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tanre asvasiya prabhu karila gamana
krtamalaya snana kari aila durvasana
SYNONYMS
tanre asvasiya—assuring him; prabhu—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; karila gamana—departed; krtamalaya—in the river known as Krtamala; snana kari—bathing; aila—came; durvasana—to Durvasana.
After thus assuring the brahmana, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu proceeded further into southern India and finally arrived at Durvasana, where He bathed in the river Krtamala.
PURPORT
Presently the Krtamala River is known as the river Bhagai.
This river has three tributaries, named Suruli, Varaha-nadi and Battilla-gundu.
The river Krtamala is also mentioned in Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.5.39) by the sage Karabhajana.