priya—dear; dasi—maidservant; prabhura—of the Lord; bhoga-samagri—cooking materials; ye—who; kare—does; vara-masi—throughout the whole year.
Raghava Pandita’s sister Damayanti was the dear maidservant of the Lord.
She always collected various ingredients with which to cook for Lord Caitanya.
PURPORT
In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verse 167, it is mentioned, gunamala vraje yasid damayanti tu tat-svasa: The gopi named Gunamala appeared as Raghava Pandita’s sister Damayanti.
On the East Bengal railway line beginning from the Sealdah station in Calcutta, there is a station named Sodapura, which is not very far from Calcutta.
Within one mile of this station, toward the western side of the Ganges, is a village known as Panihati, in which the residential quarters of Raghava Pandita still exist.
On Raghava Pandita’s tomb is a creeper on a concrete platform.
There is also a Madana-mohana Deity in a broken-down temple nearby.
This temple is managed by a local Zamindar of the name Sri Sivacandra Raya Caudhuri.
Makaradhvaja Kara was also an inhabitant of Panihati.