CC Madhya 16.256

Madhya-līlā, Chapter 16, Text 256

“বৃন্দাবন যাব আমি গৌড়দেশ দিয়া ।
নিজ-মাতার, গঙ্গার চরণ দেখিয়া ॥ ২৫৬ ॥

‘vṛndāvana yāba āmi gauḍa-deśa diyā
nija-mātāra, gaṅgāra caraṇa dekhiyā

Word by word

vṛndāvana yāba — shall go to Vṛndāvana; āmi — I; gauḍa-deśa diyā — through Bengal; nija-mātāra — of My own mother; gaṅgāra — of the river Ganges; caraṇa — the feet; dekhiyā — seeing.

Translation

“It was My decision to go to Vṛndāvana through Bengal in order to see My mother and the river Ganges.”