CC Madhya 9.294
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 9, Text 294
কৌতুকে পুরী তাঁরে পুছিল জন্মস্থান
গোসাঞি কৌতুকে কহেন ‘নবদ্বীপ’ নাম ॥ ২৯৪ ॥
গোসাঞি কৌতুকে কহেন ‘নবদ্বীপ’ নাম ॥ ২৯৪ ॥
kautuke purī tāṅre puchila janma-sthāna
gosāñi kautuke kahena ‘navadvīpa’ nāma
gosāñi kautuke kahena ‘navadvīpa’ nāma
Word by word
kautuke — out of curiosity; purī — Śrī Raṅga Purī; tāṅre — Him; puchila — asked; janma-sthāna — the place of birth; gosāñi — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; kautuke — as a matter of course; kahena — said; nava-dvīpa — Navadvīpa; nāma — name.
Translation
Out of curiosity, Śrī Raṅga Purī asked Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu about His birthplace, and the Lord informed him that it was Navadvīpa-dhāma.