CC Antya 1.37
Bengali
এইমতে দুই ভাই গৌড়দেশে আইলা ।
গৌড়ে আসি’ অনুপমের গঙ্গা-প্রাপ্তি হৈলা ॥ ৩৭ ॥
গৌড়ে আসি’ অনুপমের গঙ্গা-প্রাপ্তি হৈলা ॥ ৩৭ ॥
Verse text
ei-mate dui bhāi gauḍa-deśe āilā
gauḍe āsi’ anupamera gaṅgā-prāpti hailā
gauḍe āsi’ anupamera gaṅgā-prāpti hailā
Synonyms
Translation
In this way the two brothers Rūpa and Anupama reached Bengal, but when they arrived there Anupama died.
Purport
Formerly when a person died it was commonly said that he had attained the shelter of mother Ganges, even if he did not die on the bank of the Ganges. It is customary among Hindus to carry a dying person to a nearby bank of the Ganges, for if one dies on the bank of the Ganges, his soul is considered to reach the lotus feet of Lord Viṣṇu, wherefrom the Ganges flows.