9.247

gopi-candana-tale achila dingate

madhvacarya sei krsna paila kona-mate

SYNONYMS

gopi-candana-tale—under heaps of gopi-candana (yellowish clay used for tilaka); achila—came; dingate—in a boat; madhva-acarya—Madhvacarya; sei krsna—that Krsna Deity; paila—got; kona-mate—somehow or other.

Madhvacarya had somehow or other acquired the Deity of Krsna from a heap of gopi-candana that had been transported in a boat.