1|Adi 10: The Trunk, Branches and Subbranches of the
>|Caitanya Tree
2|Chapter 10:
3|The Trunk, Branches and Subbranches of the Caitanya Tree
4|This chapter describes the branches of the tree named Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
5|Adi 10.1
6|TEXT 1
7|TEXT
8|sri-caitanya-padambhoja-
9|madhupebhyo namo namah
10|kathancid asrayad yesam
11|svapi tad-gandha-bhag bhavet
12|SYNONYMS
13|sri-caitanya-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; pada-ambhoja-the
>|lotus feet; madhu-honey; pebhyah-unto those who drink;
>|namah-respectful obeisances; namah-respectful obeisances;
>|kathancit-a little of it; asrayat-taking shelter of; yesam-
>|of whom; sva-dog; api-also; tat-gandha-the aroma of the
>|lotus flower; bhak-shareholder; bhavet-may become.
14|TRANSLATION
15|Let me repeatedly offer my respectful obeisances unto the
>|beelike devotees who always taste the honey of the lotus
>|feet of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. If even a doggish
>|nondevotee somehow takes shelter of such devotees, he
>|enjoys the aroma of the lotus flower.
16|PURPORT
17|The example of a dog is very significant in this connection.
>| A dog naturally does not become a devotee at any time, but
>|still it is sometimes found that a dog of a devotee
>|gradually becomes a devotee also. We have actually seen
>|that a dog has no respect even for the tulasi plant. Indeed,
>| a dog is especially inclined to pass urine on the tulasi
>|plant. Therefore the dog is the number one nondevotee. But
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's sankirtana movement is so strong
>|that even a doglike nondevotee can gradually become a
>|devotee by the association of a devotee of Lord Caitanya.
>|Srila Sivananda Sena, a great householder devotee of Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, attracted a dog on the street while
>|going to Jagannatha Puri. The dog began to follow him and
>|ultimately went to see Caitanya Mahaprabhu and was
>|liberated. Similarly, cats and dogs in the household of
>|Srivasa Thakura were also liberated. Cats and dogs and
>|other animals are not expected to become devotees, but in
>|the association of a pure devotee they are also delivered.
18|Adi 10.2
19|TEXT 2
20|TEXT
21|jaya jaya sri-krsna-caitanya-nityananda
22|jayadvaitacandra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda
23|SYNONYMS
24|jaya jaya-all glories; sri-krsna-caitanya-to Lord Sri Krsna
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; nityananda-Lord Nityananda; jaya
>|advaita-candra-all glories to Advaita Prabhu; jaya-all
>|glories; gaura-bhakta-vrnda-to the devotees of Lord
>|Caitanya, headed by Srivasa.
25|TRANSLATION
26|All glories to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Lord Nityananda!
>| All glories to Advaita Prabhu, and all glories to the
>|devotees of Lord Caitanya, headed by Srivasa!
27|Adi 10.3
28|TEXT 3
29|TEXT
30|ei malira-ei vrksera akathya kathana
31|ebe suna mukhya-sakhara nama-vivarana
32|SYNONYMS
33|ei malira-of this gardener; ei vrksera-of this tree;
>|akathya kathana-inconceivable description; ebe-now; suna-
>|hear; mukhya-chief; sakhara-branches; nama-of the names;
>|vivarana-description.
34|TRANSLATION
35|The description of Lord Caitanya as the gardener and the
>|tree is inconceivable. Now hear with attention about the
>|branches of this tree.
36|Adi 10.4
37|TEXT 4
38|TEXT
39|caitanya-gosanira yata parisada-caya
40|guru-laghu-bhava tanra na haya niscaya
41|SYNONYMS
42|caitanya-Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; gosanira-of the supreme
>|spiritual master; yata-all; parisada-caya-groups of
>|associates; guru-laghu-bhava-conceptions of high and low;
>|tanra-of them; na-never; haya-become; niscaya-ascertained.
43|TRANSLATION
44|The associates of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were many, but
>|none of them should be considered lower or higher. This
>|cannot be ascertained.
45|Adi 10.5
46|TEXT 5
47|TEXT
48|yata yata mahanta kaila tan-sabara ganana
49|keha karibare nare jyestha-laghu-krama
50|SYNONYMS
51|yata yata-as many as there are; mahanta-great devotees;
>|kaila-made; tan-sabara-of all of them; ganana-counting;
>|keha-all of them; karibare nare-can not do; jyestha-elder;
>|laghu-younger; krama-chronology.
52|TRANSLATION
53|All the great personalities in the line of Lord Caitanya
>|enumerated these devotees, but they could not distinguish
>|between the greater and the lesser.
54|Adi 10.6
55|TEXT 6
56|TEXT
57|ataeva tan-sabare kari' namaskara
58|nama-matra kari, dosa na labe amara
59|SYNONYMS
60|ataeva-therefore; tan-sabare-to all of them; kari'-doing;
>|namaskara-offer my obeisances; nama-matra-that is also a
>|token; kari-I do; dosa-fault; na-do not; labe-take; amara-
>|of me.
61|TRANSLATION
62|I offer my obeisances unto them as a token of respect. I
>|request them not to consider my offenses.
63|Adi 10.7
64|TEXT 7
65|TEXT
66|vande sri-krsna-caitanya-
67|premamara-taroh priyan
68|sakha-rupan bhakta-ganan
69|krsna-prema-phala-pradan
70|SYNONYMS
71|vande-I offer my obeisances; sri-krsna-caitanya-to Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; prema-amara-taroh-of the eternal tree
>|full of love of Godhead; priyan-those who are devotees;
>|sakha-rupan-represented as branches; bhakta-ganan-all the
>|devotees; krsna-prema-of love of Krsna; phala-of the fruit;
>|pradan-the givers.
72|TRANSLATION
73|I offer my obeisances to all the dear devotees of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the eternal tree of love of Godhead. I
>|offer my respects to all the branches of the tree, the
>|devotees of the Lord who distribute the fruit of love of
>|Krsna.
74|PURPORT
75|Sri Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami sets the example of offering
>|obeisances to all the preacher devotees of Lord Caitanya,
>|without distinction as to higher and lower. Unfortunately,
>|at present there are many foolish so-called devotees of
>|Lord Caitanya who make such distinctions. For example, the
>|title "Prabhupada " is offered to a spiritual master,
>|especially to a distinguished spiritual master such as
>|Srila Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada, Srila Jiva Gosvami
>|Prabhupada or Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami
>|Prabhupada. When our disciples similarly wanted to address
>|their spiritual master as Prabhupada, some foolish people
>|became envious. Not considering the propaganda work of the
>|Hare Krsna movement, simply because these disciples
>|addressed their spiritual master as Prabhupada they became
>|so envious that they formed a faction along with other such
>|envious persons just to minimize the value of the Krsna
>|consciousness movement. To chastise such fools, Krsnadasa
>|Kaviraja Gosvami very frankly says, keha karibare nare
>|jyestha-laghu-krama. Anyone who is a bona fide preacher of
>|the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu must be respectful to
>|the real devotees of Lord Caitanya; one should not be
>|envious, considering one preacher to be very great and
>|another to be very lowly. This is a material distinction
>|and has no place on the platform of spiritual activities.
>|Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami therefore offers equal respect
>|to all the preachers of the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
>| who are compared to the branches of the tree. ISKCON is
>|one of these branches, and it should therefore be respected
>|by all sincere devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
76|Adi 10.8
77|TEXT 8
78|TEXT
79|srivasa pandita, ara sri-rama pandita
80|dui bhai-dui sakha, jagate vidita
81|SYNONYMS
82|srivasa pandita-Srivasa Pandita; ara-and; sri-
>|rama pandita- Sri Rama Pandita; dui bhai-two
>|brothers; dui sakha-two branches; jagate-in the world;
>|vidita-well known.
83|TRANSLATION
84|The two brothers Srivasa Pandita and Sri Rama Pandita
>|started two branches that are well known in the world.
85|PURPORT
86|In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (90 ), Srivasa Pandita
>|(Srivasa Thakura) is described as an incarnation of Narada
>|Muni, and Sri Rama Pandita, his younger brother, is said to
>|be an incarnation of Parvata Muni, a great friend of Narada'
>|s. Srivasa Pandita's wife, Malini, is celebrated as an
>|incarnation of the nurse Ambika, who fed Lord Krsna with
>|her breast milk, and as already noted, his niece Narayani,
>|the mother of Thakura Vrndavana dasa, the author of Sri
>|Caitanya-bhagavata, was the sister of Ambika in krsna-lila.
>|We also understand from the description of Sri Caitanya-
>|bhagavata that after Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's acceptance
>|of the sannyasa order, Srivasa Pandita left Navadvipa,
>|possibly because of feelings of separation, and domiciled
>|at Kumarahatta.
87|Adi 10.9
88|TEXT 9
89|TEXT
90|sripati, srinidhi-tanra dui sahodara
91|cari bhaira dasa-dasi, grha-parikara
92|SYNONYMS
93|sripati-Sripati; srinidhi- Srinidhi;
>| tanra-their; dui-two; sahodara-own brothers; cari-four;
>|bhaira-brothers; dasa-dasi-family members, menservants and
>|maidservants; grha-parikara-all counted in one family.
94|TRANSLATION
95|Their two brothers were named Sripati and Srinidhi. These
>|four brothers and their servants and maidservants are
>|considered one big branch.
96|Adi 10.10
97|TEXT 10
98|TEXT
99|dui sakhara upasakhaya tan-sabara ganana
100|yanra grhe mahaprabhura sada sankirtana
101|SYNONYMS
102|dui sakhara-of the two branches; upasakhaya-on the
>|subbranches; tan-sabara-of all of them; ganana-counting;
>|yanra grhe-in whose house; mahaprabhura-of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; sada-always; sankirtana-congregational chanting.
103|TRANSLATION
104|There is no counting the subbranches of these two branches.
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu held congregational chanting daily
>|at the house of Srivasa Pandita.
105|Adi 10.11
106|TEXT 11
107|TEXT
108|cari bhai sa-vamse kare caitanyera seva
109|gauracandra vina nahi jane devi-deva
110|SYNONYMS
111|cari bhai-four brothers; sa-vamse-with all family members;
>|kare-do; caitanyera-of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; seva-
>|service; gauracandra-Gaurasundara (Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu)
>|; vina-except; nahi jane-they do not know; devi-goddess;
>|deva-or god.
112|TRANSLATION
113|These four brothers and their family members fully engaged
>|in the service of Lord Caitanya. They knew no other god or
>|goddess.
114|PURPORT
115|Srila Narottama dasa Thakura has said, anya-devasraya nai,
>|tomare kahinu bhai, ei bhakti parama-karana: if one wants
>|to become a pure, staunch devotee, one should not take
>|shelter of any of the demigods or -goddesses. Foolish
>|Mayavadis say that worshiping demigods is as good as
>|worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but that is
>|not a fact. This philosophy misleads people to atheism. One
>|who has no idea what God actually is thinks that any form
>|he imagines or any rascal he accepts can be God. This
>|acceptance of cheap gods or incarnations of God is actually
>|atheism. It is to be concluded, therefore, that those who
>|worship demigods or self-proclaimed incarnations of God are
>|all atheists. They have lost their knowledge, as confirmed
>|in the Bhagavad-gita (7.20): kamais tais tair hrta-jnanah
>|prapadyante 'nya-devatah. "Those whose minds are distorted
>|by material desires surrender unto demigods." Unfortunately,
>| those who do not cultivate Krsna consciousness and do not
>|properly understand the Vedic knowledge accept any rascal
>|to be an incarnation of God, and they are of the opinion
>|that one can become an incarnation simply by worshiping a
>|demigod. This philosophical hodge-podge exists under the
>|name of the Hindu religion, but the Krsna consciousness
>|movement does not approve of it. Indeed, we strongly
>|condemn it. Such worship of demigods and so-called
>|incarnations of God should never be confused with the pure
>|Krsna consciousness movement.
116|Adi 10.12
117|TEXT 12
118|TEXT
119|'acaryaratna' nama dhare bada eka sakha
120|tanra parikara, tanra sakha-upasakha
121|SYNONYMS
122|acaryaratna-Acaryaratna; nama-name; dhare-he
>|accepts; bada-big; eka-one; sakha-branch; tanra-his;
>|parikara-associates; tanra-his; sakha-branch; upasakha-
>|subbranches.
123|TRANSLATION
124|Another big branch was Acaryaratna, and his associates were
>|subbranches.
125|Adi 10.13
126|TEXT 13
127|TEXT
128|acaryaratnera nama 'sri-candrasekhara'-
129|yanra ghare devi-bhave nacila isvara
130|SYNONYMS
131|acaryaratnera-of Acaryaratna; nama-name; sri-candrasekhara-
>|Sri Candrasekhara; yanra-of whom; ghare-in the
>|home; devi-bhave-as the goddess; nacila-danced; isvara-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
132|TRANSLATION
133|Acaryaratna was also named Sri Candrasekhara Acarya. In a
>|drama in his house, Lord Caitanya played the goddess of
>|fortune.
134|PURPORT
135|Dramatic performances were enacted during the presence
>|of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, but the players who took part
>|in such dramas were all pure devotees; no outsiders were
>|allowed. The members of ISKCON should follow this example.
>|Whenever they stage dramatic performances about the lives
>|of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu or Lord Krsna, the players must
>|be pure devotees. Professional players and dramatic actors
>|have no sense of devotional service, and therefore although
>|they can perform very artistically, there is no life in
>|such performances. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
>|used to refer to such an actor as yatra-dale narada, which
>|means "farcical Narada." Sometimes an actor in a drama
>|plays the part of Narada Muni, although in his private life
>|he is not at all like Narada Muni because he is not a
>|devotee. Such actors are not needed in dramatic
>|performances about the lives of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and
>|Lord Krsna.
136|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to perform dramas with Advaita
>|Prabhu, Srivasa Thakura and other devotees in the house of
>|Candrasekhara. The place where Candrasekhara's house was
>|situated is now known as Vrajapattana. Srila
>|Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura established a branch of
>|his Sri Caitanya Matha at this place. When Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu decided to accept the renounced order of life,
>|Candrasekhara Acarya was informed of this by Sri Nityananda
>|Prabhu, and therefore he was present when Lord
>|Caitanya accepted sannyasa from Kesava Bharati in Katwa. It
>|is he who first spread the word in Navadvipa of Lord
>|Caitanya's accepting sannyasa. Sri Candrasekhara Acarya was
>|present during many important incidents in the pastimes of
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He therefore forms the second
>|branch of the tree of Lord Caitanya.
137|Adi 10.14
138|TEXT 14
139|TEXT
140|pundarika vidyanidhi-bada-sakha jani
141|yanra nama lana prabhu kandila apani
142|SYNONYMS
143|pundarika vidyanidhi-Pundarika Vidyanidhi; bada-
>|sakha-another big branch; jani-I know; yanra nama-whose
>|name; lana-taking; prabhu-the Lord; kandila-cried; apani-
>|Himself.
144|TRANSLATION
145|Pundarika Vidyanidhi, the third big branch, was so dear to
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu that in his absence Lord Caitanya
>|Himself would sometimes cry.
146|PURPORT
147|In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (54), Srila Pundarika
>|Vidyanidhi is described as the father of Srimati Radharani
>|in krsna-lila. Caitanya Mahaprabhu therefore treated him as
>|His father. Pundarika Vidyanidhi's father was known as
>|Banesvara or, according to another opinion, Suklambara
>|Brahmacari, and his mother's name was Gangadevi. According
>|to one opinion, Banesvara was a descendant of Sri Sivarama
>|Gangopadhyaya. The original home of Pundarika Vidyanidhi
>|was in East Bengal (now Bangladesh), in a village near
>|Dacca named Baghiya, which belonged to the Varendra group
>|of brahmana families. Sometimes these Varendra brahmanas
>|were at odds with another group known as Radhiya brahmanas,
>|and therefore Pundarika Vidyanidhi's family was ostracized
>|and at that time was not living as a respectable family
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|.
148|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura writes
>|in his Anubhasya, " One of the members
>|of this family is living in Vrndavana and is named
>|Sarojananda Gosvami. One special characteristic
>|of this family is that each of its
>|members had only one son or no son at all, and
>|therefore the family was not very expansive .
>|There is a place in the district
>|of Cattagrama in East Bengal that is known
>|as Hata-hajari, and a short
>|distance from this place is a village known as Mekhala-
>|grama, in which Pundarika Vidyanidhi 's forefathers
>|lived. One can approach Mekhala-grama from
>|Cattagrama either on horseback, by bullock cart or
>|by steamer. The steamer station is known as
>|Annapurnara-ghata. The birthplace of Pundarika Vidyanidhi
>|is about two miles southwest of Annapurnara -
>|ghata. The temple constructed there by
>|Pundarika Vidyanidhi is now very old and
>|much in need of repair . Without repair
>|, the temple may soon crumble. There
>|are two inscriptions on the bricks
>|of that temple , but they are so old that one
>|cannot read them. There is another temple ,
>|however , about two hundred yards south of
>|this one, and some people say
>|that this is the old temple constructed by
>|Pundarika Vidyanidhi. "
149|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu called Pundarika Vidyanidhi "father,
>|" and He gave him the title Premanidhi. Pundarika
>|Vidyanidhi later became the spiritual master of Gadadhara
>|Pandita and an intimate friend of Svarupa Damodara's.
>|Gadadhara Pandita at first misunderstood Pundarika
>|Vidyanidhi to be an ordinary pounds-and-shillings man, but
>|later, upon being corrected by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he
>|became his disciple. Another incident in the life of
>|Pundarika Vidyanidhi involves his criticizing the priest of
>|the Jagannatha temple, for which Jagannatha Prabhu
>|chastised him personally by slapping his cheeks. This is
>|described in Sri Caitanya-bhagavata, Antya-khanda, Chapter
>|Ten. Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura informs us that
>|during his time there were still two living descendants of
>|the family of Pundarika Vidyanidhi, who were named Sri
>|Harakumara Smrtitirtha and Sri Krsnakinkara Vidyalankara.
>|For further information one should refer to the dictionary
>|known as Vaisnava-manjusa.
150|Adi 10.15
151|TEXT 15
152|TEXT
153|bada sakha,-gadadhara pandita-gosani
154|tenho laksmi-rupa, tanra sama keha nai
155|SYNONYMS
156|bada sakha-big branch; gadadhara pandita-gosani-the
>|descendants or disciplic succession of Gadadhara Pandita;
>|tenho-Gadadhara Pandita; laksmi-rupa-incarnation of the
>|pleasure potency of Lord Krsna; tanra-his; sama-equal; keha-
>|anyone; nai-there is none.
157|TRANSLATION
158|Gadadhara Pandita, the fourth branch, is described as an
>|incarnation of the pleasure potency of Sri Krsna. No one,
>|therefore, can equal him.
159|PURPORT
160|In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (147 – 53)
>|it is stated , "The pleasure potency of Sri Krsna formerly
>|known as Vrndavanesvari is now personified in the form of
>|Sri Gadadhara Pandita in the pastimes of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu." Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami has pointed out
>|that in the shape of Laksmi, the pleasure potency of Krsna,
>|she was formerly very dear to the Lord as Syamasundara-
>|vallabha. The same Syamasundara-vallabha was present
>|in Lord Caitanya's pastimes as Gadadhara Pandita. Formerly,
>|as Lalita-sakhi, she was always devoted to Srimati
>|Radharani . Thus Gadadhara Pandita is simultaneously an
>|incarnation of Srimati Radharani and Lalita-sakhi. In the
>|Twelfth Chapter of this part of the Caitanya-caritamrta
>|there is a description of the descendants or disciplic
>|succession of Gadadhara Pandita.
161|Adi 10.16
162|TEXT 16
163|TEXT
164|tanra sisya-upasisya,-tanra upasakha
165|eimata saba sakha-upasakhara lekha
166|SYNONYMS
167|tanra-his; sisya-disciples; upasisya-granddisciples and
>|admirers; tanra-his; upasakha-subbranches; eimata-in this
>|way; saba-all; sakha-branches; upasakhara-subbranches;
>|lekha-to describe by writing.
168|TRANSLATION
169|His disciples and granddisciples are his subbranches. To
>|describe them all would be difficult.
170|Adi 10.17
171|TEXT 17
172|TEXT
173|vakresvara pandita-prabhura bada priya bhrtya
174|eka-bhave cabbisa prahara yanra nrtya
175|SYNONYMS
176|vakresvara pandita-Vakresvara Pandita; prabhura-
>|of the Lord; bada-very; priya-dear; bhrtya-servant; eka-
>|bhave-continuously in the same ecstasy; cabbisa-twenty-four;
>| prahara-a duration of time comprising three hours; yanra-
>|whose; nrtya-dancing.
177|TRANSLATION
178|Vakresvara Pandita, the fifth branch of the tree, was a
>|very dear servant of Lord Caitanya's. He could dance with
>|constant ecstasy for seventy-two hours.
179|PURPORT
180|In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (71 ) it is stated
>|that Vakresvara Pandita was an incarnation of Aniruddha,
>|one of the quadruple expansions of Visnu (Vasudeva,
>|Sankarsana, Aniruddha and Pradyumna). He could dance
>|wonderfully for seventy-two continuous hours. When Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu played in dramatic performances in the
>|house of Srivasa Pandita, Vakresvara Pandita was one of the
>|chief dancers, and he danced continuously for that length
>|of time. Sri Govinda dasa, an Oriya devotee of Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, has described the life of Vakresvara
>|Pandita in his book Gaura-krsnodaya. There are many
>|disciples of Vakresvara Pandita in Orissa, and they are
>|known as Gaudiya Vaisnavas although they are Oriyas. Among
>|these disciples are Sri Gopalaguru and his disciple Sri
>|Dhyanacandra Gosvami.
181|Adi 10.18
182|TEXT 18
183|TEXT
184|apane mahaprabhu gaya yanra nrtya-kale
185|prabhura carana dhari' vakresvara bale
186|SYNONYMS
187|apane-personally; mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; gaya-
>|sang; yanra-whose; nrtya-kale-at the time of dancing;
>|prabhura-of the Lord; carana-lotus feet; dhari'-embracing;
>|vakresvara-Vakresvara Pandita; bale-said.
188|TRANSLATION
189|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally sang while Vakresvara
>|Pandita danced, and thus Vakresvara Pandita fell at the
>|lotus feet of the Lord and spoke as follows.
190|Adi 10.19
191|TEXT 19
192|TEXT
193|"dasa-sahasra gandharva more deha' candramukha
194|tara gaya, muni nacon-tabe mora sukha"
195|SYNONYMS
196|dasa-sahasra-ten thousand; gandharva-residents of
>|Gandharvaloka; more-unto me; deha'-please deliver; candra-
>|mukha-O moon-faced one; tara gaya-let them sing; muni nacon-
>|let me dance; tabe-then; mora-my; sukha-happiness.
197|TRANSLATION
198|"O Candramukha! Please give me ten thousand Gandharvas. Let
>|them sing as I dance, and then I will be greatly happy."
199|PURPORT
200|The Gandharvas, who are residents of Gandharvaloka, are
>|celebrated as celestial singers. Whenever singing is needed
>|in the celestial planets, the Gandharvas are invited to
>|sing. The Gandharvas can sing continuously for days, and
>|therefore Vakresvara Pandita wanted to dance as they sang.
201|Adi 10.20
202|TEXT 20
203|TEXT
204|prabhu bale-tumi mora paksa eka sakha
205|akase uditama yadi pan ara pakha
206|SYNONYMS
207|prabhu bale-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied; tumi-you;
>|mora-My; paksa-wing; eka-one; sakha-one-sided; akase-in the
>|sky; uditama-I could fly; yadi-if; pan-I could get; ara-
>|another; pakha-wing.
208|TRANSLATION
209|Lord Caitanya replied, "I have only one wing like you, but
>|if I had another, certainly I would fly in the sky!"
210|Adi 10.21
211|TEXT 21
212|TEXT
213|pandita jagadananda prabhura prana-rupa
214|loke khyata yenho satyabhamara svarupa
215|SYNONYMS
216|pandita jagadananda-Pandita Jagadananda;
>|prabhura-of the Lord; prana-rupa-life and soul; loke-in the
>|world; khyata-celebrated; yenho-who; satyabhamara-of
>|Satyabhama; svarupa-personification.
217|TRANSLATION
218|Pandita Jagadananda, the sixth branch of the Caitanya tree,
>|was celebrated as the life and soul of the Lord. He is
>|known to have been an incarnation of Satyabhama [one of the
>|chief queens of Lord Krsna].
219|PURPORT
220|There are many dealings of Jagadananda Pandita with Lord
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Most importantly, he was the Lord'
>|s constant companion and especially took part in all the
>|pastimes of the Lord in the houses of Srivasa Pandita and
>|Candrasekhara Acarya.
221|Adi 10.22
222|TEXT 22
223|TEXT
224|pritye karite cahe prabhura lalana-palana
225|vairagya-loka-bhaye prabhu na mane kakhana
226|SYNONYMS
227|pritye-in intimacy or affection; karite-to do; cahe-wanted;
>|prabhura-the Lord's; lalana-palana-maintenance; vairagya-
>|renouncement; loka-bhaye-fearing the public; prabhu-the
>|Lord; na-did not; mane-accept; kakhana-any time.
228|TRANSLATION
229|Jagadananda Pandita [as an incarnation of Satyabhama]
>|always wanted to see to the comfort of Lord Caitanya, but
>|since the Lord was a sannyasi He did not accept the
>|luxuries that Jagadananda Pandita offered.
230|Adi 10.23
231|TEXT 23
232|TEXT
233|dui-jane khatmati lagaya kondala
234|tanra prityera katha age kahiba sakala
235|SYNONYMS
236|dui-jane-two persons; khatmati-fighting over trifles;
>|lagaya-continued; kondala-quarrel; tanra-his; prityera-
>|affection; katha-narration; age-ahead; kahiba-I shall speak;
>| sakala-all.
237|TRANSLATION
238|They sometimes appeared to fight over trifles, but these
>|quarrels were based on their affection, of which I shall
>|speak later.
239|Adi 10.24
240|TEXT 24
241|TEXT
242|raghava-pandita-prabhura adya-anucara
243|tanra eka sakha mukhya-makaradhvaja kara
244|SYNONYMS
245|raghava pandita-Raghava Pandita; prabhura-of
>|the Lord; adya-original; anucara-follower; tanra-his; eka-
>|one; sakha-branch; mukhya-chief; makaradhvaja-
>|Makaradhvaja; kara-surname.
246|TRANSLATION
247|Raghava Pandita, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's original
>|follower, is understood to have been the seventh branch.
>|From him proceeded another subbranch, headed by
>|Makaradhvaja Kara.
248|PURPORT
249|Kara was the surname of Makaradhvaja. At present this
>|surname is generally found in the Kayastha community. The
>|Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (166 ) states:
250|dhanistha bhaksya-samagrim krsnayadad vraje 'mitam
251|saiva samprati gauranga -priyo raghava-panditah
252|Raghava Pandita was formerly a confidential gopi in Vraja
>|during the time of Lord Krsna's pastimes, and his former
>|name was Dhanistha. This gopi, Dhanistha, always engaged in
>|preparing foods for Krsna.
