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’annakuta’-name grame gopalera sthiti
raja-puta-lokera sei grame vasati
SYNONYMS
annakuta-name—by the name Annakuta; grame—in the village; gopalera—of Gopala; sthiti—residence; raja-puta-lokera—of people from Rajasthan; sei grame—in that village; vasati—habitation.
Gopala stayed in a village called Annakuta-grama on Govardhana Hill.
The villagers who lived in that village were mainly from Rajasthan.
PURPORT
The village named Annakuta-grama is referred to in Bhakti-ratnakara (Fifth Wave):
gopa-gopi bhunjayena kautuka apara
ei hetu ’aniyora’ nama se ihara
annakuta-sthana ei dekha srinivasa
e-sthana darsane haya purna abhilasa “It is here that all the gopis and the gopas enjoyed wonderful pastimes with Sri Krsna.
Therefore this place is also called Aniyora.
The Annakuta ceremony was celebrated here.
O Srinivasa, whoever sees this place has all his desires fulfilled.” It is also stated:
kundera nikata dekha nivida-kanana
ethai ’gopala’ chila hana sangopana “Look at the dense forest near the kunda.
It was there that Gopala was concealed.” Also, the Stavavali (8.75) by Raghunatha dasa Gosvami states:
vrajendra-varyarpita-bhogam uccair
dhrtva brhat-kayam agharir utkah
varena radham chalayan vibhunkte