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    "name":"Cc. Madhya 5.141",
    "h1":"Cc. Madhya 5.141",
    "label":"Text 141",
    "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 5.141",
    "description":"When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu arrived at Kamalapura, He took His bath in the Bhārgīnadī River and left His sannyāsa staff in the hands of Lord Nityānanda."
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====== Cc. Madhya 5.141 ======

===== Text =====

> kamalapure āsi bhārgīnadī-snāna kaila
> nityānanda-hāte prabhu daṇḍa dharila

===== Synonyms =====

[[synonyms:k:kamala]]-[[synonyms:p:pure]]---to the place known as Kamalapura; [[synonyms:ā:āsi]]---coming; [[synonyms:b:bhārgī]]-[[synonyms:n:nadī]]---in the small river of the name Bhārgīnadī; [[synonyms:s:snāna]] [[synonyms:k:kaila]]---took a bath; [[synonyms:n:nityānanda]]-[[synonyms:h:hāte]]---in the hands of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu; [[synonyms:p:prabhu]]---Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; [[synonyms:d:daṇḍa]]---the //sannyāsa// staff; [[synonyms:d:dharila]]---left.

===== Translation =====

**When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu arrived at Kamalapura, He took His bath in the Bhārgīnadī River and left His sannyāsa staff in the hands of Lord Nityānanda.**

===== Purport =====

In the //Caitanya-bhāgavata// (//Antya-khaṇḍa,// Chapter Two) it is said that when Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu arrived at Śrī Bhuvaneśvara, He visited the temple of Lord Śiva known as Gupta-kāśī (the concealed Vārāṇasī). Lord Śiva established this as a place of pilgrimage by bringing water from all holy places and creating the lake known as Bindu-sarovara. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His bath in this lake, feeling a great regard for Lord Śiva. From the spiritual point of view, people still go to take a bath in this lake. Actually, by taking a bath there, one becomes very healthy even from the material viewpoint. Taking a bath and drinking the water of this lake can cure any disease of the stomach. Regular bathing certainly cures indigestion. The river Bhārgī or Bhārgīnadī is now known as Daṇḍa-bhāṅgā-nadī. It is situated six miles north of Jagannātha Purī. The reason for the change in names is given as follows.