253|Adi 10.25
254|TEXT 25
255|TEXT
256|tanhara bhagini damayanti prabhura priya dasi
257|prabhura bhoga-samagri ye kare vara-masi
258|SYNONYMS
259|tanhara-his; bhagini-sister; damayanti-
>|Damayanti; prabhura-of the Lord; priya-dear; dasi-
>|maidservant; prabhura-of the Lord; bhoga-samagri-cooking
>|materials; ye-who; kare-does; vara-masi-throughout the
>|whole year.
260|TRANSLATION
261|Raghava Pandita's sister Damayanti was the dear maidservant
>|of the Lord. She always collected various ingredients with
>|which to cook for Lord Caitanya.
262|PURPORT
263|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura writes in his
>|Anubhasya, "In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (167 ) it
>|is mentioned, gunamala vraje yasid damayanti tu tat-svasa:
>|The gopi named Gunamala appeared as Raghava Pandita's
>|sister Damayanti. On the East Bengal railway line beginning
>|from the Sealdah station in Calcutta, there is a station
>|named Sodapura, which is not very far from Calcutta. Within
>|one mile of this station, toward the western side of the
>|Ganges, is a village known as Panihati, in which the
>|residential quarters of Raghava Pandita still exist. On
>|Raghava Pandita's tomb is a creeper on a concrete platform.
>|There is also a Madana-mohana Deity in a broken-down temple
>|nearby. This temple is managed by a local zamindar of the
>|name Sri Sivacandra Raya Caudhuri. Makaradhvaja Kara was
>|also an inhabitant of Panihati. "
264|Adi 10.26
265|TEXT 26
266|TEXT
267|se saba samagri yata jhalite bhariya
268|raghava la-iya ya'na gupata kariya
269|SYNONYMS
270|se saba-all those; samagri-ingredients; yata-all of them;
>|jhalite bhariya-packing in bags; raghava-Raghava Pandita;
>|la-iya-carried; ya'na-goes; gupata kariya-very
>|confidentially.
271|TRANSLATION
272|The foods Damayanti cooked for Lord Caitanya when He was at
>|Puri were carried in bags by her brother Raghava without
>|the knowledge of others.
273|Adi 10.27
274|TEXT 27
275|TEXT
276|vara-masa taha prabhu karena angikara
277|'raghavera jhali' bali' prasiddhi yahara
278|SYNONYMS
279|vara-masa-the whole year; taha-all those foods; prabhu-Lord
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; karena-did; angikara-accept;
>|raghavera jhali-the bags of Raghava Pandita; bali'-so
>|called; prasiddhi-celebrated; yahara-of which.
280|TRANSLATION
281|The Lord accepted these foods throughout the entire year.
>|Those bags are still celebrated as raghavera jhali ["the
>|bags of Raghava Pandita"].
282|Adi 10.28
283|TEXT 28
284|TEXT
285|se-saba samagri age kariba vistara
286|yahara sravane bhaktera vahe asrudhara
287|SYNONYMS
288|se-saba-all these things; samagri-ingredients of the foods;
>|age-further on; kariba-I shall describe; vistara-vividly;
>|yahara-of which; sravane-by the hearing; bhaktera-of a
>|devotee; vahe-flowing; asru-dhara-tears.
289|TRANSLATION
290|I shall describe the contents of the bags of Raghava
>|Pandita later in this book. Hearing this narration,
>|devotees generally cry, and tears glide down from their
>|eyes.
291|PURPORT
292|A vivid description of these raghavera jhali is to be found
>|in Chapter Ten of the Antya-lila portion of Sri Caitanya-
>|caritamrta.
293|Adi 10.29
294|TEXT 29
295|TEXT
296|prabhura atyanta priya-pandita gangadasa
297|yanhara smarane haya sarva-bandha-nasa
298|SYNONYMS
299|prabhura-of the Lord; atyanta-very; priya-dear;
>|pandita gangadasa- Pandita Gangadasa; yanhara-
>|who; smarane-by remembering; haya-it becomes; sarva-bandha-
>|nasa-freedom from all kinds of bondage.
300|TRANSLATION
301|Pandita Gangadasa was the eighth dear branch of the tree of
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. One who remembers his activities
>|attains freedom from all bondage.
302|Adi 10.30
303|TEXT 30
304|TEXT
305|caitanya-parsada-sri-acarya purandara
306|pita kari' yanre bale gauranga-sundara
307|SYNONYMS
308|caitanya-parsada-associate of Lord Caitanya; sri-acarya
>|purandara-Sri Acarya Purandara; pita-father;
>|kari'-taking him; yanre-whom; bale-says; gauranga-sundara-
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
309|TRANSLATION
310|Sri Acarya Purandara, the ninth branch, was a constant
>|associate of Lord Caitanya's. The Lord accepted him as His
>|father.
311|PURPORT
312|It is described in the Caitanya-bhagavata that whenever
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu visited the house of Raghava
>|Pandita, He also visited Purandara Acarya immediately upon
>|receiving an invitation. Purandara Acarya is to be
>|considered most fortunate because the Lord used to greet
>|him by addressing him as His father and embracing him in
>|great love.
313|Adi 10.31
314|TEXT 31
315|TEXT
316|damodara-pandita sakha premete pracanda
317|prabhura upare yenho kaila vakya-danda
318|SYNONYMS
319|damodara-pandita-Damodara Pandita; sakha-
>|another branch (the tenth branch); premete-in affection;
>|pracanda-very advanced; prabhura-the Lord; upare-upon;
>| yenho-he who; kaila-did; vakya-danda-chastisement by
>|speaking.
320|TRANSLATION
321|Damodara Pandita, the tenth branch of the Caitanya tree,
>|was so elevated in love of Lord Caitanya that he once
>|unhesitatingly chastised the Lord with strong words.
322|Adi 10.32
323|TEXT 32
324|TEXT
325|danda-katha kahiba age vistara kariya
326|dande tusta prabhu tanre pathaila nadiya
327|SYNONYMS
328|danda-katha-the narration of such chastisement; kahiba-I
>|shall speak; age-ahead; vistara-detailed description;
>|kariya-making; dande-in the matter of chastisement; tusta
>|prabhu-the Lord is very much satisfied; tanre-him; pathaila-
>|sent back; nadiya-Nadia (a district in Bengal).
329|TRANSLATION
330|Later in the Caitanya-caritamrta I shall describe this
>|incident of chastisement in detail. The Lord, being very
>|much satisfied by this chastisement, sent Damodara Pandita
>|to Navadvipa.
331|PURPORT
332|Damodara Pandita, who was formerly known as Saibya in Vraja-
>|dhama, used to carry messages from Lord Caitanya to
>|Sacimata, and during the Ratha-yatra festival he carried
>|messages from Sacimata to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
333|Adi 10.33
334|TEXT 33
335|TEXT
336|tanhara anuja sakha-sankara-pandita
337|'prabhu-padopadhana' yanra nama vidita
338|SYNONYMS
339|tanhara-his (Damodara Pandita's); anuja-younger brother;
>|sakha-the eleventh branch; sankara-pandita-
>|Sankara Pandita; prabhu-the Lord's; pada-upadhana-shoes;
>|yanra-whose; nama-name; vidita-celebrated.
340|TRANSLATION
341|The eleventh branch, the younger brother of Damodara
>|Pandita, was known as Sankara Pandita. He was celebrated as
>|the shoes of the Lord.
342|Adi 10.34
343|TEXT 34
344|TEXT
345|sadasiva-pandita yanra prabhu-pade asa
346|prathamei nityanandera yanra ghare vasa
347|SYNONYMS
348|sadasiva-pandita-Sadasiva Pandita; yanra-whose;
>|prabhu-pade-unto the lotus feet of the Lord; asa-constant
>|desire; prathamei-in the beginning; nityanandera-of Lord
>|Nityananda; yanra-of whom; ghare-in the home; vasa-
>|residence.
349|TRANSLATION
350|Sadasiva Pandita, the twelfth branch, was always eager to
>|serve the lotus feet of the Lord. It was his good fortune
>|that when Lord Nityananda came to Navadvipa He resided at
>|his house.
351|PURPORT
352|It is mentioned in the Caitanya-bhagavata, Antya-khanda,
>|Chapter Nine, that Sadasiva Pandita was a pure devotee and
>|that Nityananda Prabhu resided at his house.
353|Adi 10.35
354|TEXT 35
355|TEXT
356|sri-nrsimha-upasaka-pradyumna brahmacari
357|prabhu tanra nama kaila 'nrsimhananda' kari'
358|SYNONYMS
359|sri-nrsimha-upasaka-the worshiper of Lord Nrsimhadeva;
>|pradyumna brahmacari-Pradyumna Brahmacari;
>|prabhu-the Lord; tanra-his; nama-name; kaila-turned into;
>|nrsimhananda- Nrsimhananda; kari'-by such a
>|name.
360|TRANSLATION
361|The thirteenth branch was Pradyumna Brahmacari. Since he
>|was a worshiper of Lord Nrsimhadeva, Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu changed his name to Nrsimhananda Brahmacari.
362|PURPORT
363|Pradyumna Brahmacari is described in the Antya-lila, Second
>|Chapter, of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta. He was a great devotee
>|of Lord Caitanya, who changed his name to Nrsimhananda.
>|While coming from the house of Raghava Pandita at Panihati
>|to the house of Sivananda, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|appeared in the heart of Nrsimhananda Brahmacari. To
>|acknowledge this, Nrsimhananda Brahmacari used to accept as
>|eatables the food of three Deities, namely Jagannatha,
>|Nrsimhadeva and Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. This is stated in
>|the Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila, Second Chapter, verses
>|48 through 78. Upon receiving information that Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu was proceeding toward Vrndavana from
>|Kuliya, Nrsimhananda absorbed himself in meditation and by
>|his mental activities began constructing a very nice road
>|from Kuliya to Vrndavana. All of a sudden, however, he
>|broke his meditation and told the other devotees that this
>|time Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu would not go to Vrndavana but
>|would travel only as far as the place known as Kanai
>|Natasala. This is described in Madhya-lila, Chapter One,
>| verses 155 through 162. The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika
>|(74 ) says, avesas ca tathajneyo misre pradyumna-samjnake:
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu changed the name of Pradyumna Misra,
>| or Pradyumna Brahmacari, to Nrsimhananda Brahmacari, for
>|in his heart Lord Nrsimhadeva was manifest. It is said that
>|Lord Nrsimhadeva used to talk with him directly.
364|Adi 10.36
365|TEXT 36
366|TEXT
367|narayana-pandita eka bada-i udara
368|caitanya-carana vinu nahi jane ara
369|SYNONYMS
370|narayana-pandita-Narayana Pandita; eka-one;
>|badai-very; udara-liberal; caitanya-carana-the lotus feet
>|of Lord Caitanya; vinu-except; nahi-not; jane-know; ara-
>|anything else.
371|TRANSLATION
372|Narayana Pandita, the fourteenth branch, a great and
>|liberal devotee, did not know any shelter but Lord Caitanya'
>|s lotus feet.
373|PURPORT
374|Narayana Pandita was one of the associates of Srivasa
>|Thakura. It is mentioned in the Caitanya-bhagavata, Antya -
>|khanda, Eighth Chapter, verse 36, that he went to see Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu at Jagannatha Puri with the Thakura's
>|brother Sri Rama Pandita.
375|Adi 10.37
376|TEXT 37
377|TEXT
378|sriman-pandita sakha-prabhura nija bhrtya
379|deuti dharena, yabe prabhu karena nrtya
380|SYNONYMS
381|sriman-pandita-Sriman Pandita; sakha-branch;
>|prabhura-of the Lord; nija-own; bhrtya-servant; deuti-torch
>|light; dharena-carries; yabe-while; prabhu-Lord Caitanya;
>|karena-does; nrtya-dance.
382|TRANSLATION
383|The fifteenth branch was Sriman Pandita, who was a constant
>|servitor of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He used to carry a
>|torch while the Lord danced.
384|PURPORT
385|Sriman Pandita was among the companions of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu when the Lord performed sankirtana. When Lord
>|Caitanya dressed Himself in the form of the goddess Laksmi
>|and danced in the streets of Navadvipa, Sriman Pandita
>|carried a torch to light the way.
386|Adi 10.38
387|TEXT 38
388|TEXT
389|suklambara-brahmacari bada bhagyavan
390|yanra anna magi' kadi' khaila bhagavan
391|SYNONYMS
392|suklambara-brahmacari-Suklambara Brahmacari;
>|bada-very; bhagyavan-fortunate; yanra-whose; anna-food;
>|magi'-begging; kadi'-snatching; khaila-ate; bhagavan-the
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead.
393|TRANSLATION
394|The sixteenth branch, Suklambara Brahmacari, was very
>|fortunate because Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu jokingly or
>|seriously begged food from him or sometimes snatched it
>|from him forcibly and ate it.
395|PURPORT
396|It is stated that Suklambara Brahmacari, an inhabitant of
>|Navadvipa, was Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's first companion
>|in the sankirtana movement. When Lord Caitanya returned
>|from Gaya after initiation, He stayed with Suklambara
>|Brahmacari because He wanted to hear from this devotee
>|about the pastimes of Lord Krsna. Suklambara Brahmacari
>|collected alms of rice from the inhabitants of Navadvipa,
>|and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took pleasure in eating the
>|rice that he cooked. It is said that Suklambara Brahmacari
>|was one of the wives of the yajnic brahmanas during the
>|time of Lord Krsna's pastimes in Vrndavana. Lord Krsna
>|begged food from the wives of the yajnic brahmanas, and
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu performed a similar pastime by
>|begging rice from Suklambara Brahmacari.
397|Adi 10.39
398|TEXT 39
399|TEXT
400|nandana-acarya-sakha jagate vidita
401|lukaiya dui prabhura yanra ghare sthita
402|SYNONYMS
403|nandana-acarya-Nandana Acarya; sakha-the
>|seventeenth branch; jagate-in the world; vidita-celebrated;
>|lukaiya-hiding; dui-two; prabhura-of the Lords; yanra-of
>|whom; ghare-in the house; sthita-situated.
404|TRANSLATION
405|Nandana Acarya, the seventeenth branch of the Caitanya tree,
>| is celebrated within the world because the two Prabhus [
>|Lord Caitanya and Nityananda] sometimes hid in his house.
406|PURPORT
407|Nandana Acarya was another companion of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu during His kirtana pastimes in Navadvipa. Srila
>|Nityananda Prabhu, as Avadhuta, traveled on many
>|pilgrimages, and when He first came to Sri Navadvipa-dhama
>|He remained hidden in the house of Nandana Acarya. It is
>|there that He first met all the devotees of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu. When Caitanya Mahaprabhu exhibited His maha-
>|prakasa, He asked Ramai Pandita to call Advaita Prabhu, who
>|was hiding in the home of Nandana Acarya, for Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu could understand that He was hiding. Similarly,
>|Lord Caitanya also sometimes hid in the home of Nandana
>|Acarya. In this connection one may refer to Sri Caitanya-
>|bhagavata, Madhya-khanda , Chapters Six and Seventeen.
408|Adi 10.40
409|TEXT 40
410|TEXT
411|sri-mukunda-datta sakha-prabhura samadhyayi
412|yanhara kirtane nace caitanya-gosani
413|SYNONYMS
414|sri-mukunda-datta-Sri Mukunda Datta; sakha-
>|another branch; prabhura-of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|samadhyayi-class friend; yanhara-whose; kirtane-in
>|sankirtana; nace-dances; caitanya-gosani-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu.
415|TRANSLATION
416|Mukunda Datta, a class friend of Lord Caitanya's, was
>|another branch of the Caitanya tree. Lord Caitanya danced
>|while he sang.
417|PURPORT
418|Sri Mukunda Datta was born in the Cattagrama district, in
>|the village of Chanhara, which is under the jurisdiction of
>|the police station named Patiya. This village is situated
>|ten krosas, or about twenty miles, from the home of
>|Pundarika Vidyanidhi. In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (140)
>|it is said:
419|vraje sthitau gayakau yau madhukantha-madhuvratau
420|mukunda-vasudevau tau dattau gauranga-gayakau
421|"In Vraja there were two very nice singers named
>|Madhukantha and Madhuvrata. They appeared in caitanya-lila
>|as Mukunda and Vasudeva Datta, who were singers in the
>|society of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu." When Lord Caitanya
>|was a student, Mukunda Datta was His class friend, and they
>|frequently engaged in logical arguments. Sometimes Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu would fight with Mukunda Datta, using
>|tricks of logic. This is described in the Caitanya-
>|bhagavata, Adi- khanda, Chapters Eleven and Twelve.
>|When Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu returned from Gaya, Mukunda
>|Datta gave Him pleasure by reciting verses from Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam about krsna-lila. It was by his endeavor that
>|Gadadhara Pandita Gosvami became a disciple of Pundarika
>|Vidyanidhi, as stated in Sri Caitanya-bhagavata, Madhya-
>|khanda, Chapter Seven. When Mukunda Datta sang in the
>|courtyard of Srivasa Prabhu, Mahaprabhu danced with His
>|singing, and when Lord Caitanya for twenty-one hours
>|exhibited an ecstatic manifestation known as sata-prahariya,
>| Mukunda Datta inaugurated the function by singing .
422|Sometimes Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu chastised Mukunda
>|Datta by calling him khadajathiya beta because he attended
>|many functions held by different classes of nondevotees.
>|This is stated in the Caitanya- bhagavata , Madhya-khanda,
>|Chapter Ten. When Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu dressed Himself
>|as the goddess of fortune to dance in the house of
>|Candrasekhara, Mukunda Datta began the first song.
423|Before disclosing His desire to take the renounced
>|order of life , Lord Caitanya first
>|went to the house of Mukunda Datta, but
>|at that time Mukunda Datta requested Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu to continue His sankirtana movement
>|for a few days more before taking sannyasa .
>| This is stated in the Caitanya-bhagavata,
>|Madhya-khanda, Chapter Twenty-six. The
>|information of Lord Caitanya 's accepting the renounced
>|order was made known to Gadadhara Pandita , Candrasekhara
>|Acarya and Mukunda Datta by Nityananda Prabhu, and
>|therefore all of them went to Katwa and arranged
>|for kirtana and all the
>|paraphernalia for Lord Caitanya 's acceptance of
>|sannyasa . After the Lord took sannyasa , they
>|all followed Him, especially Sri
>|Nityananda Prabhu , Gadadhara Prabhu and Mukunda Datta
>|, who followed Him all the way to
>|Purusottama -ksetra. In this connection one may
>|refer to Sri Caitanya-bhagavata, Antya-khanda, Chapter
>|Two. In the place known as Jalesvara, Nityananda
>|Prabhu broke the sannyasa rod of Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu [Cc . Madhya 1. 97]. Mukunda
>|Datta was also present at that time.
>|He went every year from Bengal
>|to see Lord Caitanya at Jagannatha
>|Puri.
424|Adi 10.41
425|TEXT 41
426|TEXT
427|vasudeva datta-prabhura bhrtya mahasaya
428|sahasra-mukhe yanra guna kahile na haya
429|SYNONYMS
430|vasudeva datta-Vasudeva Datta; prabhura-of Lord
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bhrtya-servant; mahasaya-great
>|personality; sahasra-mukhe-with thousands of mouths; yanra-
>|whose; guna-qualities; kahile-describing; na-never; haya-
>|becomes fulfilled.
431|TRANSLATION
432|Vasudeva Datta, the nineteenth branch of the Sri Caitanya
>|tree, was a great personality and a most confidential
>|devotee of the Lord. One could not describe his qualities
>|even with thousands of mouths.
433|PURPORT
434|Vasudeva Datta, the brother of Mukunda Datta, was also a
>|resident of Cattagrama. In the Caitanya-bhagavata it is
>|said, yanra sthane krsna haya apane vikraya: Vasudeva Datta
>|was such a powerful devotee that Krsna was purchased by him.
>| Vasudeva Datta stayed at Srivasa Pandita's house, and in
>|the Caitanya-bhagavata it is described that Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu was so pleased with Vasudeva Datta and so
>|affectionate toward him that He used to say, "I am only
>|Vasudeva Datta's man. My body is only meant to please
>|Vasudeva Datta, and he can sell Me anywhere." Thrice He
>|vowed that this was a fact and that no one should
>|disbelieve these statements. "All My dear devotees," He
>|said, "I tell you the truth. My body is especially meant
>|for Vasudeva Datta." Vasudeva Datta initiated Sri
>|Yadunandana Acarya, the spiritual master of Raghunatha dasa,
>| who later became Raghunatha dasa Gosvami. This will be
>|found in the Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila, Sixth Chapter,
>| verse 161. Vasudeva Datta spent money very liberally;
>|therefore Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked Sivananda Sena to
>|become his sarakhela, or secretary, in order to control his
>|extravagant expenses. Vasudeva Datta was so kind to the
>|living entities that he wanted to take all their sinful
>|reactions so that they might be delivered by Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu. This is described in the Fifteenth Chapter of
>|the Caitanya-caritamrta's Madhya-lila, verses 159 through
>|180.
435|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura writes in his
>|Anubhasya, "There is a railway station named Purvasthali
>|near the Navadvipa railway station, and about one mile away,
>| in a village known as Mamagachi, which is the birthplace
>|of Vrndavana dasa Thakura, there is presently a temple of
>|Madana-gopala that was established by Vasudeva Datta. " The
>|Gaudiya Matha devotees have now taken charge of this temple,
>| and the seva-puja is going on very nicely. Every year all
>|the pilgrims on the navadvipa-parikrama visit Mamagachi.
>|Since Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura inaugurated the
>|navadvipa-parikrama function, the temple has been very well
>|managed.
436|Adi 10.42
437|TEXT 42
438|TEXT
439|jagate yateka jiva, tara papa lana
440|naraka bhunjite cahe jiva chadaiya
441|SYNONYMS
442|jagate-in the world; yateka-all; jiva-living entities; tara-
>|their; papa-sinful activities; lana-taking; naraka-hell;
>|bhunjite-to suffer; cahe-wanted; jiva-the living entities;
>|chadaiya-liberating them.
443|TRANSLATION
444|Srila Vasudeva Datta Thakura wanted to suffer for the
>|sinful activities of all the people of the world so that
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu might deliver them.
445|Adi 10.43
446|TEXT 43
447|TEXT
448|haridasa-thakura sakhara adbhuta carita
449|tina laksa nama tenho layena apatita
450|SYNONYMS
451|haridasa-thakura-Haridasa Thakura; sakhara-of
>|the branch; adbhuta-wonderful; carita-characteristics; tina-
>|three; laksa-hundred thousand; nama-names; tenho-he; layena-
>|chanted; apatita-without fail.
452|TRANSLATION
453|The twentieth branch of the Caitanya tree was Haridasa
>|Thakura. His character was wonderful. He used to chant the
>|holy name of Krsna 300,000 times a day without fail.
454|PURPORT
455|Certainly the chanting of 300,000 holy names of the Lord is
>|wonderful. No ordinary person can chant so many names, nor
>|should one artificially imitate Haridasa Thakura's behavior.
>| It is essential, however, that everyone fulfill a specific
>|vow to chant the Hare Krsna mantra. Therefore we have
>|prescribed in our Society that all our students must chant
>|at least sixteen rounds daily. Such chanting must be
>|offenseless in order to be of high quality. Mechanical
>|chanting is not as powerful as chanting of the holy name
>|without offenses. It is stated in the Caitanya-bhagavata,
>|Adi-khanda, Chapter Two, that Haridasa Thakura was born in
>|a village known as Budhana but after some time came to live
>|on the bank of the Ganges at Phuliya , near Santipura. From
>|the description of his chastisement by a Muslim magistrate,
>|which is found in the Sixteenth Chapter of the Adi- khanda
>|of Caitanya-bhagavata, we can understand how humble and
>|meek Haridasa Thakura was and how he achieved the causeless
>|mercy of the Lord. In the dramas performed by Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, Haridasa Thakura played the part of a police
>|chief. While chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra in
>|Benapola, he was personally tested by Mayadevi herself.
>|Haridasa Thakura's passing away is described in the Antya-
>|lila of Caitanya-caritamrta, Eleventh Chapter. It is not
>|definitely certain whether Sri Haridasa Thakura appeared in
>|the village named Budhana that is in the district of Khulna.
>| Formerly this village was within a district of twenty-four
>|parganas within the Sataksira division.
456|Adi 10.44
457|TEXT 44
458|TEXT
459|tanhara ananta guna-kahi dinmatra
460|acarya gosani yanre bhunjaya sraddha-patra
461|SYNONYMS
462|tanhara-Haridasa Thakura's; ananta-unlimited; guna-
>|qualities; kahi-I speak; din-matra-only a small part;
>|acarya gosani-Sri Advaita Acarya Prabhu; yanre-to whom;
>|bhunjaya-offered to eat; sraddha-patra-prasadam offered to
>|Lord Visnu.
463|TRANSLATION
464|There was no end to the transcendental qualities of
>|Haridasa Thakura. Here I mention but a fraction of his
>|qualities. He was so exalted that Advaita Gosvami, when
>|performing the sraddha ceremony of his father, offered him
>|the first plate.
465|Adi 10.45
466|TEXT 45
467|TEXT
468|prahlada-samana tanra gunera taranga
469|yavana-tadaneo yanra nahika bhru-bhanga
470|SYNONYMS
471|prahlada-samana-exactly like Prahlada Maharaja; tanra-his;
>|gunera-qualities; taranga-waves; yavana-of the Muslims;
>|tadaneo-even by the persecution; yanra-whose; nahika-there
>|was none; bhru-bhanga-even the slightest agitation of an
>|eyebrow.
472|TRANSLATION
473|The waves of his good qualities were like those of Prahlada
>|Maharaja. He did not even slightly raise an eyebrow when
>|persecuted by the Muslim ruler.
474|Adi 10.46
475|TEXT 46
476|TEXT
477|tenho siddhi paile tanra deha lana kole
478|nacila caitanya-prabhu maha-kutuhale
479|SYNONYMS
480|tenho-he; siddhi-perfection; paile-after achieving; tanra-
>|his; deha-body; lana-taking; kole-on the lap; nacila-danced;
>| caitanya-prabhu-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; maha-
>|kutuhale-in great ecstasy.
481|TRANSLATION
482|After the passing away of Haridasa Thakura, the Lord
>|Himself took his body on His lap and danced with it in
>|great ecstasy.
483|Adi 10.47
484|TEXT 47
485|TEXT
486|tanra lila varniyachena vrndavana-dasa
487|yeba avasista, age kariba prakasa
488|SYNONYMS
489|tanra-his; lila-pastimes; varniyachena-described; vrndavana-
>|dasa-Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura; yeba-whatever; avasista-
>|remained undescribed; age-later in the book; kariba-I shall
>|make; prakasa-manifest.
490|TRANSLATION
491|Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura has vividly described the
>|pastimes of Haridasa Thakura in his Caitanya-bhagavata.
>|Whatever has remained undescribed I shall try to explain
>|later in this book.
492|Adi 10.48
493|TEXT 48
494|TEXT
495|tanra upasakha-yata kulina-grami jana
496|satyaraja-adi-tanra krpara bhajana
497|SYNONYMS
498|tanra upasakha-his subbranch; yata-all; kulina-grami jana-
>|the inhabitants of Kulina-grama; satyaraja-
>|Satyaraja; adi-heading the list; tanra-his; krpara-of mercy;
>| bhajana-recipient.
