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chatrabhoga para hana chadiya sarana

kugrama diya diya karila prayana

SYNONYMS

chatra-bhoga—the place named Chatrabhoga; para hana—crossing; chadiya—giving up; sarana—the royal road; kugrama diya diya—going through village pathways; karila prayana—proceeded.

He crossed Chatrabhoga, but instead of going on the general path, he proceeded on the path that went from village to village.

PURPORT

Chatrabhoga, known now as Chada-khadi, is in the district of twenty-four parganas in West Bengal.

It is situated near the celebrated village Jayanagara-majilapura.

Formerly the Ganges or some of its branches flowed through this region.

Sometimes Chatrabhoga is misunderstood to have been a village on the River Kansai-nadi in Benapola.