Volume 7 - Prabhupada

Text 68] The Lord's Visit to Sri Vrndavana 165TRANSLATIONSri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then visited Srivana and lohavana. He then wentto Mahavana and saw Gokula, the place of Lord Krr:ta's early childhoodpastimes.PURPORTOf Srivana (also called Bilvavana), the Bhakti-ratnakara states, devata-pOjitabifvavana sobhamaya: "The beautiful forest of Bilvavana is worshiped by all thedemigods."About Lohavana, Bhakti-ratnakara (Fifth Wave) states:fohavane k[$Qera adbhuta go-caraQaetha foha-jarighasure vadhe bhagavan"At Lohavana, Lord Krr:'la used to tend cows. The demon named Lohajangha waskilled at this place."Mahavana is described as follows in Bhakti-ratnakara (Fifth Wave):dekha nanda-yasoda-afaya mahavaneei dekha sri-k[$Qa-candrera janma sthafasri-gokufa, mahavana-dui 'eka' haya"Behold the house of Nanda and Yasoda in Mahavana. See the birthplace of LordKrr:'la. Mahavana and the birthplace of Lord Krr:'la, Gokula, are one and the same."TEXT 68e?tfif (}iff-l'f ''PI IO'Jftr;