499|TRANSLATION
500|One subbranch of Haridasa Thakura consisted of the
>|residents of Kulina-grama. The most important among them
>|was Satyaraja Khan, or Satyaraja Vasu, who was a recipient
>|of all the mercy of Haridasa Thakura.
501|PURPORT
502|Satyaraja Khan was the son of Gunaraja Khan and father of
>|Ramananda Vasu. Haridasa Thakura lived for some time during
>|the Caturmasya period in the village named Kulina-grama,
>|where he chanted the holy name, the Hare Krsna maha-mantra,
>|and distributed his mercy to the descendants of the Vasu
>|family. Satyaraja Khan was allotted the service of
>|supplying silk ropes for the Jagannatha Deity during the
>|Ratha-yatra festival. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's
>|answers to his inquiries about
>|the duty of householder devotees are vividly described in
>|the Madhya-lila, Chapters Fifteen and Sixteen
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|.
503|The village of Kulina-grama is situated two miles from the
>|railway station named Jaugrama on the Newcord line from
>|Howrah to Burdwan. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu very highly
>|praised the people of Kulina-grama, and He stated that even
>|a dog of Kulina-grama was very dear to Him.
504|Adi 10.49
505|TEXT 49
506|TEXT
507|sri-murari gupta sakha-premera bhandara
508|prabhura hrdaya drave suni' dainya yanra
509|SYNONYMS
510|sri-murari gupta-Sri Murari Gupta; sakha-branch;
>| premera-of love of Godhead; bhandara-store; prabhura-of
>|the Lord; hrdaya-the heart; drave-melts; suni'-hearing;
>|dainya-humility; yanra-of whom.
511|TRANSLATION
512|Murari Gupta, the twenty-first branch of the tree of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, was a storehouse of love of Godhead.
>|His great humility and meekness melted the heart of Lord
>|Caitanya.
513|PURPORT
514|Sri Murari Gupta wrote a book called Sri Caitanya-carita.
>|He belonged to a vaidya physician family of Srihatta, the
>|paternal home of Lord Caitanya, and later became a resident
>|of Navadvipa. He was among the elders of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu. Lord Caitanya exhibited His Varaha form in the
>|house of Murari Gupta, as described in the Caitanya-
>|bhagavata, Madhya-khanda, Third Chapter. When Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu exhibited His maha-prakasa form, He appeared
>|before Murari Gupta as Lord Ramacandra. When Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu were sitting together in
>|the house of Srivasa Thakura, Murari Gupta first offered
>|his respects to Lord Caitanya and then to Sri Nityananda
>|Prabhu. Nityananda Prabhu, however, was older than Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, and therefore Lord Caitanya remarked that
>|Murari Gupta had violated social etiquette, for he should
>|have first shown respect to Nityananda Prabhu and then to
>|Him. In this way, by the grace of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
>|Murari Gupta was informed about the position of Sri
>|Nityananda Prabhu, and the next day he offered obeisances
>|first to Lord Nityananda and then to Lord Caitanya. Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave chewed pan, or betel nut, to
>|Murari Gupta. Once Sivananda Sena offered food to Lord
>|Caitanya that had been cooked with excessive ghee, and the
>|next day the Lord became sick and went to Murari Gupta for
>|treatment. Lord Caitanya accepted some water from the
>|waterpot of Murari Gupta, and thus He was cured. The
>|natural remedy for indigestion is to drink a little water,
>|and since Murari Gupta was a physician, he gave the Lord
>|some drinking water and cured Him.
515|When Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared in the house of Srivasa
>|Thakura in His Caturbhuja murti, Murari Gupta became His
>|carrier in the form of Garuda, and in these pastimes of
>|ecstasy the Lord then got up on his back. It was the desire
>|of Murari Gupta to leave his body before the disappearance
>|of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, but the Lord forbade him to do so.
>|This is described in the Caitanya-bhagavata, Madhya- khanda,
>| Chapter Twenty. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu one day
>|appeared in ecstasy as the Varaha murti, Murari Gupta
>|offered Him prayers. He was a great devotee of Lord
>|Ramacandra, and his staunch devotion is vividly described
>|in the Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila, Fifteenth Chapter,
>|verses 137 through 157.
516|Adi 10.50
517|TEXT 50
518|TEXT
519|pratigraha nahi kare, na laya kara dhana
520|atma-vrtti kari' kare kutumba bharana
521|SYNONYMS
522|pratigraha nahi kare-he did not accept charity from anyone;
>|na-not; laya-take; kara-anyone's; dhana-wealth; atma-vrtti-
>|own profession; kari'-executing; kare-maintained; kutumba-
>|family; bharana-provision.
523|TRANSLATION
524|Srila Murari Gupta never accepted charity from friends, nor
>|did he accept money from anyone. He practiced as a
>|physician and maintained his family with his earnings.
525|PURPORT
526|It should be noted that a grhastha (householder) must not
>|make his livelihood by begging from anyone. Every
>|householder of the higher castes should engage himself in
>|his own occupational duty as a brahmana, ksatriya or vaisya,
>| but he should not engage in the service of others, for
>|this is the duty of a sudra. One should simply accept
>|whatever he earns by his own profession. The engagements of
>|a brahmana are yajana, yajana, pathana, pathana, dana and
>|pratigraha. A brahmana should be a worshiper of Visnu, and
>|he should also instruct others how to worship Him. A
>|ksatriya can become a landholder and earn his livelihood by
>|levying taxes or collecting rent from tenants. A vaisya can
>|accept agriculture or general trade as an occupational duty.
>| Since Murari Gupta was born in a physician's family (
>|vaidya-vamsa), he practiced as a physician, and with
>|whatever income he earned he maintained his family. As
>|stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam, everyone should try to satisfy
>|the Supreme Personality of Godhead through the execution of
>|his occupational duty. That is the perfection of life. This
>|system is called daivi-varnasrama. Murari Gupta was an
>|ideal grhastha, for he was a great devotee of Lord
>|Ramacandra and Caitanya Mahaprabhu. By practicing as a
>|physician he maintained his family and at the same time
>|satisfied Lord Caitanya to the best of his ability. This is
>|the ideal of householder life.
527|Adi 10.51
528|TEXT 51
529|TEXT
530|cikitsa karena yare ha-iya sadaya
531|deha-roga bhava-roga,-dui tara ksaya
532|SYNONYMS
533|cikitsa-medical treatment; karena-did; yare-upon whom; ha-
>|iya-becoming; sadaya-merciful; deha-roga-the disease of the
>|body; bhava-roga-the disease of material existence; dui-
>|both; tara-his; ksaya-diminished.
534|TRANSLATION
535|As Murari Gupta treated his patients, by his mercy both
>|their bodily and spiritual diseases subsided.
536|PURPORT
537|Murari Gupta could treat both bodily and spiritual disease
>|because he was a physician by profession and a great
>|devotee of the Lord in terms of spiritual advancement. This
>|is an example of service to humanity. Everyone should know
>|that there are two kinds of diseases in human society. One
>|disease, which is called adhyatmika, or material disease,
>|pertains to the body, but the main disease is spiritual.
>|The living entity is eternal, but somehow or other, when in
>|contact with the material energy, he is subjected to the
>|repetition of birth, death, old age and disease. The
>|physicians of the modern day should learn from Murari Gupta.
>| Although modern philanthropic physicians open gigantic
>|hospitals, there are no hospitals to cure the material
>|disease of the spirit soul. The Krsna consciousness
>|movement has taken up the mission of curing this disease,
>|but people are not very appreciative because they do not
>|know what this disease is. A diseased person needs both
>|proper medicine and a proper diet, and therefore the Krsna
>|consciousness movement supplies materially stricken people
>|with the medicine of the chanting of the holy name, or the
>|Hare Krsna maha-mantra, and the diet of prasadam. There are
>|many hospitals and medical clinics to cure bodily diseases,
>|but there are no such hospitals to cure the material
>|disease of the spirit soul. The centers of the Krsna
>|consciousness movement are the only established hospitals
>|that can cure man of birth, death, old age and disease.
538|Adi 10.52
539|TEXT 52
540|TEXT
541|sriman sena prabhura sevaka pradhana
542|caitanya-carana vinu nahi jane ana
543|SYNONYMS
544|sriman sena-Sriman Sena; prabhura-of the Lord;
>|sevaka-servant; pradhana-chief; caitanya-carana-the lotus
>|feet of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; vinu-except; nahi-does
>|not; jane-know; ana-anything else.
545|TRANSLATION
546|Sriman Sena, the twenty-second branch of the Caitanya tree,
>|was a very faithful servant of Lord Caitanya. He knew
>|nothing else but the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
547|PURPORT
548|Sriman Sena was one of the inhabitants of Navadvipa and was
>|a constant companion of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
549|Adi 10.53
550|TEXT 53
551|TEXT
552|sri-gadadhara dasa sakha sarvopari
553|kaji-ganera mukhe yenha bolaila hari
554|SYNONYMS
555|sri-gadadhara dasa-Sri Gadadhara dasa; sakha-
>|another branch; sarva-upari-above all; kaji-ganera-of the
>|Kazis (Muslim magistrates); mukhe-in the mouth; yenha-one
>|who; bolaila-caused to speak; hari-the holy name of Hari.
556|TRANSLATION
557|Sri Gadadhara dasa, the twenty-third branch, was understood
>|to be the topmost, for he induced all the Muslim Kazis to
>|chant the holy name of Lord Hari.
558|PURPORT
559|About eight or ten miles from Calcutta, on the banks of the
>|Ganges , is a village known as Endiyadaha-grama. Srila
>|Gadadhara dasa was known as an inhabitant of this village (
>|endiyadaha-vasi gadadhara dasa). The Bhakti-ratnakara (
>|Seventh Wave), informs us that after the disappearance of
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Gadadhara dasa went from
>|Navadvipa to Katwa. Thereafter he came to Endiyadaha and
>|resided there. He is stated to be the luster of the body of
>|Srimati Radharani, just as Srila Gadadhara Pandita Gosvami
>|is an incarnation of Srimati Radharani Herself. Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu is sometimes explained to be radha-bhava-dyuti-
>|suvalita, or characterized by the emotions and bodily
>|luster of Srimati Radharani. Gadadhara dasa is this dyuti,
>|or luster. In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (154) he is
>|described to be an expansion of the potency of Srimati
>|Radharani. He counts among the associates of both Srila
>|Gaurahari and Nityananda Prabhu; as a devotee of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu he was one of the associates of Lord
>|Krsna in conjugal love, and as a devotee of Lord Nityananda
>|he is considered to have been one of the friends of Krsna
>|in pure devotional service. Even though he was an associate
>|of Lord Nityananda Prabhu, he was not among the cowherd
>|boys but was situated in the transcendental mellow of
>|conjugal love. He established a temple of Sri Gaurasundara
>|in Katwa.
560|In 1434 Sakabda (A.D. 1512), when Lord Nityananda Prabhu
>|was empowered by Lord Caitanya to preach the sankirtana
>|movement in Bengal, Sri Gadadhara dasa was one of Lord
>|Nityananda's chief assistants. He preached the sankirtana
>|movement by requesting everyone to chant the Hare Krsna
>|maha-mantra. This simple preaching method of Srila
>|Gadadhara dasa can be followed by anyone and everyone in
>|any position of society. One must simply be a sincere and
>|serious servant of Nityananda Prabhu and preach this cult
>|door to door.
561|When Srila Gadadhara dasa Prabhu was preaching the cult of
>|hari-kirtana, there was a magistrate who was very much
>|against his sankirtana movement. Following in the footsteps
>|of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Srila Gadadhara dasa one night
>|went to the house of the Kazi and requested him to chant
>|the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. The Kazi replied, "All right, I
>|shall chant Hare Krsna tomorrow." On hearing this, Srila
>|Gadadhara dasa Prabhu began to dance, and he said, "Why
>|tomorrow? You have already chanted the Hare Krsna mantra,
>|so simply continue."
562|In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (verses 154–55) it is said:
563|radha-vibhuti-rupa ya candrakantih pura vraje
564|sa sri -gauranga-nikate dasa -vamsyo gadadharah
565|purnananda vraje yasid baladeva- priyagrani
566|sapi karya- vasad eva pravisat tam gadadharam
567|Srila Gadadhara dasa is considered to be a united form of
>|Candrakanti, who is the effulgence of Srimati Radharani,
>|and Purnananda, who is the foremost of Lord Balarama's very
>|dear girlfriends. Thus Srila Gadadhara dasa Prabhu was one
>|of the associates of both Caitanya Mahaprabhu and
>|Nityananda Prabhu.
568|Once while Srila Gadadhara dasa Prabhu was returning to
>|Bengal from Jagannatha Puri with Nityananda Prabhu, he
>|forgot himself and began talking very loudly as if he were
>|a girl of Vrajabhumi selling yogurt, and Srila Nityananda
>|Prabhu noted this. Another time, while absorbed in the
>|ecstasy of the gopis, he carried a jug filled with Ganges
>|water on his head as if he were selling milk. When Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared in the house of Raghava
>|Pandita while going to Vrndavana, Gadadhara dasa went to
>|see Him, and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was so glad that He
>|put His foot on his head. When Gadadhara dasa Prabhu was
>|present in Endiyadaha, he established a Bala Gopala murti
>|for worship there. Sri Madhava Ghosa performed a drama
>|known as Dana-khanda with the help of Sri Nityananda
>|Prabhu and Sri Gadadhara dasa. This is explained in the
>|Caitanya-bhagavata (Antya 5.318 –94 ).
569|The tomb of Gadadhara dasa Prabhu, which is in the village
>|of Endiyadaha, was under the control of the Samyogi
>|Vaisnavas and later under the direction of Siddha Bhagavan
>|dasa Babaji of Kalna. By his order, Sri Madhusudana Mullik,
>|one of the members of the aristocratic Mullik family of the
>|Narikeladanga in Calcutta, established a patavati (
>|monastery) there in the Bengali year 1256 (A.D. 1849). He
>|also arranged for the worship of a Deity named Sri
>|Radhakanta. His son Balaicanda Mullik established Gaura-
>|Nitai Deities there in the Bengali year 1312 (A.D. 1905).
>|Thus on the throne of the temple are both Gaura-Nityananda
>|Deities and Radha-Krsna Deities. Below the throne is a
>|tablet with an inscription written in Sanskrit. In that
>|temple there is also a small Deity of Lord Siva as
>|Gopesvara. This is all described on a stone by the side of
>|the entrance door.
570|Adi 10.54
571|TEXT 54
572|TEXT
573|sivananda sena-prabhura bhrtya antaranga
574|prabhu-sthane yaite sabe layena yanra sanga
575|SYNONYMS
576|sivananda sena-Sivananda Sena; prabhura-of the
>|Lord; bhrtya-servant; antaranga-very confidential; prabhu-
>|sthane-in Jagannatha Puri, where the Lord was staying;
>|yaite-while going; sabe-all; layena-took; yanra-whose;
>|sanga-shelter.
577|TRANSLATION
578|Sivananda Sena, the twenty-fourth branch of the tree, was
>|an extremely confidential servant of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu. Everyone who went to Jagannatha Puri to visit
>|Lord Caitanya took shelter and guidance from Sri Sivananda
>|Sena.
579|Adi 10.55
580|TEXT 55
581|TEXT
582|prativarse prabhu-gana sangete la-iya
583|nilacale calena pathe palana kariya
584|SYNONYMS
585|prati-varse-every year; prabhu-gana-the devotees of Lord
>|Caitanya; sangete-along with; la-iya-taking; nilacale-to
>|Jagannatha Puri; calena-goes; pathe-on the road; palana-
>|maintenance; kariya-providing.
586|TRANSLATION
587|Every year he took a party of devotees from Bengal to
>|Jagannatha Puri to visit Lord Caitanya. He maintained the
>|entire party as they journeyed on the road.
588|Adi 10.56
589|TEXT 56
590|TEXT
591|bhakte krpa karena prabhu e-tina svarupe
592|'saksat,' 'avesa' ara 'avirbhava'-rupe
593|SYNONYMS
594|bhakte-unto devotees; krpa-mercy; karena-bestows; prabhu-
>|Lord Caitanya; e-these; tina-three; svarupe-features;
>|saksat-directly; avesa-empowered by the Lord; ara-and;
>|avirbhava-appearance; rupe-in the features.
595|TRANSLATION
596|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu bestows His causeless mercy
>|upon His devotees in three features: His own direct
>|appearance [saksat], His prowess within someone He empowers
>|[avesa], and His manifestation [avirbhava].
597|PURPORT
598|The saksat feature of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is His
>|personal presence. Avesa refers to invested power, like
>|that invested in Nakula Brahmacari. Avirbhava is a
>|manifestation of the Lord that appears even though He is
>|personally not present. For example, Sri Sacimata offered
>|food at home to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu although He was far
>|away in Jagannatha Puri, and when she opened her eyes after
>|offering the food, she saw that it had actually been eaten
>|by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Similarly, when Srivasa Thakura
>|performed sankirtana, everyone felt the presence of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, even in His absence. This is another
>|example of avirbhava.
599|Adi 10.57
600|TEXT 57
601|TEXT
602|'saksate' sakala bhakta dekhe nirvisesa
603|nakula brahmacari-dehe prabhura 'avesa'
604|SYNONYMS
605|saksate-directly; sakala-all; bhakta-devotees; dekhe-see;
>|nirvisesa-nothing peculiar but as He is; nakula brahmacari-
>|Nakula Brahmacari; dehe-in the body; prabhura-
>|the Lord's; avesa-symptoms of power.
606|TRANSLATION
607|The appearance of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in every
>|devotee's presence is called saksat. His appearance in
>|Nakula Brahmacari as a symptom of special prowess is an
>|example of avesa.
608|Adi 10.58
609|TEXT 58
610|TEXT
611|'pradyumna brahmacari' tanra age nama chila
612|'nrsimhananda' nama prabhu pache ta' rakhila
613|SYNONYMS
614|pradyumna brahmacari-Pradyumna Brahmacari;
>|tanra-his; age-previously; nama-name; chila-was;
>|nrsimhananda- Nrsimhananda; nama-the name;
>|prabhu-the Lord; pache-afterward; ta'-certainly; rakhila-
>|kept it.
615|TRANSLATION
616|The former Pradyumna Brahmacari was given the name
>|Nrsimhananda Brahmacari by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
617|Adi 10.59
618|TEXT 59
619|TEXT
620|tanhate ha-ila caitanyera 'avirbhava'
621|alaukika aiche prabhura aneka svabhava
622|SYNONYMS
623|tanhate-in him; ha-ila-there was; caitanyera-of Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; avirbhava-appearance; alaukika-
>|uncommon; aiche-like that; prabhura-of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; aneka-various; svabhava-features.
624|TRANSLATION
625|In his body there were symptoms of avirbhava. Such
>|appearances are uncommon, but Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|displayed many such pastimes through His different features.
626|PURPORT
627|In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (73–74) it is said that
>|Nakula Brahmacari displayed the prowess (avesa) and
>|Pradyumna Brahmacari the appearance (avirbhava) of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. There are many hundreds and thousands
>|of devotees of Lord Caitanya among whom there are no
>|special symptoms, but when a devotee of Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu functions with specific prowess, he displays the
>|feature called avesa. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally
>|spread the sankirtana movement, and He advised all the
>|inhabitants of Bharatavarsa to take up His cult and preach
>|it all over the world. The visible bodily symptoms of
>|devotees who follow such instructions are called avesa.
>|Srila Sivananda Sena observed such avesa symptoms in Nakula
>|Brahmacari, who displayed symptoms exactly like those of
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The Caitanya-caritamrta states
>|that in the Age of Kali the only spiritual function is to
>|broadcast the holy name of the Lord, but this function can
>|be performed only by one who is actually empowered by Lord
>|Krsna. The process by which a devotee is thus empowered is
>|called avesa, or sometimes it is called sakty-avesa.
628|Pradyumna Brahmacari was formerly a resident of a village
>|known as Piyariganja in Kalna. There is a description of
>|him in the Antya-lila of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Second
>|Chapter, and in the Antya-khanda of Sri Caitanya-bhagavata,
>|chapters Three and Nine.
629|Adi 10.60
630|TEXT 60
631|TEXT
632|asvadila e saba rasa sena sivananda
633|vistari' kahiba age e-saba ananda
634|SYNONYMS
635|asvadila-tasted; e-these; saba-all; rasa-mellows; sena
>|sivananda-Sivananda Sena; vistari'-describing vividly;
>|kahiba-I shall speak; age-later on; e-saba-all this;
>|ananda-transcendental bliss.
636|TRANSLATION
637|Srila Sivananda Sena experienced the three features of
>|saksat, avesa and avirbhava. Later I shall vividly describe
>|this transcendentally blissful subject.
638|PURPORT
639|Srila Sivananda Sena has been described by Srila
>|Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Maharaja as follows: " Sivananda
>|Sena was a resident of Kumarahatta, which is also known as
>|Halisahara, and was a great devotee of the Lord. About one
>|and a half miles from Kumarahatta is another village, known
>|as Kancadapada, in which there are Gaura-Gopala Deities
>|installed by Sivananda Sena, who also established a temple
>|of Krsnaraya that is still existing. Sivananda Sena was the
>|father of Paramananda Sena, who was also known as Puri dasa
>|or Kavi-karnapura. Paramananda Sena wrote in his Gaura-
>|ganoddesa-dipika (176) that two of the gopis of Vrndavana,
>|whose former names were Vira and Duti, combined to become
>|his father. Srila Sivananda Sena guided all the devotees of
>|Lord Caitanya who went from Bengal to Jagannatha Puri, and
>|he personally bore all the expenses for their journey. This
>|is described in the Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila,
>|Chapter Sixteen, verses 19 through 27. Srila Sivananda Sena
>|had three sons, named Caitanya dasa, Ramadasa and
>|Paramananda. As mentioned above, this last son later became
>|Kavi-karnapura and wrote the Gaura-
>|ganoddesa-dipika. His spiritual master was Srinatha Pandita,
>| who was Sivananda Sena's priest. Due to Vasudeva Datta's
>|lavish spending, Sivananda Sena was engaged to supervise
>|his expenditures. "
640|Sri Sivananda Sena actually experienced Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu's features of saksat, avesa and avirbhava. He
>|once took along a dog while on his way to Jagannatha Puri,
>| and it is described in the Antya-lila, First Chapter, that
>|this dog later attained salvation by his association. When
>|Srila Raghunatha dasa, who later became Raghunatha dasa
>|Gosvami, fled his paternal home to join Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, his father wrote a letter to Sivananda Sena to
>|get information about him. Sivananda Sena supplied him the
>|details for which he asked, and later Raghunatha dasa
>|Gosvami's father sent some servants and money to Sivananda
>|Sena to take care of Raghunatha dasa Gosvami. Once Sri
>|Sivananda Sena invited Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu to his home
>|and fed Him so sumptuously that the Lord felt indigestion
>|and was somewhat sick. This became known to Sivananda Sena'
>|s eldest son, Caitanya dasa, who gave the Lord the kinds of
>|food that would help His digestion, and thus Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu was very pleased. This is described in
>|Antya-lila, Tenth Chapter, verses 142 through 151.
641|Once while going to Jagannatha Puri, all the devotees had
>|to stay underneath a tree, without the shelter of a house
>|or even a shed, and Nityananda Prabhu became very angry, as
>|if He were greatly disturbed by hunger. Thus He cursed
>|Sivananda's sons to die. Sivananda's wife was very much
>|aggrieved at this, and she began to cry. She very seriously
>|thought that since her sons had been cursed by Nityananda
>|Prabhu, certainly they would die. When Sivananda later
>|returned and saw his wife crying, he said, "Why are you
>|crying? Let us all die if Sri Nityananda Prabhu desires."
>|When Sivananda Sena returned and Srila Nityananda Prabhu
>|saw him, the Lord kicked him severely, complaining that He
>|was very hungry, and asked why he had not arranged for His
>|food. Such is the behavior of the Lord with His devotees.
>|Srila Nityananda Prabhu behaved like an ordinary hungry man,
>| as if completely dependent on the arrangements of
>|Sivananda Sena.
642|a nephew of Sivananda Sena's named Srikanta
>|left the company in protest of Nityananda Prabhu's curse
>|and went directly to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu at Jagannatha
>|Puri, where the Lord pacified him. On that occasion, Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu allowed His toe to be sucked by Puri
>|dasa, who was then a child. It is by the order of Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu that he could immediately compose Sanskrit
>|verses. During the misunderstanding with Sivananda's family,
>| Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ordered His personal attendant ,
>|Govinda , to give them all the remnants of His food. This
>|is described in Antya-lila, Chapter Twelve, verse 53.
643|Adi 10.61
644|TEXT 61
645|TEXT
646|sivanandera upasakha, tanra parikara
647|putra-bhrty-adi kari' caitanya-kinkara
648|SYNONYMS
649|sivanandera-of Sivananda Sena; upasakha-subbranch; tanra-
>|his; parikara-associates; putra-sons; bhrtya-servants; adi-
>|all these; kari'-taking together; caitanya-kinkara-servants
>|of Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
650|TRANSLATION
651|The sons, servants and family members of Sivananda Sena
>|constituted a subbranch. They were all sincere servants of
>|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
652|Adi 10.62
653|TEXT 62
654|TEXT
655|caitanya-dasa, ramadasa, ara karnapura
656|tina putra sivanandera prabhura bhakta-sura
657|SYNONYMS
658|caitanya-dasa-Caitanya dasa; ramadasa-
>|Ramadasa; ara-and; karnapura- Karnapura;
>|tina putra-three sons; sivanandera-of Sivananda Sena;
>|prabhura-of the Lord; bhakta-sura-of the heroic devotees.
659|TRANSLATION
660|The three sons of Sivananda Sena, named Caitanya dasa,
>|Ramadasa and Karnapura, were all heroic devotees of Lord
>|Caitanya.
661|PURPORT
662|Caitanya dasa, the eldest son of Sivananda Sena, wrote a
>|commentary on Krsna-karnamrta that was later translated by
>|Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his paper Sajjana-tosani.
>|According to expert opinion, Caitanya dasa was the author
>|of the book Caitanya-carita (also known as Caitanya-
>|caritamrta), which was written in Sanskrit. The author was
>|not Kavi-karnapura, as is generally supposed. This is the
>|opinion of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. Sri
>|Ramadasa was the second son of Sivananda Sena. It is stated
>|in the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (145) that the two famous
>|parrots named Daksa and Vicaksana in krsna-lila became the
>|elder brothers of Kavi-karnapura, namely Caitanya dasa
>|and Ramadasa. Karnapura, the third son, who was also known
>|as Paramananda dasa or Puri dasa, was initiated by Srinatha
>|Pandita, who was a disciple of Sri Advaita Prabhu.
>|Karnapura wrote many books that are important in Vaisnava
>|literature, such as the Ananda-vrndavana-campu, Alankara-
>|kaustubha, Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika and the great epic
>|Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka. He was born in the year 1448
>|Sakabda (A.D. 1526). He continually wrote books for ten
>|years, from 1488 until 1498.
