kautuke purī tāṅre puchila janma-sthāna
gosāñi kautuke kahena 'navadvīpa' nāma

 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.


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Out of curiosity, Śrī Raṅga Purī asked Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu about His birthplace, and the Lord informed him that it was Navadvīpa-dhāma.

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