Verse 1.2.31

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.2.31:

কারো জন্ম নবদ্বীপে, কারো চাটিগ্রামে কেহ রাঢে, ওঢ্র-দেশে, শ্রীহট্টে, পশ্চিমে ॥ ৩১ ॥

कारो जन्म नवद्वीपे, कारो चाटिग्रामे केह राढे, ओढ्र-देशे, श्रीहट्टे, पश्चिमे ॥ ३१ ॥

kāro janma navadvīpe, kāro cāṭigrāme keha rāḍhe, oḍhra-deśe, śrīhaṭṭe, paścime || 31 ||

karo janma navadvipe, karo catigrame keha radhe, odhra-dese, srihatte, pascime (31)

English translation:

(31) Some took birth in Navadvīpa, some in Caṭṭagrāma, some in Rāḍha- deśa, some in Orissa, some in Śrīhaṭṭa, and some in the West.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Many devotees of the Lord such as Śrīla Gadādhara Paṇḍita Gosvāmī, Śrī Jagadānanda Paṇḍita Gosvāmī, Paṇḍita Sadāśiva, Gaṅgādāsa, Śuklāmbara, Śrīdhara, Puruṣottama, Sañjaya, Hiraṇya, and Jagadīśa appeared in Navadvīpa.

Śrīla Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi (Ācāryanidhi or Premanidhi), Śrī Vasudeva Datta Ṭhākura, and his brother Mukunda Datta appeared in the village of Cāṭigrāma (presently known as Caṭṭagrāma).

Rāḍha-deśa refers to places on the western side of the Ganges. Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu appeared in the village of Ekacaka, or Vīrcandrapura, in the district of Birbhum. Śrī Satyarāja Khan and Śrī Rāmānanda Vasu appeared in the village of Kulīna, in the district of Varddhamana (Burdwan). Śrī Mukunda, Śrī Narahari, Śrī Raghunanda, Cirañjīva, and

Sulocana appeared at Śrīkhaṇḍa. Many devotees like Śrī Govinda, Śrī Mādhava, Śrī Vasudeva Ghosh, Dvija Haridāsa, and Dvija Vāṇīnātha Brahmacārī appeared at Agradvīpa.

The word oḍhra in this verse refers to Utkala, the state of Orissa, which is described in statements like: “Oḍhra-kṣetra [Orissa] is very famous as the abode of Puruṣottama (Lord Jagannātha),” and “These four [sampradāyas] will appear in Kali-yuga at Utkala, from the Supreme Lord Puruṣottama.” Śrī Bhavānanda Rāya and his sons, headed by Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya, Śrī Vāṇīnātha, and Gopīnātha, as well as Śrī Śikhi Māhiti, Śrī Mādhavīdevī, Murāri Māhiti, Paramānanda Mahāpātra, Orissa Śivānanda, Pratāparudra, Kāśī Miśra, Pradyumna Miśra, and many other devotees appeared there. (See Caitanya-bhāgavata, Antya-khaṇḍa, Chapter 5)

Śrīhaṭṭa is presently situated in the state of Assam, which is adjacent to Bengal. Many great devotees like Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita, Śrīrāma Paṇḍita, Śrī Candraśekhara Ācārya, Śrī Jagannātha Miśra, and Śrī Advaita Prabhu appeared in this district.

The word paścime indicates the place presently known as Trihut. The Sanskrit name of this place is Tīrabhukti. Śrīpāda Paramānanda Purī and Śrī Raghupati Upādhyāya appeared at this place. They were both disciples of Śrīla Mādhavendra Purīpāda and very intimate associates of Śrīmān Mahāprabhu.