663|Adi 10.63
664|TEXT 63
665|TEXT
666|sri-vallabhasena, ara sena srikanta
667|sivananda-sambandhe prabhura bhakta ekanta
668|SYNONYMS
669|sri-vallabha-sena-Srivallabha Sena; ara-and;
>|sena srikanta- Srikanta Sena; sivananda-
>|Sivananda Sena; sambandhe-in relationship; prabhura-the
>|Lord's; bhakta-devotees; ekanta-unflinching.
670|TRANSLATION
671|Srivallabha Sena and Srikanta Sena were also subbranches of
>|Sivananda Sena, for they were not only his nephews but also
>|unalloyed devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
672|PURPORT
673|When Lord Nityananda Prabhu rebuked Sivananda Sena on the
>|way to Puri, these two nephews of Sivananda left the
>|company as a protest and went to see Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu at Jagannatha Puri. The Lord could understand
>|the feelings of the boys, and He asked His personal
>|assistant, Govinda , to supply them prasadam until the
>|party of Sivananda arrived. During the Ratha-yatra
>|sankirtana festival these two brothers were members of the
>|party led by Mukunda. In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika
>|(174 ) it is said that the gopi whose name was Katyayani
>|appeared as Srikanta Sena.
674|Adi 10.64
675|TEXT 64
676|TEXT
677|prabhu-priya govindananda mahabhagavata
678|prabhura kirtaniya adi sri-govinda datta
679|SYNONYMS
680|prabhu-priya-the most dear to the Lord; govindananda-
>|Govindananda; maha-bhagavata-great devotee; prabhura-
>|of the Lord; kirtaniya-performer of kirtana; adi-originally;
>| sri-govinda datta- Sri Govinda Datta.
681|TRANSLATION
682|Govindananda and Govinda Datta, the twenty-fifth and twenty-
>|sixth branches of the tree, were performers of kirtana in
>|the company of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Govinda Datta was
>|the principal singer in Lord Caitanya's kirtana party.
683|PURPORT
684|Govinda Datta appeared in the village of Sukhacara, near
>|Khadadaha.
685|Adi 10.65
686|TEXT 65
687|TEXT
688|sri-vijaya-dasa-nama prabhura akhariya
689|prabhure aneka punthi diyache likhiya
690|SYNONYMS
691|sri-vijaya-dasa-Sri Vijaya dasa; nama-name;
>|prabhura-of the Lord; akhariya-chief singer; prabhure-unto
>|the Lord; aneka-many; punthi-literatures; diyache-has given;
>| likhiya-by writing.
692|TRANSLATION
693|Sri Vijaya dasa, the twenty-seventh branch, another of the
>|Lord's chief singers, gave the Lord many books written by
>|hand.
694|PURPORT
695|Formerly there were no printing presses or printed books.
>|All books were handwritten. Precious books were kept in
>|manuscript form in temples or other important places, and
>|anyone who was interested in a book had to copy it by hand.
>|Vijaya dasa was a professional writer who copied many
>|manuscripts and gave them to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
696|Adi 10.66
697|TEXT 66
698|TEXT
699|'ratnabahu' bali' prabhu thuila tanra nama
700|akincana prabhura priya krsnadasa-nama
701|SYNONYMS
702|ratnabahu-the title Ratnabahu; bali'-calling him; prabhu-
>|the Lord; thuila-kept; tanra-his; nama-name; akincana-
>|unalloyed; prabhura-of the Lord; priya-dear; krsnadasa-
>|Krsnadasa; nama-name.
703|TRANSLATION
704|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave Vijaya dasa the name Ratnabahu
>|["jewel-handed"] because he copied many manuscripts for Him.
>| The twenty-eighth branch was Krsnadasa, who was very dear
>|to the Lord. He was known as Akincana Krsnadasa.
705|PURPORT
706|Akincana means "one who possesses nothing in this world."
707|Adi 10.67
708|TEXT 67
709|TEXT
710|khola-veca sridhara prabhura priya-dasa
711|yanha-sane prabhu kare nitya parihasa
712|SYNONYMS
713|khola-veca-a person who sells the bark of banana trees;
>|sridhara-Sridhara Prabhu; prabhura-of the Lord; priya-dasa-
>|very dear servant; yanha-sane-with whom; prabhu-the Lord;
>|kare-does; nitya-daily; parihasa-joking.
714|TRANSLATION
715|The twenty-ninth branch was Sridhara, a trader in banana-
>|tree bark. He was a very dear servant of the Lord. On many
>|occasions, the Lord played jokes on him.
716|PURPORT
717|Sridhara was a poor brahmana who made a living by selling
>|banana-tree bark to be made into cups. Most probably he had
>|a banana-tree garden and collected the leaves, skin and
>|pulp of the banana trees to sell daily in the market. He
>|spent fifty percent of his income to worship the Ganges,
>|and the balance he used for his subsistence. When Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu started His civil disobedience movement
>|in defiance of the Kazi, Sridhara danced in jubilation. The
>|Lord used to drink water from his water jug. Sridhara
>|presented a squash to Sacidevi to cook before Lord Caitanya
>|took sannyasa. Every year he went to see Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu at Jagannatha Puri. According to Kavi-karnapura,
>|Sridhara was a cowherd boy of Vrndavana whose name was
>|Kusumasava. In his Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (133 ) it
>|is stated:
718|khola-vecataya khyatah panditah sridharo dvijah
719|asid vraje hasya -karo yo namna kusumasavah
720|"The cowherd boy known as Kusumasava in krsna-lila later
>|became Kholaveca Sridhara during Caitanya Mahaprabhu's lila
>|at Navadvipa."
721|Adi 10.68
722|TEXT 68
723|TEXT
724|prabhu yanra nitya laya thoda-moca-phala
725|yanra phuta-lauhapatre prabhu pila jala
726|SYNONYMS
727|prabhu-the Lord; yanra-whose; nitya-daily; laya-takes;
>|thoda-the pulp of the banana tree; moca-the flowers of the
>|banana tree; phala-the fruits of the banana tree; yanra-
>|whose; phuta-broken; lauha-patre-in the iron pot; prabhu-
>|the Lord; pila-drank; jala-water.
728|TRANSLATION
729|Every day Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu jokingly snatched fruits,
>| flowers and pulp from Sridhara and drank from his broken
>|iron pot.
730|Adi 10.69
731|TEXT 69
732|TEXT
733|prabhura atipriya dasa bhagavan pandita
734|yanra dehe krsna purve haila adhisthita
735|SYNONYMS
736|prabhura-of the Lord; atipriya-very dear; dasa-servant;
>|bhagavan pandita-Bhagavan Pandita; yanra-whose;
>|dehe-in the body; krsna-Lord Krsna; purve-previously; haila-
>|became; adhisthita-established.
737|TRANSLATION
738|The thirtieth branch was Bhagavan Pandita. He was an
>|extremely dear servant of the Lord, but even previously he
>|was a great devotee of Lord Krsna who always kept the Lord
>|within his heart.
739|Adi 10.70
740|TEXT 70
741|TEXT
742|jagadisa pandita, ara hiranya mahasaya
743|yare krpa kaila balye prabhu dayamaya
744|SYNONYMS
745|jagadisa pandita-Jagadisa Pandita; ara-and;
>|hiranya- Hiranya; mahasaya-great personality;
>|yare-unto whom; krpa-mercy; kaila-showed; balye-in
>|childhood; prabhu-the Lord; dayamaya-merciful.
746|TRANSLATION
747|The thirty-first branch was Jagadisa Pandita, and the
>|thirty-second was Hiranya Mahasaya, unto whom Lord Caitanya
>|in His childhood showed His causeless mercy.
748|PURPORT
749|Jagadisa Pandita was formerly a great dancer in krsna-lila
>|and was known as Candrahasa. Regarding Hiranya Pandita, it
>|is said that once when Lord Nityananda, decorated with
>|valuable jewels, was staying at his home, all night long a
>|great thief attempted to plunder these
>|jewels but was unsuccessful. Later he came to Nityananda
>|Prabhu and surrendered unto Him.
750|Adi 10.71
751|TEXT 71
752|TEXT
753|ei dui-ghare prabhu ekadasi dine
754|visnura naivedya magi' khaila apane
755|SYNONYMS
756|ei dui-ghare-in these two houses; prabhu-the Lord; ekadasi
>|dine-on the Ekadasi day; visnura-of Lord Visnu; naivedya-
>|food offered to Lord Visnu; magi'-begging; khaila-ate;
>|apane-personally.
757|TRANSLATION
758|In their two houses Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu begged food on
>|the Ekadasi day and personally ate it.
759|PURPORT
760|The injunction to fast on Ekadasi is especially meant for
>|devotees; on Ekadasi there are no restrictions regarding
>|food that may be offered to the Lord. Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu took the food of Lord Visnu in His ecstasy as
>|visnu-tattva.
761|Adi 10.72
762|TEXT 72
763|TEXT
764|prabhura paduya dui,-purusottama, sanjaya
765|vyakarane dui sisya-dui mahasaya
766|SYNONYMS
767|prabhura paduya dui-the Lord's two students; purusottama-
>|Purusottama; sanjaya- Sanjaya;
>|vyakarane-studying grammar; dui sisya-two disciples; dui
>|mahasaya-very great personalities.
768|TRANSLATION
769|The thirty-third and thirty-fourth branches were the two
>|students of Caitanya Mahaprabhu named Purusottama and
>|Sanjaya, who were stalwart students in grammar. They were
>|very great personalities.
770|PURPORT
771|These two students were inhabitants of Navadvipa and were
>|the Lord's first companions in the sankirtana movement.
>|According to the Caitanya-bhagavata, Purusottama Sanjaya
>|was the son of Mukunda Sanjaya, but the author of Sri
>|Caitanya-caritamrta has clarified that Purusottama and
>|Sanjaya were two people, not one.
772|Adi 10.73
773|TEXT 73
774|TEXT
775|vanamali pandita sakha vikhyata jagate
776|sonara musala hala dekhila prabhura hate
777|SYNONYMS
778|vanamali pandita-Vanamali Pandita; sakha-the
>|next branch; vikhyata-celebrated; jagate-in the world;
>|sonara-made of gold; musala-club; hala-plow; dekhila-saw;
>|prabhura-of the Lord; hate-in the hand.
779|TRANSLATION
780|Vanamali Pandita, the thirty-fifth branch of the tree, was
>|very much celebrated in this world. He saw a golden club
>|and plow in the hands of the Lord.
781|PURPORT
782|Vanamali Pandita saw Lord Caitanya in the ecstasy of
>|Balarama. This is described vividly in the Caitanya-
>|bhagavata, Antya-khanda, Chapter Nine.
783|Adi 10.74
784|TEXT 74
785|TEXT
786|sri-caitanyera ati priya buddhimanta khan
787|ajanma ajnakari tenho sevaka-pradhana
788|SYNONYMS
789|sri-caitanyera-of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; ati priya-
>|very dear; buddhimanta khan-Buddhimanta Khan;
>|ajanma-from the very beginning of his life; ajna-kari-
>|follower of the orders; tenho-he; sevaka-servant; pradhana-
>|chief.
790|TRANSLATION
791|The thirty-sixth branch, Buddhimanta Khan, was extremely
>|dear to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He was always prepared to
>|carry out the Lord's orders, and therefore he was
>|considered to be a chief servant of the Lord.
792|PURPORT
793|Sri Buddhimanta Khan was one of the inhabitants of
>|Navadvipa. He was very rich, and it is he who arranged for
>|the marriage of Lord Caitanya with Visnupriya, the daughter
>|of Sanatana Misra, who was the priest of the local zamindar.
>| He personally defrayed all the expenditures for the
>|marriage ceremony. When Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu was
>|attacked by vayu-vyadhi (derangement of the air within the
>|body) Buddhimanta Khan paid for all requisite medicines and
>|treatments to cure the Lord. He was the Lord's constant
>|companion in the kirtana movement. He collected ornaments
>|for the Lord when He played the part of the goddess of
>|fortune in the house of Candrasekhara Acarya. He also went
>|to see Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu when He was staying at
>|Jagannatha Puri.
794|Adi 10.75
795|TEXT 75
796|TEXT
797|garuda pandita laya srinama-mangala
798|nama-bale visa yanre na karila bala
799|SYNONYMS
800|garuda pandita-Garuda Pandita; laya-takes; sri-
>|nama-mangala-the auspicious Hare Krsna maha-mantra; nama-
>|bale-by the strength of this chanting; visa-poison; yanre-
>|whom; na-did not; karila-affect; bala-strength.
801|TRANSLATION
802|Garuda Pandita, the thirty-seventh branch of the tree,
>|always engaged in chanting the auspicious name of the Lord.
>|Because of the strength of this chanting, even the effects
>|of poison could not touch him.
803|PURPORT
804|Garuda Pandita was once bitten by a poisonous snake, but
>|the snake's poison could not affect him because of his
>|chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra.
805|Adi 10.76
806|TEXT 76
807|TEXT
808|gopinatha simha-eka caitanyera dasa
809|akrura bali' prabhu yanre kaila parihasa
810|SYNONYMS
811|gopinatha simha-Gopinatha Simha; eka-one;
>|caitanyera dasa-servant of Lord Caitanya; akrura bali'-
>|famous as Akrura; prabhu-the Lord; yanre-whom; kaila-did;
>|parihasa-joking.
812|TRANSLATION
813|Gopinatha Simha, the thirty-eighth branch of the tree, was
>|a faithful servant of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The Lord
>|jokingly addressed him as Akrura.
814|PURPORT
815|Actually he was Akrura, as stated in text 117 of the Gaura-
>|ganoddesa-dipika .
816|Adi 10.77
817|TEXT 77
818|TEXT
819|bhagavati devananda vakresvara-krpate
820|bhagavatera bhakti-artha paila prabhu haite
821|SYNONYMS
822|bhagavati devananda-Devananda, who used to recite Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam; vakresvara-krpate-by the mercy of Vakresvara;
>|bhagavatera-of Srimad-Bhagavatam; bhakti-artha-the bhakti
>|interpretation; paila-got; prabhu haite-from the Lord.
823|TRANSLATION
824|Devananda Pandita was a professional reciter of Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam, but by the mercy of Vakresvara Pandita and the
>|grace of the Lord he understood the devotional
>|interpretation of the Bhagavatam.
825|PURPORT
826|In the Caitanya-bhagavata, Madhya-khanda, Chapter Twenty-
>|one, it is stated that Devananda Pandita and Sarvabhauma
>|Bhattacarya's father, Visarada, lived in the same village.
>|Devananda Pandita was a professional reciter of Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam, but Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not like his
>|interpretation of it. In the present town of Navadvipa,
>|which was formerly known as Kuliya, Lord Caitanya showed
>|such mercy to him that he gave up the Mayavadi
>|interpretation of Srimad-Bhagavatam and learned how to
>|explain Srimad-Bhagavatam in terms of bhakti. Formerly,
>|when Devananda was expounding the Mayavadi interpretation,
>|Srivasa Thakura was once present in his meeting, and when
>|he began to cry, Devananda's students drove him away. Some
>|days later, Caitanya Mahaprabhu passed that way, and when
>|He met Devananda He chastised him severely because of his
>|Mayavada interpretation of Srimad-Bhagavatam. At that time
>|Devananda had little faith in Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as an
>|incarnation of Lord Krsna, but one night some time later
>|Vakresvara Pandita was a guest in his house, and when he
>|explained the science of Krsna, Devananda was convinced
>|about the identity of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Thus he was
>|induced to explain Srimad-Bhagavatam according to the
>|Vaisnava understanding . In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika
>| (106 ) it is described that he was formerly Bhaguri
>|Muni, the sabha-pandita who recited Vedic
>|literatures in the house of Nanda Maharaja.
827|Adi 10.78–79
828|TEXTS 78–79
829|TEXT
830|khandavasi mukunda-dasa, sri-raghunandana
831|narahari-dasa, ciranjiva, sulocana
832|ei saba mahasakha-caitanya-krpadhama
833|prema-phala-phula kare yahan tahan dana
834|SYNONYMS
835|khanda-vasi mukunda-dasa-Mukunda dasa , a resident of
>|Srikhanda; sri-raghunandana- Raghunandana;
>|narahari-dasa- Narahari dasa; ciranjiva-
>|Ciranjiva; sulocana- Sulocana; ei saba-all
>|of them; maha-sakha-great branches; caitanya-krpa-dhama-of
>|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the reservoir of mercy; prema-
>|love of God; phala-fruit; phula-flower; kare-does; yahan-
>|anywhere; tahan-everywhere; dana-distribution.
836|TRANSLATION
837|Sri Khandavasi Mukunda and his son Raghunandana were the
>|thirty-ninth branch of the tree, Narahari was the fortieth,
>|Ciranjiva the forty-first and Sulocana the forty-second.
>|They were all big branches of the all-merciful tree of
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. They distributed the fruits and
>|flowers of love of Godhead anywhere and everywhere.
838|PURPORT
839|Sri Mukunda dasa was the son of Narayana dasa and eldest
>|brother of Narahari Sarakara. His second brother's name was
>|Madhava dasa, and his son was named Raghunandana dasa.
>|Descendants of Raghunandana dasa still live four miles west
>|of Katwa in the village named Srikhanda, where Raghunandana
>|dasa used to live. Raghunandana had one son named Kanai,
>|who had two sons-Madana Raya, who was a disciple of
>|Narahari Thakura, and Vamsivadana. It is estimated that at
>|least four hundred men descended in this dynasty. All their
>|names are recorded in the village of Srikhanda. In
>|the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (175 ) it is stated that
>|the gopi whose name was Vrndadevi became Mukunda dasa,
>|lived in Srikhanda village and was very dear to Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. His wonderful devotion and love for
>|Krsna are described in the Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila,
>| Chapter Fifteen. It is stated in the Bhakti-ratnakara (
>|Eighth Wave) that Raghunandana used to serve a Deity of
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
840|Narahari dasa Sarakara was a very famous devotee. Locana
>|dasa Thakura, the celebrated author of Sri Caitanya-mangala,
>| was his disciple. In the Caitanya-mangala it is stated
>|that Sri Gadadhara dasa and Narahari Sarakara were
>|extremely dear to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, but there is no
>|specific statement regarding the inhabitants of the village
>|of Srikhanda.
841|Ciranjiva and Sulocana were both residents of Srikhanda,
>|where their descendants are still living. Of Ciranjiva's
>|two sons, the elder, Ramacandra Kaviraja, was a disciple of
>|Srinivasa Acarya and an intimate associate of
>|Narottama dasa Thakura. The younger son was Govinda dasa
>|Kaviraja, the famous Vaisnava poet. Ciranjiva's wife was
>|Sunanda, and his father-in-law was Damodara Sena Kaviraja.
>|Ciranjiva previously lived on the bank of the Ganges River ,
>| in the village of Kumaranagara. The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika
>| (207 ) states that he was formerly Candrika in
>|Vrndavana.
842|Adi 10.80
843|TEXT 80
844|TEXT
845|kulinagrama-vasi satyaraja, ramananda
846|yadunatha, purusottama, sankara, vidyananda
847|SYNONYMS
848|kulina-grama-vasi-the inhabitants of Kulina-grama;
>|satyaraja-Satyaraja; ramananda-
>|Ramananda; yadunatha- Yadunatha; purusottama-
>|Purusottama; sankara- Sankara;
>|vidyananda- Vidyananda.
849|TRANSLATION
850|Satyaraja, Ramananda, Yadunatha, Purusottama, Sankara and
>|Vidyananda all belonged to the twentieth branch. They were
>|inhabitants of the village known as Kulina-grama.
851|Adi 10.81
852|TEXT 81
853|TEXT
854|vaninatha vasu adi yata grami jana
855|sabei caitanya-bhrtya,-caitanya-pranadhana
856|SYNONYMS
857|vaninatha vasu-Vaninatha Vasu; adi-heading the
>|list; yata-all; grami-of the village; jana-inhabitants;
>|sabei-all of them; caitanya-bhrtya-servants of Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; caitanya-prana-dhana-their life and
>|soul was Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
858|TRANSLATION
859|All the inhabitants of Kulina-grama village, headed by
>|Vaninatha Vasu, were servants of Lord Caitanya, who was
>|their only life and wealth.
860|Adi 10.82
861|TEXT 82
862|TEXT
863|prabhu kahe, kulinagramera ye haya kukkura
864|sei mora priya, anya jana rahu dura
865|SYNONYMS
866|prabhu-the Lord; kahe-says; kulina-gramera-of the village
>|of Kulina-grama; ye-anyone who; haya-becomes; kukkura-even
>|a dog; sei-he; mora-My; priya-dear; anya-others; jana-
>|persons; rahu-let them remain; dura-away.
867|TRANSLATION
868|The Lord said, "What to speak of others, even a dog in the
>|village of Kulina-grama is My dear friend.
869|Adi 10.83
870|TEXT 83
871|TEXT
872|kulinagramira bhagya kahane na yaya
873|sukara caraya doma, seha krsna gaya
874|SYNONYMS
875|kulina-gramira-the residents of Kulina-grama; bhagya-
>|fortune; kahane-to speak; na-not; yaya-is possible; sukara-
>|hogs; caraya-tending; doma-sweeper; seha-he also; krsna-
>|Lord Krsna; gaya-chants.
876|TRANSLATION
877|"No one can describe the fortunate position of Kulina-grama.
>| It is so sublime that even sweepers who tend their hogs
>|there also chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra."
878|Adi 10.84
879|TEXT 84
880|TEXT
881|anupama-vallabha, sri-rupa, sanatana
882|ei tina sakha vrksera pascime sarvottama
883|SYNONYMS
884|anupama-vallabha- Anupama , or
>|Vallabha; sri-rupa- Sri Rupa; sanatana-
>|Sanatana; ei-these; tina-three; sakha-branches;
>|vrksera-of the tree; pascime-on the western side;
>|sarvottama-very great.
885|TRANSLATION
886|On the western side were the forty-third, forty-fourth and
>|forty-fifth branches-Sri Sanatana, Sri Rupa and Anupama.
>|They were the best of all.
887|PURPORT
888|Sri Anupama was the father of Srila Jiva Gosvami and
>|younger brother of Sri Sanatana Gosvami and Sri Rupa
>|Gosvami. His former name was Vallabha, but after Lord
>|Caitanya met him He gave him the name Anupama. Because of
>|working in the Muslim government, these three brothers were
>|given the title Mullik. Our personal family is connected
>|with the Mulliks of Mahatma Gandhi Road in Calcutta, and we
>|often used to visit their Radha-Govinda temple. They belong
>|to the same family as we do. Our family gotra, or original
>|genealogical line, is the Gautama-gotra, or line of
>|disciples of Gautama Muni, and our surname is De. But due
>|to their accepting the posts of Zamindars in the Muslim
>|government, they received the title Mullik. Similarly, Rupa,
>| Sanatana and Vallabha were also given the title Mullik.
>|Mullik means "lord." Just as the English government gives
>|rich and respectable persons the title "lord," so the
>|Muslims give the title Mullik to rich, respectable families
>|that have intimate connections with the government. Thus
>|the title Mullik is found not only among the Muslims
>| but also among the Hindu aristocracy. This
>|title is not restricted to a particular family but is given
>|to different families and castes. The qualifications for
>|receiving it are wealth and respectability .
889|Sanatana Gosvami and Rupa Gosvami belonged to the
>|Bharadvaja-gotra, which indicates that they belonged either
>|to the family or disciplic succession of Bharadvaja Muni.
>|As members of the Krsna consciousness movement we belong to
>|the family, or disciplic succession, of Sarasvati Gosvami,
>|and thus we are known as Sarasvatas. Obeisances are
>|therefore offered to the spiritual master as sarasvata-deva,
>| or a member of the Sarasvata family (namas te sarasvate
>|deve), whose mission is to broadcast the cult of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu (gaura-vani-pracarine) and to fight
>|with impersonalists and voidists (nirvisesa-sunyavadi-
>|pascatya-desa-tarine). This was also the occupational duty
>|of Sanatana Gosvami, Rupa Gosvami and Anupama Gosvami.
890|The genealogical table of Sanatana Gosvami, Rupa Gosvami
>|and Vallabha Gosvami can be traced back to the twelfth
>|century Sakabda, when a gentleman of the name Sarvajna
>|appeared in a very rich and opulent brahmana family in the
>|province of Karnata. He had two sons, named Aniruddhera
>|Rupesvara and Harihara, who were both bereft of their
>|kingdoms and thus obliged to reside in the highlands. The
>|son of Rupesvara, who was named Padmanabha, moved to a
>|place in Bengal known as Naihati, on the bank of the Ganges.
>| There he had five sons, of whom the youngest, Mukunda, had
>|a well-behaved son named Kumaradeva, who was the father of
>|Rupa, Sanatana and Vallabha. Kumaradeva lived in Phateyabad,
>| an area bordering Baklacandradvipa in East Bengal (now
>|Bangladesh). The present-day village of Prembagh, which
>|lies near Ramshara in the Jessore district of Bangladesh ,
>| is said by many to be the site of
>|Kumaradeva's house. Of his many sons, three took to the
>|path of Vaisnavism. Later, Sri Vallabha and his elder
>|brothers Sri Rupa and Sanatana came from Candradvipa to the
>|village in the Maldah district of Bengal known as Ramakeli.
>|It is in this village that Srila Jiva Gosvami took birth,
>|accepting Vallabha as his father. Because of engaging in
>|the service of the Muslim government, the three brothers
>|received the title Mullik. When Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|visited the village of Ramakeli, He met Vallabha there.
>|Later, Sri Rupa Gosvami, after meeting Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, resigned from government service, and when he
>|went to Vrndavana to meet Lord Caitanya, Vallabha
>|accompanied him. The meeting of Rupa Gosvami and Vallabha
>|with Caitanya Mahaprabhu at Allahabad is described in the
>|Madhya-lila, Chapter Nineteen.
891|Actually, it is to be understood from the statement of
>|Sanatana Gosvami that Sri Rupa Gosvami and Vallabha went to
>|Vrndavana under the instructions of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
>| First they went to Mathura, where they met a gentleman
>|named Subuddhi Raya, who maintained himself by selling dry
>|fuel wood. He was very pleased to meet Sri Rupa Gosvami and
>|Anupama, and he showed them the twelve forests of Vrndavana.
>| Thus they lived in Vrndavana for one month and then again
>|went to search for Sanatana Gosvami. Following the course
>|of the Ganges, they reached Allahabad, or Prayaga-tirtha,
>|but because Sanatana Gosvami had come there by a different
>|road, they did not meet him there, and when Sanatana
>|Gosvami came to Mathura he was informed of the visit of
>|Rupa Gosvami and Anupama by Subuddhi Raya. When Rupa
>|Gosvami and Anupama met Caitanya Mahaprabhu at Benares,
>|they heard about Sanatana Gosvami's travels from Him, and
>|thus they returned to Bengal, adjusted their affairs with
>|the state and, on the order of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
>|went to see the Lord at Jagannatha Puri.
