'rÄmÄnanda rÄya' Äche godÄvarÄ«-tÄ«re
adhikÄrÄ« hayena teá¹…ho vidyÄnagare

 rÄmÄnanda rÄya - RÄmÄnanda RÄya; Äche - there is; godÄvarÄ«-tÄ«re - on the bank of river GodÄvarÄ«; adhikÄrÄ« - a responsible officer; hayena - is; teá¹…ho - he; vidyÄnagare - in the town known as VidyÄnagara.


Text

“In the town of VidyÄnagara, on the bank of the GodÄvarÄ«, there is a responsible government officer named RÄmÄnanda RÄya.

Purport

In the Amá¹›ta-pravÄha-bhÄá¹£ya, Bhaktivinoda ṬhÄkura states that VidyÄnagara is today known as Porbandar. There is another Porbandar in western India, in the province of Gujarat.