tÄá¹…hÄra bhaginÄ« damayantÄ« prabhura priya dÄsÄ«
prabhura bhoga-sÄmagrÄ« ye kare vÄra-mÄsi
tÄá¹…hÄra - his; bhaginÄ« - sister; damayantÄ« - DamayantÄ«; prabhura - of the Lord; priya - dear; dÄsÄ« - maidservant; prabhura - of the Lord; bhoga-sÄmagrÄ« - cooking materials; ye - who; kare - does; vÄra-mÄsi - throughout the whole year.
RÄghava Paṇá¸ita’s sister DamayantÄ« was the dear maidservant of the Lord. She always collected various ingredients with which to cook for Lord Caitanya.
ÅšrÄ«la BhaktisiddhÄnta SarasvatÄ« ṬhÄkura writes in his AnubhÄá¹£ya, “In the Gaura-gaṇoddeÅ›a-dÄ«pikÄ (167) it is mentioned, guṇamÄlÄ vraje yÄsÄ«d damayantÄ« tu tat-svasÄ: The gopÄ« named GuṇamÄlÄ appeared as RÄghava Paṇá¸ita’s sister DamayantÄ«. On the East Bengal railway line beginning from the Sealdah station in Calcutta, there is a station named Sodapura, which is not very far from Calcutta. Within one mile of this station, toward the western side of the Ganges, is a village known as PÄnihÄá¹i, in which the residential quarters of RÄghava Paṇá¸ita still exist. On RÄghava Paṇá¸ita’s tomb is a creeper on a concrete platform. There is also a Madana-mohana Deity in a broken-down temple nearby. This temple is managed by a local zamindar of the name ÅšrÄ« Åšivacandra RÄya CaudhurÄ«. Makaradhvaja Kara was also an inhabitant of PÄnihÄá¹i.â€