892|In the year 1436 Sakabda (A.D. 1514), the youngest brother,
>|Anupama, died and went back home, back to Godhead. He went
>|to the abode in the spiritual sky where Sri Ramacandra is
>|situated. At Jagannatha Puri, Sri Rupa Gosvami informed Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu of this incident. Vallabha was a great
>|devotee of Sri Ramacandra; therefore he could not seriously
>|consider the worship of Radha-Govinda according to the
>|instructions of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Yet he directly
>|accepted Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as an incarnation of the
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead Ramacandra. In the Bhakti-
>|ratnakara there is the following statement: "Vallabha was
>|given the name Anupama by Sri Gaurasundara, but he was
>|always absorbed in the devotional service of Lord
>|Ramacandra. He did not know anyone but Sri Ramacandra, but
>|he knew that Caitanya Gosani was the same Lord Ramacandra."
893|In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (180) Sri Rupa Gosvami is
>|described to be the gopi named Sri Rupa-manjari. In the
>|Bhakti-ratnakara there is a list of the books Sri Rupa
>|Gosvami compiled. Of all his books, the following sixteen
>|are very popular among Vaisnavas: (1) Hamsaduta, (2)
>|Uddhava-sandesa, (3) Krsna-janma-tithi-vidhi, (4 and 5)
>|Radha-krsna-ganoddesa-dipika, Brhat (major) and Laghu (
>|minor), (6) Stavamala, (7) Vidagdha-madhava, (8) Lalita-
>|madhava, (9) Dana-keli-kaumudi, (10) Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
>|(this is the most celebrated book by Sri Rupa Gosvami), (11)
>| Ujjvala-nilamani, (12) Akhyata-candrika, (13) Mathura-
>|mahima, (14) Padyavali, (15) Nataka-candrika and (16) Laghu-
>|bhagavatamrta. Sri Rupa Gosvami gave up all family
>|connections, joined the renounced order of life and divided
>|his money, giving fifty percent to the brahmanas and
>|Vaisnavas and twenty-five percent to his kutumba (family
>|members), and keeping twenty-five percent for personal
>|emergencies. He met Haridasa Thakura in Jagannatha Puri,
>|where he also met Lord Caitanya and His other associates.
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to praise the handwriting of
>|Rupa Gosvami. Srila Rupa Gosvami could compose verses
>|according to the desires of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and by
>|His direction he wrote two books named Lalita-madhava and
>|Vidagdha-madhava. Lord Caitanya desired the two brothers,
>|Sanatana Gosvami and Rupa Gosvami, to publish many books in
>|support of the Vaisnava religion. When Sanatana Gosvami met
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Lord advised him also to go to
>|Vrndavana.
894|Sri Sanatana Gosvami is described in the Gaura-ganoddesa-
>|dipika (181). He was formerly known as Rati-manjari or
>|sometimes Lavanga-manjari. In the Bhakti-ratnakara it is
>|stated that his spiritual master, Vidya-vacaspati,
>| sometimes stayed in the village of Ramakeli, and Sanatana
>|Gosvami studied all the Vedic literatures from him. He was
>|so devoted to his spiritual master that this cannot be
>|described. According to the Vedic system, if someone sees a
>|Muslim he must perform rituals to atone for the meeting.
>|Sanatana Gosvami always associated with Muslim kings. Not
>|giving much attention to the Vedic injunctions, he used to
>|visit the houses of Muslim kings, and thus he considered
>|himself to have been converted into a Muslim. He was
>|therefore always very humble and meek. When Sanatana
>|Gosvami presented himself before Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
>|he said, "I am always in association with lower-class
>|people, and my behavior is therefore very abominable." He
>|actually belonged to a respectable brahmana family, but
>|because he considered his behavior to be abominable, he did
>|not try to place himself among the brahmanas but always
>|remained among people of the lower castes. He wrote the
>|Hari-bhakti-vilasa and Vaisnava-tosani, which is a
>|commentary on the Tenth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam. In the
>|year 1476 Sakabda (A.D. 1554) he completed the Brhad-
>|vaisnava-tosani commentary on Srimad-Bhagavatam. In the
>|year 1504 Sakabda (A.D. 1582) Srila Jiva Gosvami published
>| an edited version of the Brhad-vaisnava-tosani named
>|Laghu-tosani.
895|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught His principles through four
>|chief followers. Among them, Ramananda Raya is exceptional,
>|for through him the Lord taught how a devotee can
>|completely vanquish the power of Cupid. By Cupid's power,
>|as soon as one sees a beautiful woman he is conquered by
>|her beauty. Sri Ramananda Raya, however, vanquished Cupid's
>|pride. Indeed, while rehearsing the Jagannatha-vallabha-
>|nataka he personally directed extremely beautiful young
>|girls in dancing, but he was never affected by their
>|youthful beauty. Sri Ramananda Raya personally bathed these
>|girls, touching them and washing them with his own hands,
>|yet he remained calm and passionless, as a great devotee
>|should be. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu certified that this was
>|possible only for Ramananda Raya. Similarly, Damodara
>|Pandita was notable for his objectivity as a critic. He did
>|not even spare Caitanya Mahaprabhu from his criticism. This
>|also cannot be imitated by anyone else. Haridasa Thakura is
>|exceptional for his forbearance because although he was
>|beaten with canes in twenty-two marketplaces,
>|he was nevertheless tolerant. Similarly, Sri Sanatana
>|Gosvami, although he belonged to a most respectable
>|brahmana family, was exceptional for his humility and
>|meekness.
896|In the Madhya-lila, Chapter Nineteen, the device adopted by
>|Sanatana Gosvami to get free from government service is
>|described. He served a notice of sickness to the Nawab, the
>|Muslim governor, but actually he was studying Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam with brahmanas at home. The Nawab received
>|information of this through a royal physician, and he
>|immediately went to see Sanatana Gosvami to discover his
>|intentions. The Nawab requested Sanatana to accompany him
>|on an expedition to Orissa, but when Sanatana Gosvami
>|refused, the Nawab ordered that he be imprisoned. When Rupa
>|Gosvami left home, he wrote a note for Sanatana Gosvami
>|informing him of some money that he had entrusted to a
>|local grocer. Sanatana Gosvami took advantage of this money
>|to bribe the jail keeper and get free from detention. Then
>|he left for Benares to meet Caitanya Mahaprabhu, bringing
>|with him only one servant, whose name was Isana. On the way
>|they stopped at a sarai, or hotel, and when the hotel
>|keeper found out that Isana had some gold coins with him,
>|he planned to kill both Sanatana Gosvami and Isana to take
>|away the coins. Later Sanatana Gosvami saw that although
>|the hotel keeper did not know them, he was being especially
>|attentive to their comfort. Therefore he concluded that
>|Isana was secretly carrying some money and that the hotel
>|keeper was aware of this and therefore planned to kill them
>|for it. Upon being questioned by Sanatana Gosvami, Isana
>|admitted that he indeed had money with him, and immediately
>|Sanatana Gosvami took the money and gave it to the hotel
>|keeper, requesting him to help them get through the jungle.
>|Thus with the help of the hotel keeper, who was also the
>|chief of the thieves of that territory, Sanatana Gosvami
>|crossed over the Hazipur mountains, which are presently
>|known as the Hazaribags. He then met his brother-in-law
>|Srikanta, who requested that he stay with him. Sanatana
>|Gosvami refused, but before they parted Srikanta gave him a
>|valuable blanket.
897|Somehow or other Sanatana Gosvami reached Varanasi and met
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu at the house of Candrasekhara. By
>|the order of the Lord, Sanatana Gosvami was cleanly shaved
>|and his dress changed to that of a mendicant, or babaji. He
>|put on old garments of Tapana Misra's and took prasadam at
>|the house of a Maharashtrian brahmana. Then, in discourses
>|with Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Lord Himself explained
>|everything about devotional service to Sanatana Gosvami. He
>|advised Sanatana Gosvami to write books on devotional
>|service, including a book of directions for Vaisnava
>|activities, and to excavate the lost places of pilgrimage
>|in Vrndavana. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave him His
>|blessings to do all this work and also explained to
>|Sanatana Gosvami the import of the atmarama verse from
>|sixty-one different angles of vision.
898|Sanatana Gosvami went to Vrndavana by the main road, and
>|when he reached Mathura he met Subuddhi Raya. Then he
>|returned to Jagannatha Puri through Jharikhanda (Jharkhanda)
>|, the Madhya Pradesh jungle. At Jagannatha Puri he decided
>|to give up his body by falling down beneath a wheel of the
>|Jagannatha ratha, but Caitanya Mahaprabhu saved him. Then
>|Sanatana Gosvami met Haridasa Thakura and heard about the
>|disappearance of Anupama. Sanatana Gosvami later described
>|the glories of Haridasa Thakura. Sanatana observed the
>|etiquette of Jagannatha's temple by going along the beach
>|to visit Lord Caitanya, although it was extremely hot due
>|to the sun. He requested Jagadananda Pandita to give him
>|permission to return to Vrndavana. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|praised the character of Sanatana Gosvami, and He embraced
>|Sanatana, accepting his body as spiritual. Sanatana Gosvami
>|was ordered by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to live at
>|Jagannatha Puri for one year. When he returned to Vrndavana
>|after that time, he again met Rupa Gosvami, and both
>|brothers remained in Vrndavana to execute the orders of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
899|The place where Sri Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami
>|formerly lived has now become a place of pilgrimage. It is
>|generally known as Gupta Vrndavana, or hidden Vrndavana,
>|and is situated about eight miles south of English Bazaar.
>|There the following places are still visited: (1) the
>|temple of the Sri Madana-mohana Deity, (2) the Keli-kadamba
>|tree , under which Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu met Sanatana
>|Gosvami at night and (3) Rupasagara, a large pond excavated
>|by Sri Rupa Gosvami. A society named Ramakeli-samskara-
>|samiti was established in 1924 to repair the temple and
>|renovate the pond.
900|Adi 10.85
901|TEXT 85
902|TEXT
903|tanra madhye rupa-sanatana-bada sakha
904|anupama, jiva, rajendradi upasakha
905|SYNONYMS
906|tanra-within that; madhye-in the midst of; rupa-sanatana-
>|the branch known as Rupa-Sanatana; bada sakha-the big
>|branch; anupama-Anupama; jiva- Jiva;
>| rajendra-adi-and Rajendra and others; upasakha-their
>|subbranches.
907|TRANSLATION
908|Among these branches, Rupa and Sanatana were principal.
>|Anupama, Jiva Gosvami and others, headed by Rajendra, were
>|their subbranches.
909|PURPORT
910|In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (195 ) it is said that
>|Srila Jiva Gosvami was formerly Vilasa-manjari gopi. From
>|his very childhood Jiva Gosvami was greatly fond of Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam. He later came to Navadvipa to study Sanskrit,
>|and, following in the footsteps of Sri Nityananda Prabhu,
>|he circumambulated the entire Navadvipa-dhama. After
>|visiting Navadvipa-dhama he went to Benares to study
>|Sanskrit under Madhusudana Vacaspati, and after finishing
>|his studies in Benares he went to Vrndavana and took
>|shelter of his uncles, Sri Rupa and Sanatana. This is
>|described in the Bhakti-ratnakara. As far as our
>|information goes, Srila Jiva Gosvami composed and edited at
>|least twenty-five books. They are all very much celebrated,
>|and they are listed as follows: (1) Hari-namamrta-vyakarana,
>| (2) Sutra-malika, (3) Dhatu-sangraha, (4) Krsnarca-dipika,
>|(5) Gopala-virudavali, (6) Rasamrta-sesa, (7) Sri Madhava-
>|mahotsava, (8) Sri Sankalpa-kalpavrksa, (9) Bhavartha-
>|sucaka-campu, (10) Gopala-tapani-tika, (11) a commentary on
>|the Brahma-samhita, (12) a commentary on the Bhakti-
>|rasamrta-sindhu, (13) a commentary on the Ujjvala-nilamani,
>|(14) a commentary on the Yogasara-stava, (15) a commentary
>|on the Gayatri-mantra, as described in the Agni Purana, (16)
>| a description of the Lord's lotus feet derived from the
>|Padma Purana, (17) a description of the lotus feet of
>|Srimati Radharani, (18) Gopala-campu (in two parts) and (19
>|–25) seven sandarbhas: the Krama-, Tattva-, Bhagavat-,
>|Paramatma-, Krsna-, Bhakti- and Priti-sandarbha. After the
>|disappearance of Srila Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami in
>|Vrndavana, Srila Jiva Gosvami became the acarya of all the
>|Vaisnavas in Bengal, Orissa and the rest of the world, and
>|it is he who used to guide them in their devotional service.
>| In Vrndavana he established the Radha-Damodara temple,
>|where , after retirement, we had the opportunity to live
>|from 1962 until 1965 , when we decided
>|to come to the United States of America. When Jiva Gosvami
>|was still present, Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami
>|compiled his famous Caitanya-caritamrta. Later, Srila Jiva
>|Gosvami inspired Srinivasa Acarya, Narottama dasa Thakura
>|and Duhkhi Krsnadasa to preach Krsna consciousness in
>|Bengal. Jiva Gosvami was informed that all the manuscripts
>|that had been collected from Vrndavana and sent to Bengal
>|for preaching purposes were plundered near Visnupura, in
>|Bengal, but later he received the information that the
>|books had been recovered. Sri Jiva Gosvami awarded the
>|designation Kaviraja to Ramacandra Sena, a disciple of
>|Srinivasa Acarya's, and to Ramacandra's younger brother
>|Govinda. While Jiva Gosvami was alive, Srimati Jahnava-devi,
>| the pleasure potency of Sri Nityananda Prabhu, went to
>|Vrndavana with a few devotees. Jiva Gosvami was very kind
>|to the Gaudiya Vaisnavas, the Vaisnavas from Bengal.
>|Whoever went to Vrndavana he provided with a residence and
>|prasadam. His disciple Krsnadasa Adhikari listed all the
>|books of the Gosvamis in his diary.
911|The sahajiyas level three accusations against Srila Jiva
>|Gosvami. This is certainly not congenial for the execution
>|of devotional service. The first accusation concerns a
>|materialist who was very proud of his reputation as a great
>|Sanskrit scholar and approached Sri Rupa and Sanatana to
>|argue with them about the revealed scriptures. Srila Rupa
>|Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami, not wanting to waste their
>|time, gave him a written statement that he had defeated
>|them in a debate on the revealed scriptures. Taking this
>|paper, the scholar approached Jiva Gosvami for a similar
>|certificate of defeat, but Jiva Gosvami did not agree to
>|give him one. On the contrary, he argued with him regarding
>|the scriptures and defeated him. Certainly it was right for
>|Jiva Gosvami to stop such a dishonest scholar from
>|advertising that he had defeated Srila Rupa Gosvami and
>|Sanatana Gosvami, but due to their illiteracy the sahajiya
>|class refer to this incident to accuse Srila Jiva Gosvami
>|of deviating from the principle of humility. They do not
>|know, however, that humility and meekness are appropriate
>|when one's own honor is insulted but not when Lord Visnu or
>|the acaryas are blasphemed. In such cases one should not be
>|humble and meek but must act. One should follow the example
>|given by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Lord Caitanya says in His
>|Siksastaka (3):
912|trnad api su-nicena taror iva sahisnuna
913|amanina mana-dena kirtaniyah sada harih
914| [Cc. Adi 17.31]
915|"One can chant the holy name of the Lord in a
>|humble state of mind, thinking himself lower than the straw
>|in the street. One should be more tolerant than a tree,
>|devoid of all sense of false prestige, and should be ready
>|to offer all respect to others. In such a state of mind one
>|can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly."
>|Nevertheless, when the Lord was informed that Nityananda
>|Prabhu was injured by Jagai and Madhai, He immediately went
>|to the spot, angry like fire, wanting to kill them. Thus
>|Lord Caitanya has explained His verse by the example of His
>|own behavior. One should tolerate insults against oneself,
>|but when there is blasphemy committed against superiors
>|such as other Vaisnavas, one should be neither humble nor
>|meek: one must take proper steps to counteract such
>|blasphemy. This is the duty of a servant of a guru and
>|Vaisnavas. Anyone who understands the principle of eternal
>|servitude to the guru and Vaisnavas will appreciate the
>|action of Sri Jiva Gosvami in connection with the so-called
>|scholar's victory over his gurus, Srila Rupa and Srila
>|Sanatana Gosvami.
916|Another story fabricated to
>|defame Srila Jiva Gosvami states that when Srila
>|Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami showed him the newly -
>|completed
>| manuscript of Sri Caitanya -caritamrta, Jiva
>| Gosvami thought it would hamper his
>|reputation as a big scholar and
>|therefore threw it into a well. Srila
>| Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami was
>|greatly shocked, according
>|to this story, and he died
>|immediately. Fortunately a
>|copy of the manuscript of Sri
>| Caitanya -
>|caritamrta had been kept by a
>|person named Mukunda, and
>| therefore later it was possible to publish
>|the book. This story is another ignominious example
>|of blasphemy against a guru and Vaisnava. Such
>|
>|
>|
>| a story should never be accepted as
>|authoritative.
917|According to another accusation, Srila
>|Jiva Gosvami did not approve of the principles
>|of the parakiya -rasa of Vraja-dhama and
>|therefore supported svakiya-rasa, showing that
>|Radha and Krsna are eternally married. Actually, when
>|Jiva Gosvami was alive, some of his followers disliked
>|the parakiya-rasa of the gopis. Therefore Srila Jiva
>|Gosvami, for their spiritual benefit, supported svakiya-
>|rasa, for he could understand that sahajiyas would
>|otherwise exploit the parakiya-rasa, as they are
>|actually doing at the present time . Unfortunately
>|, in Vrndavana and Navadvipa it has become
>|fashionable among sahajiyas, in their debauchery ,
>|to find an unmarried sexual partner
>|to live with to execute so- called
>|devotional service in parakiya-rasa. Foreseeing this,
>|Srila Jiva Gosvami supported svakiya -rasa, and
>|later all the Vaisnava acaryas also approved of it . Srila
>|Jiva Gosvami was never opposed to the
>|transcendental parakiya -rasa, nor has any other
>|Vaisnava disapproved of it. Srila Jiva
>|Gosvami strictly followed his predecessor gurus and
>|Vaisnavas , Srila Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami ,
>|and Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami accepted him as
>|one of his instructor gurus.
918|Adi 10.86
919|TEXT 86
920|TEXT
921|malira icchaya sakha bahuta badila
922|badiya pascima desa saba acchadila
923|SYNONYMS
924|malira icchaya-on the desire of the gardener; sakha-
>|branches; bahuta-many; badila-expanded; badiya-so expanding;
>| pascima-western; desa-countries; saba-all; acchadila-
>|covered.
925|TRANSLATION
926|By the will of the supreme gardener, the branches of Srila
>|Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami grew many times over,
>|expanding throughout the western countries and covering the
>|entire region.
927|Adi 10.87
928|TEXT 87
929|TEXT
930|a-sindhunadi-tira ara himalaya
931|vrndavana-mathuradi yata tirtha haya
932|SYNONYMS
933|a-sindhu-nadi-to the border of the river Sindhu; tira-
>|border; ara-and; himalaya-the Himalayan Mountains;
>|vrndavana-Vrndavana; mathura-
>|Mathura; adi-heading the list; yata-all; tirtha-places of
>|pilgrimage; haya-there are.
934|TRANSLATION
935|Extending to the borders of the river Sindhu and the
>|Himalayan Mountain valleys, these two branches expanded
>|throughout India, including all the places of pilgrimage,
>|such as Vrndavana, Mathura and Haridvara.
936|Adi 10.88
937|TEXT 88
938|TEXT
939|dui sakhara prema-phale sakala bhasila
940|prema-phalasvade loka unmatta ha-ila
941|SYNONYMS
942|dui sakhara-of the two branches; prema-phale-by the fruit
>|of love of Godhead; sakala-all; bhasila-became overflooded;
>|prema-phala-the fruit of love of Godhead; asvade-by tasting;
>| loka-all people; unmatta-maddened; ha-ila-became.
943|TRANSLATION
944|The fruits of love of Godhead which fructified on these two
>|branches were distributed in abundance. Tasting these
>|fruits, everyone became mad after them.
945|Adi 10.89
946|TEXT 89
947|TEXT
948|pascimera loka saba mudha anacara
949|tahan pracarila donhe bhakti-sadacara
950|SYNONYMS
951|pascimera-on the western side; loka-people in general; saba-
>|all; mudha-less intelligent; anacara-not well behaved;
>|tahan-there; pracarila-preached; donhe-Srila Rupa Gosvami
>|and Sanatana Gosvami; bhakti-devotional service; sad-acara-
>|good behavior.
952|TRANSLATION
953|The people in general on the western side of India were
>|neither intelligent nor well behaved, but by the influence
>|of Srila Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami they were
>|trained in devotional service and good behavior.
954|PURPORT
955|Although it is not only in western India that people were
>|contaminated by association with Muslims, it is a fact that
>|the farther west one goes in India the more he will find
>|the people to be fallen from the Vedic culture. until
>|five thousand years ago, when the entire planet was under
>|the control of Maharaja Pariksit, the Vedic culture was
>|current everywhere. Gradually, however, people were
>|influenced by non-Vedic culture, and they lost sight of how
>|to behave in connection with devotional service. Srila Rupa
>|Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami very kindly preached the
>|bhakti cult in western India, and following in their
>|footsteps the propagators of the Caitanya cult in the
>|Western countries are spreading the sankirtana movement and
>|inculcating the principles of Vaisnava behavior, thus
>|purifying and reforming many persons who were previously
>|accustomed to the culture of mlecchas and yavanas. All of
>|our devotees in the Western countries give up their old
>|habits of illicit sex, intoxication, meat-eating and
>|gambling. Of course, five hundred years ago these practices
>|were unknown in India-at least in eastern India-but
>|unfortunately at present all of India has been victimized
>|by these non-Vedic principles, which are sometimes even
>|supported by the government.
956|Adi 10.90
957|TEXT 90
958|TEXT
959|sastra-drstye kaila lupta-tirthera uddhara
960|vrndavane kaila srimurti-sevara pracara
961|SYNONYMS
962|sastra-drstye-according to the directions of revealed
>|scriptures; kaila-did; lupta-forgotten; tirthera-places of
>|pilgrimage; uddhara-excavation; vrndavane-in Vrndavana;
>|kaila-did; sri-murti-Deity; sevara-of worship; pracara-
>|propagation.
963|TRANSLATION
964|In accordance with the directions of the revealed
>|scriptures, both Gosvamis excavated the lost places of
>|pilgrimage and inaugurated the worship of Deities in
>|Vrndavana.
965|PURPORT
966|The spot where we now find Sri Radha-kunda was an
>|agricultural field during the time of Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
>|A small reservoir of water was there, and Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu bathed in that water and pointed out that
>|originally Radha-kunda existed in that location. Following
>|His directions, Srila Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami
>|renovated Radha-kunda. This is one of the brilliant
>|examples of how the Gosvamis excavated lost places of
>|pilgrimage. Similarly, it is through the endeavor of the
>|Gosvamis that all the important temples in Vrndavana were
>|established. Originally there were seven important Gaudiya
>|Vaisnava temples established in Vrndavana, namely the
>|Madana-mohana temple, Govinda temple, Gopinatha temple, Sri
>|Radharamana temple, Radha-Syamasundara temple, Radha-
>|Damodara temple and Gokulananda temple.
967|Adi 10.91
968|TEXT 91
969|TEXT
970|mahaprabhura priya bhrtya-raghunatha-dasa
971|sarva tyaji' kaila prabhura pada-tale vasa
972|SYNONYMS
973|mahaprabhura-of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; priya-very dear;
>|bhrtya-servant; raghunatha-dasa-Raghunatha dasa Gosvami;
>|sarva tyaji'-renouncing everything; kaila-did; prabhura-of
>|the Lord; pada-tale-under the shelter of the lotus feet;
>|vasa-habitation.
974|TRANSLATION
975|Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, the forty-sixth branch of
>|the tree, was one of the most dear servants of Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He left all his material possessions
>|to surrender completely unto the Lord and live at His lotus
>|feet.
976|PURPORT
977|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura writes in his
>|Anubhasya, "Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami was most probably
>|born in the year 1416 Sakabda (A.D. 1494) in a kayastha
>|family as the son of Govardhana Majumadara, who was the
>|younger brother of the then zamindar, Hiranya Majumadara.
>|The village where he took birth is known as Sri -krsnapura.
>|On the railway line between Calcutta and Burdwan is a
>|station named Trisabagha [now known as Adi-saptagrama],
>|and about one and a half miles away is the village of Sri -
>|krsnapura, where the parental home of Sri Raghunatha dasa
>|Gosvami was situated. A temple of Sri Sri Radha-Govinda is
>|still there. In front of the temple is a large open area
>|but no large hall for devotees to assemble. A rich
>|Calcutta gentleman named Haricarana Ghosa, who resided in
>|the Simla quarter, recently repaired the temple. The entire
>|temple compound is surrounded by walls, and in a small room
>|just to the side of the temple is a small platform on which
>|Raghunatha dasa Gosvami used to worship the Deity. By the
>|side of the temple is the dying river Sarasvati. "
978|The forefathers of Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami were all
>|Vaisnavas and were very rich men. His spiritual master at
>|home was Yadunandana Acarya. Although Raghunatha dasa was a
>|family man, he had no attachment for his estate and wife.
>|Seeing his tendency to leave home, his father and uncle
>|engaged special bodyguards to watch over him, but
>|nevertheless he managed to escape their vigilance and went
>|away to Jagannatha Puri to meet Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
>|This incident took place in the year 1439 Sakabda (A.D.
>|1517). Raghunatha dasa Gosvami compiled three books, named
>|Stava-mala (or Stavavali), Dana-carita and Mukta-
>|carita. He lived a long time , residing for most of his
>|life at Radha-kunda. The place where Raghunatha
>|dasa Gosvami performed his devotional service still exists
>|by Radha-kunda. He almost completely gave up eating, and
>|therefore he was very skinny and of weak health. His only
>|concern was to chant the holy name of the Lord. He
>|gradually reduced his sleeping until he was almost not
>|sleeping at all. It is said that his eyes were always full
>|of tears. When Srinivasa Acarya went to see Raghunatha dasa
>|Gosvami, the Gosvami blessed him by embracing him.
>|Srinivasa Acarya requested his blessings for preaching in
>|Bengal, and Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami granted them. In
>|the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (186) it is stated that Srila
>|Raghunatha dasa Gosvami was formerly the gopi named Rasa-
>|manjari. Sometimes it is said that he was Rati-manjari.
979|Adi 10.92
980|TEXT 92
981|TEXT
982|prabhu samarpila tanre svarupera hate
983|prabhura gupta-seva kaila svarupera sathe
984|SYNONYMS
985|prabhu-Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; samarpila-handed over;
>|tanre-him; svarupera-Svarupa Damodara; hate-to the hand;
>|prabhura-of the Lord; gupta-seva-confidential service;
>|kaila-did; svarupera-Svarupa Damodara; sathe-with.
986|TRANSLATION
987|When Raghunatha dasa Gosvami approached Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu at Jagannatha Puri, the Lord entrusted him to
>|the care of Svarupa Damodara, His secretary. Thus they both
>|engaged in the confidential service of the Lord.
988|PURPORT
989|This confidential service was the personal care of the Lord.
>| Svarupa Damodara, acting as His secretary, attended to the
>|Lord's baths, meals, rest and massages, and Raghunatha dasa
>|Gosvami assisted him. In effect, Raghunatha dasa Gosvami
>|acted as the assistant secretary of the Lord.
