hena-kāle āilā raghupati upādhyāya
tiruhitā paṇḍita, baḍa vaiṣṇava, mahāśaya

 hena-kāle - at this time; āilā - arrived; raghupati upādhyāya - a brāhmaṇa named Raghupati Upādhyāya; tiruhitā - belonging to the Tiruhitā state; paṇḍita - a very learned scholar; baḍa - great; vaiṣṇava - devotee; mahāśaya - respectable gentleman.


Text

At that time Raghupati Upādhyāya of the Tiruhitā district arrived. He was a very learned scholar, a great devotee and a respectable gentleman.

Purport

Tiruhitā, or Tirhuṭiyā, is a combination of four districts in Bihar: Saran, Champaran, Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga. The people of this state are called Tiruṭiyā.