990|Adi 10.93
991|TEXT 93
992|TEXT
993|sodasa vatsara kaila antaranga-sevana
994|svarupera antardhane aila vrndavana
995|SYNONYMS
996|sodasa-sixteen; vatsara-years; kaila-did; antaranga-
>|confidential; sevana-service; svarupera-of Svarupa Damodara;
>| antardhane-disappearance; aila-came; vrndavana-to
>|Vrndavana.
997|TRANSLATION
998|He rendered confidential service to the Lord for sixteen
>|years at Jagannatha Puri, and after the disappearance of
>|both the Lord and Svarupa Damodara, he left Jagannatha Puri
>|and went to Vrndavana.
999|Adi 10.94
1000|TEXT 94
1001|TEXT
1002|vrndavane dui bhaira carana dekhiya
1003|govardhane tyajiba deha bhrgupata kariya
1004|SYNONYMS
1005|vrndavane-at Vrndavana; dui bhaira-the two brothers (Rupa
>|and Sanatana); carana-feet; dekhiya-after seeing;
>|govardhane-on the hill of Govardhana; tyajiba-will give up;
>|deha-this body; bhrgupata-falling down; kariya-doing so.
1006|TRANSLATION
1007|Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami intended to go to Vrndavana
>|to see the lotus feet of Rupa and Sanatana and then give up
>|his life by jumping from Govardhana Hill.
1008|PURPORT
1009|Jumping from the top of Govardhana Hill is a system of
>|suicide especially performed by saintly persons. After the
>|disappearance of Lord Caitanya and Svarupa Damodara,
>|Raghunatha dasa Gosvami keenly felt separation from these
>|two exalted personalities and therefore decided to give up
>|his life by jumping from Govardhana Hill in Vrndavana.
>|Before doing so, however, he wanted to see the lotus feet
>|of Srila Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami.
1010|Adi 10.95
1011|TEXT 95
1012|TEXT
1013|ei ta' niscaya kari' aila vrndavane
1014|asi' rupa-sanatanera vandila carane
1015|SYNONYMS
1016|ei ta'-thus; niscaya kari'-having decided; aila-came;
>|vrndavane-to Vrndavana; asi'-coming there; rupa-sanatanera-
>|of Srila Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami; vandila-offered
>|respects; carane-at the lotus feet.
1017|TRANSLATION
1018|Thus Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami came to Vrndavana,
>|visited Srila Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami and offered
>|them his obeisances.
1019|Adi 10.96
1020|TEXT 96
1021|TEXT
1022|tabe dui bhai tanre marite na dila
1023|nija trtiya bhai kari' nikate rakhila
1024|SYNONYMS
1025|tabe-at that time; dui bhai-the two brothers (Srila Rupa
>|and Sanatana); tanre-him; marite-to die; na dila-did not
>|allow; nija-own; trtiya-third; bhai-brother; kari'-
>|accepting; nikate-near; rakhila-kept him.
1026|TRANSLATION
1027|These two brothers, however, did not allow him to die. They
>|accepted him as their third brother and kept him in their
>|company.
1028|Adi 10.97
1029|TEXT 97
1030|TEXT
1031|mahaprabhura lila yata bahira-antara
1032|dui bhai tanra mukhe sune nirantara
1033|SYNONYMS
1034|mahaprabhura-of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; lila-pastimes;
>| yata-all; bahira-external; antara-internal; dui bhai-the
>|two brothers; tanra-his; mukhe-in the mouth; sune-hear;
>|nirantara-always.
1035|TRANSLATION
1036|Because Raghunatha dasa Gosvami was an assistant to Svarupa
>|Damodara, he knew much about the external and internal
>|features of the pastimes of Lord Caitanya. Thus the two
>|brothers Rupa and Sanatana always used to hear of this from
>|him.
1037|Adi 10.98
1038|TEXT 98
1039|TEXT
1040|anna-jala tyaga kaila anya-kathana
1041|pala dui-tina matha karena bhaksana
1042|SYNONYMS
1043|anna-jala-food and drink; tyaga-renunciation; kaila-did;
>|anya-kathana-talking of other things; pala dui-tina-a few
>|drops of; matha-sour milk; karena-does; bhaksana-eat.
1044|TRANSLATION
1045|Raghunatha dasa Gosvami gradually gave up all food and
>|drink but a few drops of buttermilk.
1046|Adi 10.99
1047|TEXT 99
1048|TEXT
1049|sahasra dandavat kare, laya laksa nama
1050|dui sahasra vaisnavere nitya paranama
1051|SYNONYMS
1052|sahasra-thousand; dandavat-obeisances; kare-does; laya-
>|takes; laksa-one hundred thousand; nama-holy names; dui-two;
>| sahasra-thousand; vaisnavere-unto the devotees; nitya-
>|daily; paranama-obeisances.
1053|TRANSLATION
1054|As a daily duty, he regularly offered one thousand
>|obeisances to the Lord, chanted at least one hundred
>|thousand holy names and offered obeisances to two thousand
>|Vaisnavas.
1055|Adi 10.100
1056|TEXT 100
1057|TEXT
1058|ratri-dine radha-krsnera manasa sevana
1059|prahareka mahaprabhura caritra-kathana
1060|SYNONYMS
1061|ratri-dine-day and night; radha-krsnera-of Radha and Krsna;
>|manasa-within the mind; sevana-service; prahareka-about
>|three hours; mahaprabhura-of Lord Caitanya; caritra-
>|character; kathana-discussing.
1062|TRANSLATION
1063|Day and night he rendered service within his mind to Radha-
>|Krsna, and for three hours a day he discoursed about the
>|character of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
1064|PURPORT
1065|We have many things to learn about bhajana, or worship of
>|the Lord, by following in the footsteps of Raghunatha dasa
>|Gosvami. All the Gosvamis engaged in such transcendental
>|activities, as described by Srinivasa Acarya in his poem
>|about them (krsnotkirtana-gana-nartana-parau premamrtambho-
>|nidhi). Following in the footsteps of Raghunatha dasa
>|Gosvami, Srila Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami, one has
>|to execute devotional service very strictly, specifically
>|by chanting the holy name of the Lord.
1066|Adi 10.101
1067|TEXT 101
1068|TEXT
1069|tina sandhya radha-kunde apatita snana
1070|vraja-vasi vaisnave kare alingana mana
1071|SYNONYMS
1072|tina sandhya-three times, namely morning, evening and noon;
>|radha-kunde-in the lake of Radha-kunda; apatita-without
>|failure; snana-taking bath; vraja-vasi-inhabitants of
>|Vrajabhumi; vaisnave-all devotees; kare-does; alingana-
>|embracing; mana-and offering respect.
1073|TRANSLATION
1074|Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami took three baths daily in the
>|Radha-kunda lake. As soon as he found a Vaisnava residing
>|in Vrndavana, he would embrace him and give him all respect.
1075|Adi 10.102
1076|TEXT 102
1077|TEXT
1078|sardha sapta-prahara kare bhaktira sadhane
1079|cari danda nidra, seha nahe kona-dine
1080|SYNONYMS
1081|sardha-one and a half hours; sapta-prahara-seven praharas (
>|twenty-one hours); kare-does; bhaktira-of devotional
>|service; sadhane-in execution; cari danda-about two hours;
>|nidra-sleeping; seha-that also; nahe-not; kona-dine-some
>|days.
1082|TRANSLATION
1083|He engaged himself in devotional service for more than
>|twenty-two and a half hours a day, and for less than two
>|hours he slept, although on some days that also was not
>|possible.
1084|Adi 10.103
1085|TEXT 103
1086|TEXT
1087|tanhara sadhana-riti sunite camatkara
1088|sei rupa-raghunatha prabhu ye amara
1089|SYNONYMS
1090|tanhara-his; sadhana-riti-process of devotional service;
>|sunite-to hear; camatkara-wonderful; sei-that; rupa-Sri
>|Rupa Gosvami; raghunatha-Raghunatha dasa Gosvami; prabhu-
>|lord; ye-that; amara-my.
1091|TRANSLATION
1092|I am struck with wonder when I hear about the devotional
>|service he executed. I accept Srila Rupa Gosvami and
>|Raghunatha dasa Gosvami as my guides.
1093|PURPORT
1094|Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami accepted Raghunatha dasa
>|Gosvami as his special guide. Therefore at the end of every
>|chapter he says, sri-rupa-raghunatha-pade yara asa caitanya-
>|caritamrta kahe krsnadasa. Sometimes it is misunderstood
>|that by using the word raghunatha he wanted to offer his
>|respectful obeisances to Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, for it
>|is sometimes stated that Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami was his
>|initiating spiritual master. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta
>|Sarasvati Gosvami does not approve of this statement; he
>|does not accept Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami as the spiritual
>|master of Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami.
1095|Adi 10.104
1096|TEXT 104
1097|TEXT
1098|inha-sabara yaiche haila prabhura milana
1099|age vistariya taha kariba varnana
1100|SYNONYMS
1101|inha-of them; sabara-all; yaiche-as; haila-became; prabhura-
>|of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; milana-meeting; age-later on;
>|vistariya-expanding; taha-that; kariba-I shall do; varnana-
>|description.
1102|TRANSLATION
1103|I shall later explain very elaborately how all these
>|devotees met Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
1104|Adi 10.105
1105|TEXT 105
1106|TEXT
1107|sri-gopala bhatta eka sakha sarvottama
1108|rupa-sanatana-sange yanra prema-alapana
1109|SYNONYMS
1110|sri-gopala bhatta-Sri Gopala Bhatta; eka-one;
>|sakha-branch; sarva-uttama-very exalted; rupa-
>|Rupa; sanatana- Sanatana; sange-company; yanra-
>|whose; prema-love of Godhead; alapana-discussion.
1111|TRANSLATION
1112|Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, the forty-seventh branch, was
>|one of the great and exalted branches of the tree. He
>|always engaged in discourses about love of Godhead in the
>|company of Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami.
1113|PURPORT
1114|Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami was the son of Venkata Bhatta, a
>|resident of Sri Rangam. Gopala Bhatta formerly
>|belonged to the disciplic succession of the Ramanuja-
>|sampradaya but later became part of the Gaudiya-sampradaya.
>|In the year 1433 Sakabda (A.D. 1511), when Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu was touring South India, He stayed for four
>|months during the period of Caturmasya at the house of
>|Venkata Bhatta, who then got the opportunity to serve the
>|Lord to his heart's content. Gopala Bhatta also got the
>|opportunity to serve the Lord at this time. Sri Gopala
>|Bhatta Gosvami was later initiated by his uncle, the great
>|sannyasi Prabodhananda Sarasvati. Both the father and the
>|mother of Gopala Bhatta Gosvami were extremely fortunate,
>|for they dedicated their entire lives to the service of
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. They allowed Gopala Bhatta
>|Gosvami to go to Vrndavana, and they gave up their lives
>|thinking of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. When Lord Caitanya was
>|later informed that Gopala Bhatta Gosvami had gone to
>|Vrndavana and met Sri Rupa and Sanatana Gosvami, He was
>|very pleased, and He advised Sri Rupa and Sanatana to
>|accept Gopala Bhatta Gosvami as their younger brother and
>|take care of him. Sri Sanatana Gosvami, out of his great
>|affection for Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, compiled the Vaisnava
>|smrti named Hari-bhakti-vilasa and published it under his
>|name. Under the instruction of Srila Rupa and Sanatana,
>|Gopala Bhatta Gosvami installed one of the seven principal
>|Deities of Vrndavana, the Radharamana Deity. The sevaits (
>|priests) of the Radharamana temple belong to the Gaudiya-
>|sampradaya.
1115|When Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami took permission from all
>|the Vaisnavas before writing Sri Caitanya-caritamrta,
>|Gopala Bhatta Gosvami also gave him his blessings, but he
>|requested him not to mention his name in the book.
>|Therefore Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami has mentioned Gopala
>|Bhatta Gosvami only very cautiously in one or two passages
>|of the Caitanya-caritamrta. Srila Jiva Gosvami has written
>|in the beginning of his Tattva-sandarbha, "A devotee from
>|southern India who was born of a brahmana family and was a
>|very intimate friend of Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami
>|has written a book that he has not compiled chronologically.
>| Therefore I, a tiny living entity known as jiva, am trying
>|to assort the events of the book chronologically,
>|consulting the direction of great personalities like
>|Madhvacarya, Sridhara Svami, Ramanujacarya and other senior
>|Vaisnavas in the disciplic succession." In the beginning of
>|the Bhagavat-sandarbha there are similar statements by
>|Srila Jiva Gosvami. Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami compiled a
>|book called Sat-kriya-sara-dipika, edited the Hari-bhakti-
>|vilasa, wrote a foreword to the Sat-sandarbha and a
>|commentary on the Krsna-karnamrta, and installed the
>|Radharamana Deity in Vrndavana. In the Gaura-ganoddesa-
>|dipika (184 ) it is mentioned that his previous
>|name in the pastimes of Lord Krsna was Ananga-manjari.
>|Sometimes he is also said to have been an incarnation of
>|Guna-manjari. Srinivasa Acarya and Gopinatha Pujari were
>|two of his disciples.
1116|Adi 10.106
1117|TEXT 106
1118|TEXT
1119|sankararanya-acarya-vrksera eka sakha
1120|mukunda, kasinatha, rudra-upasakha lekha
1121|SYNONYMS
1122|sankararanya-Sankararanya; acarya-vrksera-of
>|the tree of acaryas; eka-one; sakha-branch; mukunda-
>|Mukunda; kasinatha- Kasinatha; rudra-
>|Rudra; upasakha lekha-they are known as
>|subbranches.
1123|TRANSLATION
1124|The acarya Sankararanya was considered the forty-eighth
>|branch of the original tree. From Him proceeded the
>|subbranches known as Mukunda, Kasinatha and Rudra.
1125|PURPORT
1126|It is said that Sankararanya was the sannyasa name of Srila
>|Visvarupa, who was the elder brother of Visvambhara (the
>|original name of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu). Sankararanya
>|expired in 1432 Sakabda (A.D. 1510) at Sholapur, where
>|there is a place of pilgrimage known as Pandarapura. This
>|is referred to in the Madhya-lila, Chapter Nine, verses 299
>|and 300.
1127|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura writes in his
>|Anubhasya, "Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu opened a primary
>|school in the house of Mukunda, or Mukunda Sanjaya, and
>|Mukunda's son, whose name was Purusottama, became the Lord'
>|s student. Kasinatha arranged the marriage of Lord Caitanya
>|in His previous asrama, when His name was Visvambhara.
>|Kasinatha induced the court pandita, Sanatana, to offer
>|Visvambhara his daughter. In text 50 of the Gaura-ganoddesa-
>|dipika it is mentioned that Kasinatha was an
>|incarnation of the brahmana Kulaka, whom Satrajit sent to
>|arrange the marriage of Krsna and Satyabhama, and in text
>|135 it is mentioned that Rudra, or Sri Rudrarama
>|Pandita, was formerly a friend of Lord Krsna's named
>|Varuthapa. Sri Rudrarama Pandita constructed a big temple
>|at Vallabhapura, which is one mile north of Mahesa, for the
>|Deities named Radhavallabha. The descendants of his brother,
>| Yadunandana Vandyopadhyaya, are known as Cakravarti
>|Thakuras, and they are in charge of the maintenance of this
>|temple as sevaits. Formerly the Jagannatha Deity used to
>|come to the temple of Radhavallabha from Mahesa during the
>|Ratha-yatra festival, but in the Bengali year 1262 [A.D.
>|1855 ], due to a misunderstanding between the priests of
>|the two temples, the Jagannatha Deity stopped coming. "
1128|Adi 10.107
1129|TEXT 107
1130|TEXT
1131|srinatha pandita-prabhura krpara bhajana
1132|yanra krsna-seva dekhi' vasa tri-bhuvana
1133|SYNONYMS
1134|srinatha pandita-Srinatha Pandita; prabhura-of
>|the Lord; krpara-of mercy; bhajana-receiver; yanra-whose;
>|krsna-seva-worship of Lord Krsna; dekhi'-seeing; vasa-
>|subjugated; tri-bhuvana-all the three worlds.
1135|TRANSLATION
1136|Srinatha Pandita, the forty-ninth branch, was the beloved
>|recipient of all the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
>|Everyone in the three worlds was astonished to see how he
>|worshiped Lord Krsna.
1137|PURPORT
1138|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura writes in his
>|Anubhasya, "About one and a half miles away from
>|Kumarahatta, or Kamarhatta, which is a few miles from
>|Calcutta, is a village known as Kancadapada , which was the
>|home of Sri Sivananda Sena. There he constructed a temple
>|of Sri Gauragopala. Srinatha Pandita established
>|another temple there with Sri Radha-Krsna murtis
>|. The Deity of that temple is named Sri
>|Krsna Raya. The temple of Krsna Raya, which was constructed
>|in the year 1708 sakabda [A.D. 1786 ] by a prominent
>|zamindar named Nimai Mullik of Pathuriya-ghata in Calcutta,
>|is very large. There is a big courtyard in front of the
>|temple, and there are residential quarters for visitors and
>|good arrangements for cooking prasadam. The entire
>|courtyard is surrounded by very high boundary walls, and
>|the temple is almost as big as the Mahesa temple. Inscribed
>|on a tablet are the names of Srinatha Pandita and his
>|father and grandfather and the date of construction of the
>|temple. Srinatha Pandita, one of the disciples of Advaita
>|Prabhu, was the spiritual master of the third son of
>|Sivananda Sena, who was known as Paramananda Kavi-karnapura.
>| It is said that the
>|Krsna Raya Deity was installed during the time of Kavi-
>|karnapura. According to hearsay, Virabhadra Prabhu, the son
>|of Nityananda Prabhu, brought a big stone from Mursidabad
>|from which three Deities were carved-namely, the
>|Radhavallabha vigraha of Vallabhapura, the Syamasundara
>|vigraha of Khadadaha and the Sri Krsna Raya vigraha of
>|Kancadapada. The home of Sivananda Sena was situated on the
>|bank of the Ganges near an almost ruined temple. It is said
>|that the same Nimai Mullik of Calcutta saw this broken-down
>|temple of Krsna Raya while he was going to Benares and
>|thereafter constructed the present temple. "
1139|Adi 10.108
1140|TEXT 108
1141|TEXT
1142|jagannatha acarya prabhura priya dasa
1143|prabhura ajnate tenho kaila ganga-vasa
1144|SYNONYMS
1145|jagannatha acarya-Jagannatha Acarya; prabhura-
>|of the Lord; priya dasa-very dear servant; prabhura ajnate-
>|by the order of the Lord; tenho-he; kaila-agreed; ganga-
>|vasa-living on the bank of the Ganges.
1146|TRANSLATION
1147|Jagannatha Acarya, the fiftieth branch of the Caitanya tree,
>| was an extremely dear servant of the Lord, by whose order
>|he decided to live on the bank of the Ganges.
1148|PURPORT
1149|Jagannatha Acarya is stated in the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (
>|111) to have formerly been Durvasa of Nidhuvana.
1150|Adi 10.109
1151|TEXT 109
1152|TEXT
1153|krsnadasa vaidya, ara pandita-sekhara
1154|kavicandra, ara kirtaniya sasthivara
1155|SYNONYMS
1156|krsnadasa vaidya-Krsnadasa Vaidya; ara-and;
>|pandita-sekhara- Pandita Sekhara; kavicandra-
>|Kavicandra; ara-and; kirtaniya-kirtana
>|performer; sasthivara- Sasthivara.
1157|TRANSLATION
1158|The fifty-first branch of the Caitanya tree was Krsnadasa
>|Vaidya, the fifty-second was Pandita Sekhara, the fifty-
>|third was Kavicandra, and the fifty-fourth was Sasthivara,
>|who was a great sankirtana performer.
1159|PURPORT
1160|In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (171) it is mentioned that
>|Kavicandra was Manohara -gopi and that Srinatha
>|Misra (mentioned in the next verse) was Citrangi .
1161|Adi 10.110
1162|TEXT 110
1163|TEXT
1164|srinatha misra, subhananda, srirama, isana
1165|srinidhi, srigopikanta, misra bhagavan
1166|SYNONYMS
1167|srinatha misra-Srinatha Misra; subhananda-
>|Subhananda; srirama- Srirama; isana-
>|Isana; srinidhi- Srinidhi; sri-
>|gopikanta- Sri Gopikanta; misra bhagavan-
>|Misra Bhagavan.
1168|TRANSLATION
1169|The fifty-fifth branch was Srinatha Misra, the fifty-sixth
>|was Subhananda, the fifty-seventh was Srirama, the fifty-
>|eighth was Isana, the fifty-ninth was Srinidhi, the
>|sixtieth was Sri Gopikanta, and the sixty-first was Misra
>|Bhagavan.
1170|PURPORT
1171|Subhananda, who formerly lived in Vrndavana as Malati, was
>|one of the kirtana performers who danced in front of the
>|Ratha-yatra car during the Jagannatha festival. It is said
>|that he ate the foam that came out of the mouth of the Lord
>|while He danced before the Ratha-yatra car. Isana was the
>|personal servant of Srimati Sacidevi, who showered her
>|great mercy upon him. He was also very dear to Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
1172|Adi 10.111
1173|TEXT 111
1174|TEXT
1175|subuddhi misra, hrdayananda, kamala-nayana
1176|mahesa pandita, srikara, sri-madhusudana
1177|SYNONYMS
1178|subuddhi misra-Subuddhi Misra; hrdayananda-
>|Hrdayananda; kamala-nayana- Kamala-
>|nayana; mahesa pandita- Mahesa Pandita; srikara-
>| Srikara; sri-madhusudana- Sri
>|Madhusudana.
1179|TRANSLATION
1180|The sixty-second branch of the tree was Subuddhi Misra, the
>|sixty-third was Hrdayananda, the sixty-fourth was Kamala-
>|nayana, the sixty-fifth was Mahesa Pandita, the sixty-sixth
>|was Srikara, and the sixty-seventh was Sri Madhusudana.
1181|PURPORT
1182|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura writes in his
>|Anubhasya, "Subuddhi Misra, who was formerly Gunacuda in
>|Vrndavana, installed Gaura-Nityananda Deities in a temple
>|in the village known as Belagan, which is about three miles
>|away from Srikhanda. His present descendant is known as
>|Govindacandra Gosvami. "
1183|Adi 10.112
1184|TEXT 112
1185|TEXT
1186|purusottama, sri-galima, jagannatha-dasa
1187|sri-candrasekhara vaidya, dvija haridasa
1188|SYNONYMS
1189|purusottama-Purusottama; sri-galima-
>|Sri Galima; jagannatha-dasa- Jagannatha
>|dasa; sri-candresekhara vaidya- Sri
>|Candrasekhara Vaidya; dvija haridasa- Dvija
>|Haridasa.
1190|TRANSLATION
1191|The sixty-eighth branch of the original tree was
>|Purusottama, the sixty-ninth was Sri Galima, the seventieth
>|was Jagannatha dasa, the seventy-first was Sri
>|Candrasekhara Vaidya, and the seventy-second was Dvija
>|Haridasa.
1192|PURPORT
1193|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura writes in his
>|Anubhasya, "There is some question about whether Dvija
>|Haridasa was the author of Astottara-sata-nama. He had two
>|sons , named Sridama and Gokulananda, who were disciples of
>|Sri Advaita Acarya. Their village, Kancana-gadiya, is
>|situated within five miles of the Bajarasau station, the
>|fifth station from Ajimaganja in the district of Mursidabad
>| [in West Bengal ]. "
1194|Adi 10.113
1195|TEXT 113
1196|TEXT
1197|ramadasa, kavicandra, sri-gopaladasa
1198|bhagavatacarya, thakura sarangadasa
1199|SYNONYMS
1200|ramadasa-Ramadasa; kavicandra-
>|Kavicandra; sri gopala-dasa- Sri Gopala dasa;
>|bhagavatacarya- Bhagavata Acarya ;
>|thakura saranga-dasa- Thakura Saranga dasa.
1201|TRANSLATION
1202|The seventy-third branch of the original tree was Ramadasa,
>|the seventy-fourth was Kavicandra, the seventy-fifth was
>|Sri Gopala dasa, the seventy-sixth was Bhagavata
>|Acarya, and the seventy-seventh was Thakura Saranga dasa.
1203|PURPORT
1204|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura writes in his
>|Anubhasya, "In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (203) it is said,
>|' Bhagavata Acarya compiled a book entitled Krsna-
>|prema-tarangini, and he was the most beloved devotee of
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. ' When Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu visited Varahanagara, now a suburb of Calcutta,
>|He stayed in the house of a most fortunate brahmana who was
>|a very learned scholar in Bhagavata literature. As soon as
>|this brahmana saw Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he began to
>|read Srimad-Bhagavatam. When Mahaprabhu heard his
>|explanation, which expounded bhakti-yoga, He immediately
>|became unconscious in ecstasy. Lord Caitanya later said, 'I
>|have never heard such a nice explanation of Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam. I therefore designate you Bhagavata
>|Acarya. Your only duty is to recite Srimad-Bhagavatam. That
>|is My injunction. ' His real name was Raghunatha. His
>|monastery, which is situated in Varahanagara, about three
>|and a half miles north of Calcutta on the bank of the
>|Ganges, still exists, and it is managed by the initiated
>|disciples of the late Sri Ramadasa Babaji. Presently,
>|however, it is not as well managed as in the presence of
>|Babaji Maharaja.
1205|"Another name of Thakura Saranga dasa was Sarnga Thakura.
>|Sometimes he was also called Sarngapani or Sarngadhara. He
>|was a resident of Navadvipa in the neighborhood known as
>|Modadruma-dvipa, and he used to worship the Supreme Lord in
>|a secluded place on the bank of the Ganges. He was not
>|accepting disciples, but he was repeatedly being inspired
>|from within by the Supreme Personality of Godhead to do so.
>|Thus one morning he decided, 'Whomever I see I shall make
>|my disciple. ' When he went to the bank of the Ganges to
>|take his bath, by chance he saw a dead body floating in the
>|water, and he touched it with his feet. This immediately
>|brought the body to life, and Thakura Saranga dasa accepted
>|him as his disciple. This disciple later became famous as
>|Thakura Murari, and his name is always associated with that
>|of Sri Saranga. His disciplic succession still inhabits the
>|village of Sar. There is a temple at Mamagachi that is
>|said to have been started by Saranga Thakura. Not long ago,
>|a new temple building was erected in front of a bakula tree
>|there, and it is now being managed by the members of the
>|Gaudiya Matha. It is said that the management of the temple
>|is now far better than before. In the Gaura-ganoddesa-
>|dipika (172) it is stated that Saranga Thakura was formerly
>|a gopi named Nandimukhi. Some devotees say that he was
>|formerly Prahlada Maharaja, but Sri Kavi-karnapura says
>|that his father, Sivananda Sena, does not accept this
>|proposition. "
1206|Adi 10.114
1207|TEXT 114
1208|TEXT
1209|jagannatha tirtha, vipra sri-janakinatha
1210|gopala acarya, ara vipra vaninatha
1211|SYNONYMS
1212|jagannatha tirtha-Jagannatha Tirtha; vipra-
>|sri-janakinatha- the brahmana of the name Sri
>|Janakinatha; gopala acarya- Gopala Acarya; ara-
>|and; vipra vaninatha-the brahmana of the name Vaninatha.
1213|TRANSLATION
1214|The seventy-eighth branch of the original tree was
>|Jagannatha Tirtha, the seventy-ninth was the brahmana Sri
>|Janakinatha, the eightieth was Gopala Acarya, and the
>|eighty-first was the brahmana Vaninatha.
1215|PURPORT
1216|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura writes in his
>|Anubhasya, "Jagannatha Tirtha was one of the nine principal
>|sannyasis who were Lord Caitanya's associates. Vaninatha
>|Vipra was a resident of Canpahati, a village in the
>|district of Burdwan near the town of Navadvipa, the police
>|station of Purvasthali and the post office of Samudragada.
>|The temple there was very much neglected, but it was
>|renovated in the Bengali year 1328 [A.D. 1921 ] by Sri
>|Paramananda Brahmacari [one of Sri Bhaktisiddhanta
>|Sarasvati Thakura's disciples ], who reorganized the seva-
>|puja (worship in the temple) and placed the temple under
>|the management of the Sri Caitanya Matha of Sri Mayapur. In
>|the temple as it now exists, the Deity of Sri Gaura-
>|Gadadhara is worshiped strictly according to the principles
>|of the revealed scriptures. Canpahati is two miles away
>|from both Samudragarh and the Navadvipa station of the
>|Eastern Railway. "
1217|Adi 10.115
1218|TEXT 115
1219|TEXT
1220|govinda, madhava, vasudeva-tina bhai
1221|yan-sabara kirtane nace caitanya-nitai
1222|SYNONYMS
1223|govinda-Govinda; madhava- Madhava;
>|vasudeva- Vasudeva; tina bhai-three brothers;
>|yan-sabara-all of whom; kirtane-in the performance of
>|sankirtana; nace-dance; caitanya-nitai-Lord Caitanya and
>|Nityananda Prabhu.
1224|TRANSLATION
1225|The three brothers Govinda, Madhava and Vasudeva were the
>|eighty-second, eighty-third and eighty-fourth branches of
>|the tree. Lord Caitanya and Nityananda used to dance in
>|their kirtana performances.
1226|PURPORT
1227|The three brothers Govinda, Madhava and Vasudeva Ghosa all
>|belonged to a kayastha family. Govinda established the
>|Gopinatha temple in Agradvipa, where he resided. Madhava
>|Ghosa was expert in performing kirtana. No one within this
>|world could compete with him. He was known as the singer of
>|Vrndavana and was very dear to Sri Nityananda Prabhu. It is
>|said that when the three brothers performed sankirtana,
>|immediately Lord Caitanya and Nityananda would dance in
>|ecstasy. According to the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (188), the
>|three brothers were formerly Kalavati, Rasollasa and
>|Gunatunga, who recited the songs composed by Sri Visakha-
>|gopi. The three brothers were among one of the seven
>|parties that performed kirtana when Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu attended the Ratha-yatra festival at Jagannatha
>|Puri. Vakresvara Pandita was the chief dancer in their
>|party. This is vividly described in the Madhya-lila,
>|Chapter Thirteen, verses 42 and 43.
1228|Adi 10.116
1229|TEXT 116
1230|TEXT
1231|ramadasa abhirama-sakhya-premarasi
1232|solasangera kastha tuli' ye karila vansi
1233|SYNONYMS
1234|ramadasa abhirama-Ramadasa Abhirama; sakhya-
>|prema-friendship; rasi-great volume; solasa-angera-of
>|sixteen knots; kastha-wood; tuli'-lifting; ye-one who;
>|karila-made; vansi-flute.
1235|TRANSLATION
1236|Ramadasa Abhirama was fully absorbed in the mellow of
>|friendship. He made a flute of a bamboo stick with sixteen
>|knots.
1237|PURPORT
1238|Abhirama was an inhabitant of Khanakula-krsna-nagara.
1239|Adi 10.117
1240|TEXT 117
1241|TEXT
1242|prabhura ajnaya nityananda gaude calila
1243|tanra sange tina-jana prabhu-ajnaya aila
1244|SYNONYMS
1245|prabhura ajnaya-under the order of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>| nityananda-Lord Nityananda; gaude-to Bengal; calila-went
>|back; tanra sange-in His company; tina jana-three men;
>|prabhu-ajnaya-under the order of the Lord; aila-went.
1246|TRANSLATION
1247|By the order of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, three devotees
>|accompanied Lord Nityananda Prabhu when He returned to
>|Bengal to preach.
1248|Adi 10.118
1249|TEXT 118
1250|TEXT
1251|ramadasa, madhava, ara vasudeva ghosa
1252|prabhu-sange rahe govinda paiya santosa
1253|SYNONYMS
1254|ramadasa-Ramadasa; madhava- Madhava;
>| ara-and; vasudeva ghosa- Vasudeva Ghosa;
>|prabhu-sange-in the company of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|rahe-remained; govinda- Govinda; paiya-feeling;
>|santosa-great satisfaction.
1255|TRANSLATION
1256|These three were Ramadasa, Madhava Ghosa and Vasudeva Ghosa.
>| Govinda Ghosa, however, remained with Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu at Jagannatha Puri and thus felt great
>|satisfaction.
1257|Adi 10.119
1258|TEXT 119
1259|TEXT
1260|bhagavatacarya, ciranjiva sri-raghunandana
1261|madhavacarya, kamalakanta, sri-yadunandana
1262|SYNONYMS
1263|bhagavatacarya-Bhagavata Acarya ;
>|ciranjiva- Ciranjiva; sri-raghunandana-
>|Sri Raghunandana; madhavacarya-
>|Madhavacarya; kamalakanta- Kamalakanta; sri-
>|yadunandana- Sri Yadunandana.
1264|TRANSLATION
1265|Bhagavata Acarya, Ciranjiva, Sri Raghunandana,
>|Madhavacarya, Kamalakanta and Sri Yadunandana were all
>|among the branches of the Caitanya tree.
1266|PURPORT
1267|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura writes in his
>|Anubhasya, "Sri Madhavacarya was the husband of Lord
>|Nityananda's daughter, Gangadevi. He took initiation from
>|Purusottama, a branch of Nityananda Prabhu. It is said that
>|when Nityananda Prabhu's daughter married Madhavacarya, the
>|Lord gave him the village named Panjinagara as a dowry.
>|Madhavacarya's temple is situated near the Jirat railway
>|station on the Eastern Railway. According to the Gaura-
>|ganoddesa-dipika (169) , Sri Madhavacarya was formerly the
>|gopi named Madhavi. Kamalakanta belonged to the branch of
>|Sri Advaita Prabhu. His full name was Kamalakanta Visvasa. "
1268|Adi 10.120
1269|TEXT 120
1270|TEXT
1271|maha-krpa-patra prabhura jagai, madhai
1272|'patita-pavana' namera saksi dui bhai
1273|SYNONYMS
1274|maha-krpa-patra-object of very great mercy; prabhura-of the
>|Lord; jagai madhai-the two brothers Jagai and Madhai;
>|patita-pavana-deliverer of the fallen; namera-of this name;
>|saksi-witness; dui bhai-these two brothers.
1275|TRANSLATION
1276|Jagai and Madhai, the eighty-ninth and ninetieth branches
>|of the tree, were the greatest recipients of Lord Caitanya'
>|s mercy. These two brothers were the witnesses who proved
>|that Lord Caitanya was rightly named Patita-pavana, "the
>|deliverer of the fallen souls."
1277|PURPORT
1278|In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (115) it is said that the two
>|brothers Jagai and Madhai were formerly the doorkeepers
>|named Jaya and Vijaya, who later became Hiranyaksa and
>|Hiranyakasipu. Jagai and Madhai were born in respectable
>|brahmana families, but they adopted the professions of
>|thieves and rogues and thus became implicated in all kinds
>|of undesirable activities, especially woman-hunting,
>|intoxication and gambling. Later, by the grace of Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Sri Nityananda Prabhu, they were
>|initiated, and they got the chance to chant the Hare Krsna
>|maha-mantra. As a result of chanting, both brothers became
>|exalted devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The
>|descendants of Madhai still exist, and they are respectable
>|brahmanas. The tombs of these two brothers, Jagai and
>|Madhai, are in a place known as Ghosahata, or Madhaitala-
>|grama, which is situated about one mile south of Katwa. It
>|is said that Sri Gopicarana dasa Babaji established a
>|temple of Nitai-Gaura at this place about two hundred fifty
>|years ago.
1279|Adi 10.121
1280|TEXT 121
1281|TEXT
1282|gauda-desa-bhaktera kaila sanksepa kathana
1283|ananta caitanya-bhakta na yaya ganana
1284|SYNONYMS
1285|gauda-desa-in Bengal; bhaktera-of the devotees; kaila-I
>|have described; sanksepa-in brief; kathana-narration;
>|ananta-unlimited; caitanya-bhakta-devotees of Lord Caitanya;
>| na-not; yaya-can be; ganana-counted.
1286|TRANSLATION
1287|I have given a brief description of the devotees of Lord
>|Caitanya in Bengal. Actually His devotees are innumerable.
1288|Adi 10.122
1289|TEXT 122
1290|TEXT
1291|nilacale ei saba bhakta prabhu-sange
1292|dui sthane prabhu-seva kaila nana-range
1293|SYNONYMS
1294|nilacale-at Jagannatha Puri; ei-these; saba-all; bhakta-
>|devotees; prabhu-sange-in the company of Lord Caitanya; dui
>|sthane-in two places; prabhu-seva-service of the Lord;
>|kaila-executed; nana-range-in different ways.
1295|TRANSLATION
1296|I have especially mentioned all these devotees because they
>|accompanied Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu in Bengal and Orissa
>|and served Him in many ways.
1297|PURPORT
1298|Most of the devotees of Lord Caitanya lived in Bengal and
>|Orissa. Thus they are celebrated as Gaudiyas and Oriyas.
>|At present, however, by the grace of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, His cult is being propagated all over the world,
>| and it is most probable that in the future history of Lord
>|Caitanya's movement, Europeans, Americans, Canadians,
>|Australians, South Americans, Asians and people from all
>|over the world will be celebrated as devotees of Lord
>|Caitanya. The International Society for Krishna
>|Consciousness has already constructed a big temple at
>|Mayapur, Navadvipa, which is being visited by devotees from
>|all parts of the world, as foretold by Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu and anticipated by Sri Bhaktivinoda Thakura.
1299|Adi 10.123
1300|TEXT 123
1301|TEXT
1302|kevala nilacale prabhura ye ye bhakta-gana
1303|sanksepe kariye kichu se saba kathana
1304|SYNONYMS
1305|kevala-only; nilacale-in Jagannatha Puri; prabhura-of the
>|Lord; ye ye-all those; bhakta-gana-devotees; sanksepe-in
>|brief; kariye-I do; kichu-some; se saba-all those; kathana-
>|narration.
1306|TRANSLATION
1307|Let me briefly describe some of the devotees of Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu in Jagannatha Puri.
1308|Adi 10.124–126
1309|TEXTS 124–126
1310|TEXT
1311|nilacale prabhu-sange yata bhakta-gana
1312|sabara adhyaksa prabhura marma dui-jana
1313|paramananda-puri, ara svarupa-damodara
1314|gadadhara, jagadananda, sankara, vakresvara
1315|damodara pandita, thakura haridasa
1316|raghunatha vaidya, ara raghunatha-dasa
1317|SYNONYMS
1318|nilacale-in Jagannatha Puri; prabhu-sange-in the company of
>|Lord Caitanya; yata-all; bhakta-gana-devotees; sabara-of
>|all of them; adhyaksa-the chief; prabhura-of the Lord;
>|marma-heart and soul; dui jana-two persons; paramananda-
>|puri-Paramananda Puri; ara-and; svarupa-
>|damodara- Svarupa Damodara; gadadhara-
>|Gadadhara; jagadananda- Jagadananda;
>|sankara- Sankara; vakresvara-
>|Vakresvara; damodara pandita- Damodara Pandita;
>|thakura haridasa- Thakura Haridasa; raghunatha
>|vaidya- Raghunatha Vaidya; ara-and; raghunatha-
>|dasa- Raghunatha dasa.
1319|TRANSLATION
1320|Among the devotees who accompanied the Lord in Jagannatha
>|Puri, two of them-Paramananda Puri and Svarupa Damodara-
>|were the heart and soul of the Lord. Among the other
>|devotees were Gadadhara, Jagadananda, Sankara, Vakresvara,
>|Damodara Pandita, Thakura Haridasa, Raghunatha Vaidya and
>|Raghunatha dasa.
1321|PURPORT
1322|The Caitanya-bhagavata, Antya-khanda, Chapter Five, states
>|that Raghunatha Vaidya came to see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|when the Lord was staying at Panihati. He was a great
>|devotee and had all good qualities. According to the
>|Caitanya-bhagavata, he was formerly Revati, the wife of
>|Balarama. Anyone he glanced upon would immediately attain
>|Krsna consciousness. He lived on the seashore at Jagannatha
>|Puri and compiled a book of the name Sthana-nirupana.
1323|Adi 10.127
1324|TEXT 127
1325|TEXT
1326|ityadika purva-sangi bada bhakta-gana
1327|nilacale rahi' kare prabhura sevana
1328|SYNONYMS
1329|iti-adika-all these and others; purva-sangi-former
>|associates; bada-very; bhakta-gana-great devotees; nilacale-
>|at Jagannatha Puri; rahi'-remaining; kare-do; prabhura-of
>|the Lord; sevana-service.
1330|TRANSLATION
1331|All these devotees were associates of the Lord from the
>|very beginning, and when the Lord took up residence in
>|Jagannatha Puri, they remained there to serve Him
>|faithfully.
1332|Adi 10.128
1333|TEXT 128
1334|TEXT
1335|ara yata bhakta-gana gauda-desa-vasi
1336|pratyabde prabhure dekhe nilacale asi'
1337|SYNONYMS
1338|ara-others; yata-all; bhakta-gana-devotees; gauda-desa-vasi-
>|residents of Bengal; prati-abde-each year; prabhure-the
>|Lord; dekhe-see; nilacale-in Jagannatha Puri; asi'-coming
>|there.
1339|TRANSLATION
1340|All the devotees who resided in Bengal used to visit
>|Jagannatha Puri every year to see the Lord.
1341|Adi 10.129
1342|TEXT 129
1343|TEXT
1344|nilacale prabhu-saha prathama milana
1345|sei bhakta-ganera ebe kariye ganana
1346|SYNONYMS
1347|nilacale-at Jagannatha Puri; prabhu-saha-with the Lord;
>|prathama-first; milana-meeting; sei-that; bhakta-ganera-of
>|the devotees; ebe-now; kariye-I do; ganana-count.
1348|TRANSLATION
1349|Now let me enumerate the devotees of Bengal who first came
>|to see the Lord at Jagannatha Puri.
1350|Adi 10.130
1351|TEXT 130
1352|TEXT
1353|bada-sakha eka,-sarvabhauma bhattacarya
1354|tanra bhagni-pati sri-gopinathacarya
1355|SYNONYMS
1356|bada-sakha eka-one of the biggest branches; sarvabhauma
>|bhattacarya-Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya; tanra
>|bhagni-pati-his brother-in-law (the husband of Sarvabhauma'
>|s sister); sri-gopinathacarya- Sri Gopinatha
>|Acarya.
1357|TRANSLATION
1358|There was Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, one of the biggest
>|branches of the tree of the Lord, and his sister's husband,
>|Sri Gopinatha Acarya.
1359|PURPORT
1360|The original name of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya was Vasudeva
>|Bhattacarya. His place of birth, which is known as
>|Vidyanagara, is about two and a half miles away from the
>|Navadvipa railway station, or Canpahati railway station.
>|His father was a very much celebrated man of the name
>|Mahesvara Visarada. It is said that Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya
>|was the greatest logician of his time in India. At Mithila ,
>| in Bihar , he became a student of a great professor named
>|Paksadhara Misra, who did not allow any student to note
>|down his explanations of logic. Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya was
>|so talented, however, that he learned the explanations by
>|heart, and when he later returned to Navadvipa he
>|established a school for the study of logic, thus
>|diminishing the importance of Mithila. Students from
>|various parts of India still come to Navadvipa to study
>|logic. According to some authoritative opinions, the
>|celebrated logician Raghunatha Siromani was also a student
>|of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya's. In effect, Sarvabhauma
>|Bhattacarya became the leader of all students of logic.
>|Although he was a grhastha (householder), he even taught
>|many sannyasis in the knowledge of logic.
1361|He started a school at Jagannatha Puri for the study of
>|Vedanta philosophy, of which he was a great scholar. When
>|Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya met Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he
>|advised the Lord to learn Vedanta philosophy from him, but
>|later he became a student of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu to
>|understand the real meaning of Vedanta. Sarvabhauma
>|Bhattacarya was so fortunate as to see the six-armed form
>|of Lord Caitanya known as Sadbhuja. A Sadbhuja Deity is
>|still situated at one end of the Jagannatha temple. Daily
>|sankirtana performances take place in this part of the
>|temple. The meeting of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya with Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu is vividly described in Madhya-lila,
>| Chapter Six. Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya wrote a book of one
>|hundred verses named Caitanya-sataka or Susloka - sataka
>|. Two other verses he wrote, beginning
>|with the words vairagya-vidya-nija-bhakti-yoga [Cc. Madhya
>|6.254] and kalan nastam bhakti-yogam nijam yah , are very
>|famous among Gaudiya Vaisnavas. The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (
>|119) states that Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya was an incarnation
>|of Brhaspati, the learned scholar from the celestial
>|planets.
1362|Gopinatha Acarya, who belonged to a respectable brahmana
>|family, was also an inhabitant of Navadvipa and a constant
>|companion of the Lord.
>|he was the husband of Sarvabhauma
>|Bhattacarya's sister. In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (178)
>|it is described that he was formerly the gopi named
>|Ratnavali. According to the opinion of others, he was an
>|incarnation of Brahma.
1363|Adi 10.131
1364|TEXT 131
1365|TEXT
1366|kasi-misra, pradyumna-misra, raya bhavananda
1367|yanhara milane prabhu paila ananda
1368|SYNONYMS
1369|kasi-misra-Kasi Misra; pradyumna-misra-
>|Pradyumna Misra; raya bhavananda-
>|Bhavananda Raya; yanhara-of whom; milane-meeting; prabhu-
>|the Lord; paila-got; ananda-great pleasure.
1370|TRANSLATION
1371|In the list of devotees at Jagannatha Puri [which begins
>|with Paramananda Puri, Svarupa Damodara, Sarvabhauma
>|Bhattacarya and Gopinatha Acarya], Kasi Misra was the fifth,
>| Pradyumna Misra the sixth and Bhavananda Raya the seventh.
>|Lord Caitanya took great pleasure in meeting with them.
1372|PURPORT
1373|In Jagannatha Puri Lord Caitanya lived at the house of Kasi
>|Misra, who was the priest of the King. Later this house was
>|inherited by Vakresvara Pandita and then by his disciple
>|Gopalaguru Gosvami, who established a Deity of
>|Radhakanta there. The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (193) states
>|that Kasi Misra was formerly Kubja in Mathura . Pradyumna
>|Misra, an inhabitant of Orissa, was a great devotee of Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Pradyumna Misra was born of a brahmana
>|family and Ramananda Raya of a non-brahmana family, yet
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu advised Pradyumna Misra to take
>|instruction from Ramananda Raya. This incident is described
>|in the Antya-lila, Chapter Five.
1374|Bhavananda Raya was the father of Sri Ramananda Raya. His
>|residence was in Alalanatha (Brahmagiri), which is about
>|twelve miles west of Jagannatha Puri. By caste he belonged
>|to the karana community of Orissa, whose members were
>|sometimes known as kayasthas and sometimes as sudras; his
>|son Ramananda Raya was the governor of Madras under the
>|control of King Prataparudra of Jagannatha Puri.
1375|Adi 10.132
1376|TEXT 132
1377|TEXT
1378|alingana kari' tanre balila vacana
1379|tumi pandu, panca-pandava-tomara nandana
1380|SYNONYMS
1381|alingana kari'-embracing; tanre-unto him; balila-said;
>|vacana-those words; tumi-you; pandu-were Pandu; panca-five;
>|pandava-the Pandavas; tomara-your; nandana-sons.
1382|TRANSLATION
1383|Embracing Raya Bhavananda, the Lord declared to him, "You
>|formerly appeared as Pandu, and your five sons appeared as
>|the five Pandavas."
1384|Adi 10.133
1385|TEXT 133
1386|TEXT
1387|ramananda raya, pattanayaka gopinatha
1388|kalanidhi, sudhanidhi, nayaka vaninatha
1389|SYNONYMS
1390|ramananda raya-Ramananda Raya; pattanayaka
>|gopinatha- Pattanayaka Gopinatha; kalanidhi-
>|Kalanidhi; sudhanidhi- Sudhanidhi;
>|nayaka vaninatha- Nayaka Vaninatha.
1391|TRANSLATION
1392|The five sons of Bhavananda Raya were Ramananda Raya,
>|Pattanayaka Gopinatha, Kalanidhi, Sudhanidhi and Nayaka
>|Vaninatha.
1393|Adi 10.134
1394|TEXT 134
1395|TEXT
1396|ei panca putra tomara mora priyapatra
1397|ramananda saha mora deha-bheda matra
1398|SYNONYMS
1399|ei-these; panca-five; putra-sons; tomara-your; mora-Mine;
>|priya-patra-very dear; ramananda saha-with Sri Ramananda
>|Raya; mora-Mine; deha-bheda-bodily difference; matra-only.
1400|TRANSLATION
1401|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu told Bhavananda Raya, "Your five
>|sons are all My dear devotees. Ramananda Raya and I are one,
>| although our bodies are different."
1402|PURPORT
1403|The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (120–24) states that Ramananda
>|Raya was formerly Arjuna. He is also considered to have
>|been an incarnation of the gopi Lalita, although in the
>|opinion of others he was an incarnation of Visakhadevi. He
>|was a most confidential devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
>| Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "Although I am a sannyasi,
>|My mind is sometimes perturbed when I see a woman. But
>|Ramananda Raya is greater than Me, for he is always
>|undisturbed, even when he touches a woman." Only Ramananda
>|Raya was endowed with the prerogative to touch a woman in
>|this way; no one should imitate him. Unfortunately, there
>|are rascals who imitate the activities of Ramananda Raya.
>|We need not discuss them further.
1404|In Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's final pastimes,
>|Ramananda Raya and Svarupa Damodara always engaged in
>|reciting suitable verses from Srimad-Bhagavatam and other
>|books to pacify the Lord's ecstatic feelings of separation
>|from Krsna. when Lord Caitanya went to
>|southern India, Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya advised Him to meet
>|Ramananda Raya, declaring that there was no devotee as
>|advanced in understanding the conjugal love of Krsna and
>|the gopis. While touring South India, Lord Caitanya met
>|Ramananda Raya by the bank of the Godavari, and in their
>|long discourses the Lord took the position of a student,
>|and Ramananda Raya instructed Him. Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|concluded these discourses by saying, "My dear Ramananda
>|Raya, both you and I are madmen, and therefore we met
>|intimately on an equal level." Lord Caitanya advised
>|Ramananda Raya to resign from his government post and come
>|back to Jagannatha Puri to live with Him. Although Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu refused to see Maharaja Prataparudra
>|because he was a king, Ramananda Raya, by a Vaisnava scheme,
>| arranged a meeting between the Lord and the King. This is
>|described in the Madhya-lila, Chapter Twelve, verses 41 –57.
>| Sri Ramananda Raya was present during the water sports of
>|the Lord after the Ratha-yatra festival.
1405|Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu considered Sri Ramananda Raya
>|and Sri Sanatana Gosvami to be equal in their renunciation,
>|for although Sri Ramananda Raya was a grhastha engaged in
>|government service and Sri Sanatana Gosvami was in the
>|renounced order of complete detachment from material
>|activities, they were both servants of the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead who kept Krsna in the center of all
>|their activities. Sri Ramananda Raya was one of the three
>|and a half personalities with whom Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|discussed the most confidential topics of Krsna
>|consciousness. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu advised Pradyumna
>|Misra to learn the science of Krsna from Sri Ramananda Raya.
>| As Subala always assisted Krsna in His dealings with
>|Radharani in krsna-lila, so Ramananda Raya assisted Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu in His feelings of separation from
>|Krsna. Sri Ramananda Raya was the author of the Jagannatha-
>|vallabha-nataka.
1406|Adi 10.135–136
1407|TEXTS 135–136
1408|TEXT
1409|prataparudra raja, ara odhra krsnananda
1410|paramananda mahapatra, odhra sivananda
1411|bhagavan acarya, brahmanandakhya bharati
1412|sri-sikhi mahiti, ara murari mahiti
1413|SYNONYMS
1414|prataparudra raja-King Prataparudra of Orissa; ara-and;
>|odhra krsnananda-Krsnananda, an Oriya devotee; paramananda
>|mahapatra-Paramananda Mahapatra; odhra
>|sivananda-the Oriya Sivananda; bhagavan acarya-
>|Bhagavan Acarya; brahmananda-akhya bharati- the devotee of
>|the name Brahmananda Bharati; sri-sikhi mahiti-
>|Sri Sikhi Mahiti; ara-and; murari mahiti-
>|Murari Mahiti.
1415|TRANSLATION
1416|King Prataparudra of Orissa, the Oriya devotees Krsnananda
>|and Sivananda, and Paramananda Mahapatra, Bhagavan Acarya,
>|Brahmananda Bharati, Sri Sikhi Mahiti and Murari Mahiti
>|constantly associated with Caitanya Mahaprabhu while He
>|resided in Jagannatha Puri.
1417|PURPORT
1418|Prataparudra Maharaja, who belonged to the dynasty of the
>|Ganga kings and whose capital was in Cuttak, was the
>|Emperor of Orissa and a great devotee of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu. It was by the arrangement of Ramananda Raya and
>|Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya that he was able to personally
>|serve Lord Caitanya. In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (118) it
>|is said that King Indradyumna, who established the temple
>|of Jagannatha thousands of years ago, later took birth
>|again in his own family as Maharaja Prataparudra during the
>|time of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Maharaja Prataparudra was
>|as powerful as King Indra. The drama named Caitanya-
>|candrodaya was written under his direction.
1419|In the Caitanya-bhagavata, Antya-khanda, Chapter Five,
>|Paramananda Mahapatra is described as follows: "Paramananda
>|Mahapatra was among the devotees who took birth in Orissa
>|and accepted Caitanya Mahaprabhu as their only asset. In
>|the ecstasy of conjugal love, he always thought of Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu." Bhagavan Acarya, a very learned scholar, was
>|formerly an inhabitant of Halisahara, but he left
>|everything to live with Caitanya Mahaprabhu in Jagannatha
>|Puri. His relationship with Caitanya Mahaprabhu was
>|friendly, like that of a cowherd boy. He was always
>|friendly to Svarupa Gosani, but he was staunchly devoted to
>|the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He sometimes
>|invited Caitanya Mahaprabhu to his house.
1420|Bhagavan Acarya was very liberal and simple. His father,
>|Satananda Khan, was completely materialistic, and his
>|younger brother, Gopala Bhattacarya, was a staunch Mayavadi
>|philosopher who had studied very elaborately. When his
>|brother came to Jagannatha Puri, Bhagavan Acarya wanted to
>|hear from him about Mayavada philosophy, but Svarupa
>|Damodara forbade him to do so, and there the matter stopped.
>| Once a friend of Bhagavan Acarya's from Bengal wanted to
>|recite a drama that he had written that was against the
>|principles of devotional service, and although Bhagavan
>|Acarya wanted to recite this drama before Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, Svarupa Damodara, the Lord's secretary, did not
>|allow him to do so. Later Svarupa Damodara pointed out
>|the drama 's many mistakes and its disagreements with the
>|conclusion of devotional service, and the author became
>|aware of the faults in his writing and then surrendered to
>|Svarupa Damodara, begging his mercy. This is described in
>|the Antya-lila, Chapter Five, verses 91 –158.
1421|In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (189 ) it is said that
>|Sikhi Mahiti was formerly an assistant of Srimati Radharani
>|named Ragalekha. His sister Madhavi was also an assistant
>|of Srimati Radharani and was named Kalakeli. Sikhi Mahiti,
>|Madhavi and their brother Murari Mahiti were all unalloyed
>|devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu who could not forget
>|Him for a moment of their lives. There is a book in the
>|Oriya language called Caitanya-carita-mahakavya , in which
>|there are many narrations about Sikhi Mahiti. One narration
>|concerns his seeing an ecstatic dream. Sikhi Mahiti always
>|engaged in serving the Lord in his mind. One night, while
>|he was rendering such service, he fell asleep, and while he
>|was asleep his brother and sister came to awaken him. At
>|that time he was in full ecstasy because he was having a
>|wonderful dream that Lord Caitanya, while visiting the
>|temple of Jagannatha, was entering and again coming out of
>|the body of Jagannatha and looking at the Jagannatha Deity.
>|Thus as soon as he awakened he embraced his brother and
>|sister and informed them, "My dear brother and sister, I
>|have had a wonderful dream that I shall now explain to you.
>|The activities of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the son of
>|Mother Saci, are certainly most wonderful. I saw that Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, while visiting the temple of
>|Jagannatha, was entering the body of Jagannatha and again
>|coming out of His body. I am still seeing the same dream.
>|Do you think I have become deranged? I am still seeing the
>|same dream! And the most wonderful thing is that as soon as
>|I came near Caitanya Mahaprabhu, He embraced me with His
>|long arms." As Sikhi Mahiti spoke to his brother and
>|sister in this way, his voice faltered and
>|there were tears in his eyes. Thus the brothers and sister
>|went to the temple of Jagannatha, and there they saw Lord
>|Caitanya in the Jagamohana kirtana hall
>|, looking at the beauty of the Sri
>|Jagannatha Deity just as in Sikhi Mahiti's dream. The Lord
>|was so magnanimous that He immediately embraced
>|Sikhi Mahiti, exclaiming, "You are the elder brother of
>|Murari!" Being thus embraced, Sikhi Mahiti felt ecstatic
>|transcendental bliss. Thus he and his brother and sister
>|always engaged in rendering service to the Lord. Murari
>|Mahiti, the younger brother of Sikhi Mahiti, is described
>|in the Madhya-lila, Chapter Ten, verse 44.
1422|Adi 10.137
1423|TEXT 137
1424|TEXT
1425|madhavi-devi-sikhi-mahitira bhagini
1426|sri-radhara dasi-madhye yanra nama gani
1427|SYNONYMS
1428|madhavi-devi-Madhavidevi; sikhi-mahitira-of
>|Sikhi Mahiti; bhagini-sister; sri-radhara-of Srimati
>|Radharani; dasi-madhye-amongst the maidservants; yanra-
>|whose; nama-name; gani-count.
1429|TRANSLATION
1430|Madhavidevi, the seventeenth of the prominent devotees, was
>|the younger sister of Sikhi Mahiti. She is considered to
>|have formerly been a maidservant of Srimati Radharani.
1431|PURPORT
1432|In the Antya-lila of Caitanya-caritamrta, Chapter Two,
>|verses 104–106, there is a description of Madhavidevi. Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu considered her one of the maidservants
>|of Srimati Radharani. Within this world, Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu had three and a half very confidential devotees.
>|The three were Svarupa Gosani, Sri Ramananda Raya and Sikhi
>|Mahiti, and Sikhi Mahiti's sister, Madhavidevi, being a
>|woman, was considered the half. Thus it is known that Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu had three and a half confidential
>|devotees.
1433|Adi 10.138
1434|TEXT 138
1435|TEXT
1436|isvara-purira sisya-brahmacari kasisvara
1437|sri-govinda nama tanra priya anucara
1438|SYNONYMS
1439|isvara-purira sisya-disciple of Isvara Puri; brahmacari
>|kasisvara-Brahmacari Kasisvara; sri-govinda-
>|Sri Govinda; nama-name; tanra-his; priya-very dear;
>| anucara-follower.
1440|TRANSLATION
1441|Brahmacari Kasisvara was a disciple of Isvara Puri, and Sri
>|Govinda was another of his dear disciples.
1442|PURPORT
1443|Govinda was the personal servant of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
>| In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (137 ) it is stated
>|that the servants formerly named Bhrngara and Bhangura in
>|Vrndavana became Kasisvara and Govinda in Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu's pastimes. Govinda always engaged in the
>|service of the Lord, even at great risk.
1444|Adi 10.139
1445|TEXT 139
1446|TEXT
1447|tanra siddhi-kale donhe tanra ajna pana
1448|nilacale prabhu-sthane milila asiya
1449|SYNONYMS
1450|tanra siddhi-kale-at the time of Isvara Puri's passing away;
>| donhe-the two of them; tanra-his; ajna-order; pana-getting;
>| nilacale-at Jagannatha Puri; prabhu-sthane-at the place of
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; milila-met; asiya-coming there.
1451|TRANSLATION
1452|In the list of prominent devotees at Nilacala [Jagannatha
>|Puri], Kasisvara was the eighteenth and Govinda the
>|nineteenth. They both came to see Caitanya Mahaprabhu at
>|Jagannatha Puri, being thus ordered by Isvara Puri at the
>|time of his passing away.
1453|Adi 10.140
1454|TEXT 140
1455|TEXT
1456|gurura sambandhe manya kaila dunhakare
1457|tanra ajna mani' seva dilena donhare
1458|SYNONYMS
1459|gurura sambandhe-in relationship with His spiritual master;
>|manya-honor; kaila-offered; dunhakare-to both of them;
>|tanra ajna-his order; mani'-accepting; seva-service; dilena-
>|gave them; donhare-the two of them.
1460|TRANSLATION
1461|Both Kasisvara and Govinda were Godbrothers of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, and thus the Lord duly honored them as soon as
>|they arrived. But because Isvara Puri had ordered them to
>|give Caitanya Mahaprabhu personal service, the Lord
>|accepted their service.
1462|Adi 10.141
1463|TEXT 141
1464|TEXT
1465|anga-seva govindere dilena isvara
1466|jagannatha dekhite calena age kasisvara
1467|SYNONYMS
1468|anga-seva-taking care of the body; govindere-unto Govinda;
>|dilena-He gave; isvara-the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
>|jagannatha-the Jagannatha Deity; dekhite-while going to
>|visit; calena-goes; age-in front; kasisvara-
>|Kasisvara.
1469|TRANSLATION
1470|Govinda cared for the body of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
>|whereas Kasisvara went in front of the Lord when He went to
>|see Jagannatha in the temple.
1471|Adi 10.142
1472|TEXT 142
1473|TEXT
1474|aparasa yaya gosani manusya-gahane
1475|manusya theli' patha kare kasi balavane
1476|SYNONYMS
1477|aparasa-untouched; yaya-goes; gosani-Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; manusya-gahane-in the crowd; manusya theli'-
>|pushing the crowd of men; patha kare-clears the way; kasi-
>|Kasisvara; balavane-very strong.
1478|TRANSLATION
1479|When Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to the temple of Jagannatha,
>|Kasisvara, being very strong, cleared the crowds aside with
>|his hands so that Caitanya Mahaprabhu could pass untouched.
1480|Adi 10.143
1481|TEXT 143
1482|TEXT
1483|ramai-nandai-donhe prabhura kinkara
1484|govindera sange seva kare nirantara
1485|SYNONYMS
1486|ramai-nandai-of the names Ramai and Nandai; donhe-both of
>|them; prabhura-Lord Caitanya's; kinkara-servants; govindera-
>|with Govinda; sange-with him; seva-service; kare-rendered;
>|nirantara-twenty-four hours a day.
1487|TRANSLATION
1488|Ramai and Nandai, the twentieth and twenty-first among the
>|important devotees in Jagannatha Puri, always assisted
>|Govinda twenty-four hours a day in rendering service to the
>|Lord.
1489|Adi 10.144
1490|TEXT 144
1491|TEXT
1492|baisa ghada jala dine bharena ramai
1493|govinda-ajnaya seva karena nandai
1494|SYNONYMS
1495|baisa-twenty-two; ghada-big waterpots; jala-water; dine-
>|daily; bharena-fills; ramai-Ramai; govinda-
>|ajnaya-by the order of Govinda; seva-service; karena-
>|renders; nandai- Nandai.
1496|TRANSLATION
1497|Every day Ramai filled twenty-two big waterpots, whereas
>|Nandai personally assisted Govinda.
1498|PURPORT
1499|In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (139) it is stated that two
>|servants who formerly supplied milk and water to Lord Krsna
>|became Ramai and Nandai in the pastimes of Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu.
1500|Adi 10.145
1501|TEXT 145
1502|TEXT
1503|krsnadasa nama suddha kulina brahmana
1504|yare sange laiya kaila daksina gamana
1505|SYNONYMS
1506|krsnadasa-Krsnadasa; nama- named; suddha-pure;
>|kulina-respectable; brahmana- the brahmana; yare-whom;
>|sange-with; laiya-taking; kaila-did; daksina-southern India;
>| gamana-touring.
1507|TRANSLATION
1508|The twenty-second devotee, Krsnadasa, was born of a pure
>|and respectable brahmana family. While touring southern
>|India, Lord Caitanya took Krsnadasa with Him.
1509|PURPORT
1510|Krsnadasa is described in the Madhya-lila, chapters Seven
>|and Nine. He went with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to carry His
>|waterpot. In the Malabar state, members of the Bhattathari
>|cult tried to captivate Krsnadasa by supplying a woman to
>|seduce him, but although Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saved him
>|from being harmed, when they returned to Jagannatha Puri He
>|ordered that Krsnadasa remain separate from Him, for
>|the Lord was never favorably disposed toward an associate
>|who was attracted by a woman. Thus Krsnadasa lost the
>|personal association of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
1511|Adi 10.146
1512|TEXT 146
1513|TEXT
1514|balabhadra bhattacarya-bhakti adhikari
1515|mathura-gamane prabhura yenho brahmacari
1516|SYNONYMS
1517|balabhadra bhattacarya- Balabhadra Bhattacarya;
>| bhakti adhikari-bona fide devotee; mathura-gamane-while
>|touring Mathura; prabhura-of the Lord; yenho-who;
>|brahmacari-acted as a brahmacari.
1518|TRANSLATION
1519|As a bona fide devotee, Balabhadra Bhattacarya, the twenty-
>|third principal associate, acted as the brahmacari of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu when He toured Mathura.
1520|PURPORT
1521|Balabhadra Bhattacarya acted as a brahmacari, or personal
>|assistant of a sannyasi. A sannyasi is not supposed to cook.
>| Generally a sannyasi takes prasadam at the house of a
>|grhastha, and a brahmacari helps in this connection. A
>|sannyasi is supposed to be a spiritual master and a
>|brahmacari his disciple. Balabhadra Bhattacarya acted as a
>|brahmacari for Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu when the Lord toured
>|Mathura and Vrndavana.
1522|Adi 10.147
1523|TEXT 147
1524|TEXT
1525|bada haridasa, ara chota haridasa
1526|dui kirtaniya rahe mahaprabhura pasa
1527|SYNONYMS
1528|bada haridasa-Bada Haridasa; ara-and; chota
>|haridasa- Chota Haridasa; dui kirtaniya-both of
>|them were good singers; rahe-stay; maha-prabhura-Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; pasa-with.
1529|TRANSLATION
1530|Bada Haridasa and Chota Haridasa, the twenty-fourth and
>|twenty-fifth devotees in Nilacala, were good singers who
>|always accompanied Lord Caitanya.
1531|PURPORT
1532|Chota Haridasa was later banished from the company of Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, as stated in the Antya-lila, Chapter
>|Two.
1533|Adi 10.148
1534|TEXT 148
1535|TEXT
1536|ramabhadracarya, ara odhra simhesvara
1537|tapana acarya, ara raghu, nilambara
1538|SYNONYMS
1539|ramabhadracarya-Ramabhadra Acarya; ara-and;
>|odhra-resident of Orissa; simhesvara-
>|Simhesvara; tapana acarya- Tapana Acarya; ara
>|raghu-and another Raghunatha; nilambara-
>|Nilambara.
1540|TRANSLATION
1541|Among the devotees who lived with Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|at Jagannatha Puri, Ramabhadra Acarya was the twenty-sixth,
>|Simhesvara the twenty-seventh, Tapana Acarya the twenty-
>|eighth, Raghunatha Bhattacarya the twenty-ninth and
>|Nilambara the thirtieth.
1542|Adi 10.149
1543|TEXT 149
1544|TEXT
1545|singabhatta, kamabhatta, dantura sivananda
1546|gaude purva bhrtya prabhura priya kamalananda
1547|SYNONYMS
1548|singabhatta-Singabhatta; kamabhatta-
>|Kamabhatta; dantura sivananda- Dantura
>|Sivananda; gaude-in Bengal; purva-formerly; bhrtya-servant;
>|prabhura-of the Lord; priya-very dear; kamalananda-
>|Kamalananda.
1549|TRANSLATION
1550|Singabhatta was the thirty-first, Kamabhatta the thirty-
>|second, Sivananda the thirty-third and Kamalananda the
>|thirty-fourth. They all formerly served Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu in Bengal, but later these servants left Bengal
>|to live with the Lord in Jagannatha Puri.
1551|Adi 10.150
1552|TEXT 150
1553|TEXT
1554|acyutananda-advaita-acarya-tanaya
1555|nilacale rahe prabhura carana asraya
1556|SYNONYMS
1557|acyutananda-Acyutananda; advaita-acarya-tanaya-
>|the son of Advaita Acarya; nilacale-at Jagannatha Puri;
>|rahe-stays; prabhura-of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; carana-
>|lotus feet; asraya-taking shelter.
1558|TRANSLATION
1559|Acyutananda, the thirty-fifth devotee, was the son of
>|Advaita Acarya. He also lived with Lord Caitanya, taking
>|shelter of His lotus feet at Jagannatha Puri.
1560|PURPORT
1561|There is a statement about Acyutananda in Chapter Twelve,
>|verse 13, of the Adi-lila.
1562|Adi 10.151
1563|TEXT 151
1564|TEXT
1565|nirloma gangadasa, ara visnudasa
1566|ei sabera prabhu-sange nilacale vasa
1567|SYNONYMS
1568|nirloma gangadasa-Nirloma Gangadasa; ara-and;
>|Visnudasa- Visnudasa; ei sabera-of all of them;
>|prabhu-sange-with Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; nilacale-at
>|Jagannatha Puri; vasa-residence.
1569|TRANSLATION
1570|Nirloma Gangadasa and Visnudasa were the thirty-sixth and
>|thirty-seventh among the devotees who lived at Jagannatha
>|Puri as servants of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
1571|Adi 10.152–154
1572|TEXTS 152–154
1573|TEXT
1574|varanasi-madhye prabhura bhakta tina jana
1575|candrasekhara vaidya, ara misra tapana
1576|raghunatha bhattacarya-misrera nandana
1577|prabhu yabe kasi aila dekhi' vrndavana
1578|candrasekhara-grhe kaila dui masa vasa
1579|tapana-misrera ghare bhiksa dui masa
1580|SYNONYMS
1581|varanasi-madhye-at Varanasi; prabhura-of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; bhakta-devotees; tina jana-three persons;
>|candrasekhara vaidya-the clerk of the name Candrasekhara;
>|ara-and; misra tapana-Tapana Misra; raghunatha bhattacarya-
>|Raghunatha Bhattacarya; misrera nandana-the son
>|of Tapana Misra; prabhu-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; yabe-
>|when; kasi-Varanasi; aila-came; dekhi'-after visiting;
>|vrndavana-the holy place known as Vrndavana; candrasekhara
>|grhe-in the house of Candrasekhara Vaidya; kaila-did; dui
>|masa-for two months; vasa-reside; tapana-misrera-of Tapana
>|Misra; ghare-in the house; bhiksa-accepted prasadam; dui
>|masa-for two months.
1582|TRANSLATION
1583|The prominent devotees at Varanasi were the physician
>|Candrasekhara, Tapana Misra and Raghunatha Bhattacarya,
>|Tapana Misra's son. When Lord Caitanya came to Varanasi
>|after seeing Vrndavana, for two months He lived at the
>|residence of Candrasekhara Vaidya and accepted prasadam at
>|the house of Tapana Misra.
1584|PURPORT
1585|When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was in Bengal, Tapana Misra
>|approached Him to discuss spiritual advancement. Thus he
>|was favored by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and received hari-
>|nama initiation. After that, by the order of the Lord,
>|Tapana Misra resided in Varanasi, and when Lord Caitanya
>|visited Varanasi He would accept prasadam at the home of
>|Tapana Misra.
1586|Adi 10.155
1587|TEXT 155
1588|TEXT
1589|raghunatha balye kaila prabhura sevana
1590|ucchista-marjana ara pada-samvahana
1591|SYNONYMS
1592|raghunatha-Raghunatha, the son of Tapana Misra; balye-in
>|his boyhood; kaila-did; prabhura-of Lord Caitanya; sevana-
>|rendering service; ucchista-marjana-washing the dishes; ara-
>|and; pada-samvahana-massaging the feet.
1593|TRANSLATION
1594|When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu stayed at the house of Tapana
>|Misra, Raghunatha Bhatta, who was then a boy, washed His
>|dishes and massaged His legs.
1595|Adi 10.156
1596|TEXT 156
1597|TEXT
1598|bada haile nilacale gela prabhura sthane
1599|asta-masa rahila bhiksa dena kona dine
1600|SYNONYMS
1601|bada haile-when he grew to be a young man; nilacale-at
>|Jagannatha Puri; gela-went; prabhura-of Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; sthane-at the place; asta-masa-eight months;
>|rahila-stayed; bhiksa-prasadam; dena-gave; kona dine-some
>|days.
1602|TRANSLATION
1603|When Raghunatha grew to be a young man, he visited Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu at Jagannatha Puri and stayed there for
>|eight months. Sometimes he offered prasadam to the Lord.
1604|Adi 10.157
1605|TEXT 157
1606|TEXT
1607|prabhura ajna pana vrndavanere aila
1608|asiya sri-rupa-gosanira nikate rahila
1609|SYNONYMS
1610|prabhura-of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; ajna-order; pana-
>|receiving; vrndavanere-to Vrndavana; aila-he came; asiya-
>|coming there; sri-rupa-gosanira-of Srila Rupa Gosvami;
>|nikate-at his shelter; rahila-remained.
1611|TRANSLATION
1612|Later, by the order of Lord Caitanya, Raghunatha went to
>|Vrndavana and remained there under the shelter of Srila
>|Rupa Gosvami.
1613|Adi 10.158
1614|TEXT 158
1615|TEXT
1616|tanra sthane rupa-gosani sunena bhagavata
1617|prabhura krpaya tenho krsna-preme matta
1618|SYNONYMS
1619|tanra sthane-in his place; rupa-gosani-Srila Rupa Gosvami;
>|sunena-heard; bhagavata-the recitation of Srimad-Bhagavatam;
>| prabhura krpaya-by the mercy of Lord Caitanya; tenho-he;
>|krsna-preme-in love of Krsna; matta-always maddened.
1620|TRANSLATION
1621|While he stayed with Srila Rupa Gosvami, his engagement was
>|to recite Srimad-Bhagavatam for him to hear. As a result of
>|this Bhagavatam recitation, he attained perfectional love
>|of Krsna, by which he remained always maddened.
1622|PURPORT
1623|Raghunatha Bhattacarya, or Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, one
>|of the six Gosvamis, was the son of Tapana Misra. Born in
>|approximately 1425 Sakabda (A.D. 1503), he was expert in
>|reciting Srimad-Bhagavatam, and in Antya-lila, Chapter
>|Thirteen, it is stated that he was also expert in cooking;
>|whatever he cooked would be nectarean. Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu was greatly pleased to accept the food that he
>|cooked, and Raghunatha Bhatta used to take the remnants of
>|food left by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Raghunatha
>|Bhattacarya lived for eight months in Jagannatha Puri,
>|after which Lord Caitanya ordered him to go to Vrndavana to
>|join Sri Rupa Gosvami. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked
>|Raghunatha Bhattacarya not to marry but to remain a
>|brahmacari, and He also ordered him to read Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam constantly. Thus he went to Vrndavana, where he
>|engaged in reciting Srimad-Bhagavatam to Srila Rupa Gosvami.
>| He was so expert in reciting Srimad-Bhagavatam that he
>|would recite each and every verse in three melodious tunes.
>|While Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami was living with Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Lord blessed him by offering him
>|betel nuts offered to the Jagannatha Deity and a garland of
>|tulasi said to be as long as fourteen cubits. Under
>|Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami's order, one of his disciples
>|constructed the Govinda temple. Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami
>|supplied all the ornaments of the Govinda Deity. He never
>|talked of nonsense or worldly matters but always engaged in
>|hearing about Krsna twenty-four hours a day. He never cared
>|to hear blasphemy of a Vaisnava. Even when there were
>|points to be criticized, he used to say that since all the
>|Vaisnavas were engaged in the service of the Lord, he did
>|not mind their faults. Later Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami
>|lived by Radha-kunda in a small cottage. In the Gaura-
>|ganoddesa-dipika (185 ) it is said that Raghunatha
>|Bhatta Gosvami was formerly the gopi named Raga-manjari.
1624|Adi 10.159
1625|TEXT 159
1626|TEXT
1627|ei-mata sankhyatita caitanya-bhakta-gana
1628|dinmatra likhi, samyak na yaya kathana
1629|SYNONYMS
1630|ei-mata-in this way; sankhya-atita-innumerable; caitanya-
>|bhakta-gana-devotees of Lord Caitanya; din-matra-only a
>|fractional part; likhi-I write; samyak-full; na-cannot;
>|yaya-be possible; kathana-to explain.
1631|TRANSLATION
1632|I list in this way only a portion of the innumerable
>|devotees of Lord Caitanya. To describe them all fully is
>|not possible.
1633|Adi 10.160
1634|TEXT 160
1635|TEXT
1636|ekaika-sakhate lage koti koti dala
1637|tara sisya-upasisya, tara upadala
1638|SYNONYMS
1639|eka-eka-in each; sakhate-branch; lage-grow; koti koti-
>|hundreds and thousands; dala-twigs; tara-His; sisya-
>|disciples; upasisya-subdisciples; tara-His; upadala-
>|subbranches.
1640|TRANSLATION
1641|From each branch of the tree have grown hundreds and
>|thousands of subbranches of disciples and granddisciples.
1642|PURPORT
1643|It was the desire of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu that His cult
>|be spread all over the world. Therefore there is a great
>|necessity for many, many disciples of the branches of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu's disciplic succession. His cult should
>|be spread not only in a few villages, or in Bengal, or in
>|India, but all over the world. It is very regrettable
>|that complacent so-called devotees criticize the members of
>|the International Society for Krishna Consciousness for
>|accepting sannyasa and spreading the cult of Lord Caitanya
>|all over the world. It is not our business to criticize
>|anyone, but because they try to find fault with this
>|movement, the real truth must be stated. Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu wanted devotees all over the world, and Srila
>|Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura and Srila Bhaktivinoda
>|Thakura confirmed this. It is in pursuit of their
>|will that the ISKCON movement is spreading all over the
>|world. Genuine devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu must
>|take pride in the spread of the Krsna consciousness
>|movement instead of viciously criticizing its propaganda
>|work.
1644|Adi 10.161
1645|TEXT 161
1646|TEXT
1647|sakala bhariya ache prema-phula-phale
1648|bhasaila tri-jagat krsna-prema-jale
1649|SYNONYMS
1650|sakala-all; bhariya-filled; ache-there is; prema-love of
>|Godhead; phula-flowers; phale-fruits; bhasaila-inundated;
>|tri-jagat-the whole world; krsna-prema-of love of Krsna;
>|jale-with water.
1651|TRANSLATION
1652|Every branch and subbranch of the tree is full of
>|innumerable fruits and flowers. They inundate the world
>|with the waters of love of Krsna.
1653|Adi 10.162
1654|TEXT 162
1655|TEXT
1656|eka eka sakhara sakti ananta mahima
1657|'sahasra vadane' yara dite nare sima
1658|SYNONYMS
1659|eka eka-of each and every; sakhara-branch; sakti-power;
>|ananta-unlimited; mahima-glories; sahasra vadane-in
>|thousands of mouths; yara-of which; dite-to give; nare-
>|becomes unable; sima-limit.
1660|TRANSLATION
1661|Each and every branch of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's devotees
>|has unlimited spiritual power and glory. Even if one had
>|thousands of mouths, it would be impossible to describe the
>|limits of their activities.
1662|Adi 10.163
1663|TEXT 163
1664|TEXT
1665|sanksepe kahila mahaprabhura bhakta-gana
1666|samagra balite nare 'sahasra-vadana'
1667|SYNONYMS
1668|sanksepe-in brief; kahila-described; mahaprabhura-of Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bhakta-gana-the devotees; samagra-all;
>|balite-to speak; nare-cannot; sahasra-vadana-Lord Sesa, who
>|has thousands of mouths.
1669|TRANSLATION
1670|I have briefly described the devotees of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu in different places. Even Lord Sesa, who has
>|thousands of mouths, could not list them all.
1671|Adi 10.164
1672|TEXT 164
1673|TEXT
1674|sri-rupa-raghunatha-pade yara asa
1675|caitanya-caritamrta kahe krsnadasa
1676|SYNONYMS
1677|sri-rupa-Srila Rupa Gosvami; raghunatha-Sri Raghunatha dasa
>|Gosvami; pade-at the lotus feet; yara-whose; asa-
>|expectation; Caitanya-caritamrta-the book named Caitanya-
>|caritamrta; kahe-describes; krsnadasa-Srila Krsnadasa
>|Gosvami.
1678|TRANSLATION
1679|Praying at the lotus feet of Sri Rupa and Sri Raghunatha,
>|always desiring their mercy, I, Krsnadasa, narrate Sri
>|Caitanya-caritamrta, following in their footsteps.
1680|Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Sri Caitanya-
>|caritamrta, Adi-lila, Tenth Chapter, in the matter of the
>|main trunk of the Caitanya tree, its branches and its
>|subbranches.
1681|