1|Adi 10-1975: 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-of the name Srivasa Pandita; ara-and; sri-
>|rama pandita- of the name 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, verse 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-of the name Sripati; srinidhi- of the name Srinidhi;
>| tanra-their; dui-two; sahodara-own brothers; cari-four;
>|bhaira-brothers; dasa-dasi-family members, manservants 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-of the name 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-
>|of the name 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 also 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 also 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-of the name 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 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 descendent of Sri Sivarama
>|Gangopadhyaya. The original home of Pundarika Vidyanidhi
>|was in East Bengal , 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 .
>|Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati informs us that 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.
148|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 - lila, Chapter Seven.
>|Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura informs us
>| that there are still two living
>|descendants of the family of Pundarika Vidyanidhi
>|, who are named Sri Harakumara Smrtitirtha and
>|Sri Krsnakinkara Vidyalankara . For further information one
>|should refer to the dictionary known as Vaisnava -
>| manjusa.
149|Adi 10.15
150|TEXT 15
151|TEXT
152|bada sakha,-gadadhara pandita-gosani
153|tenho laksmi-rupa, tanra sama keha nai
154|SYNONYMS
155|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.
156|TRANSLATION
157|Gadadhara Pandita, the fourth branch, is described as an
>|incarnation of the pleasure potency of Sri Krsna. No one,
>|therefore, can equal him.
158|PURPORT
159|In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verses 147 through 153,
>|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 is now present
>|as Gadadhara Pandita. Formerly,
>|as Lalita-sakhi, she was always devoted to Srimati
>|Radharani
>|. In the
>|Twelfth Chapter of this part of the Caitanya-caritamrta
>|there is a description of the descendants or disciplic
>|succession of Gadadhara Pandita.
160|Adi 10.16
161|TEXT 16
162|TEXT
163|tanra sisya-upasisya,-tanra upasakha
164|eimata saba sakha-upasakhara lekha
165|SYNONYMS
166|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.
167|TRANSLATION
168|His disciples and granddisciples are his subbranches. To
>|describe them all would be difficult.
169|Adi 10.17
170|TEXT 17
171|TEXT
172|vakresvara pandita-prabhura bada priya bhrtya
173|eka-bhave cabbisa prahara yanra nrtya
174|SYNONYMS
175|vakresvara pandita-of the name 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.
176|TRANSLATION
177|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.
178|PURPORT
179|In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verse 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.
180|Adi 10.18
181|TEXT 18
182|TEXT
183|apane mahaprabhu gaya yanra nrtya-kale
184|prabhura carana dhari' vakresvara bale
185|SYNONYMS
186|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.
187|TRANSLATION
188|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.
189|Adi 10.19
190|TEXT 19
191|TEXT
192|"dasa-sahasra gandharva more deha' candramukha
193|tara gaya, muni nacon-tabe mora sukha"
194|SYNONYMS
195|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.
196|TRANSLATION
197|"O Candramukha! Please give me ten thousand Gandharvas. Let
>|them sing as I dance, and then I will be greatly happy."
198|PURPORT
199|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.
200|Adi 10.20
201|TEXT 20
202|TEXT
203|prabhu bale-tumi mora paksa eka sakha
204|akase uditama yadi pan ara pakha
205|SYNONYMS
206|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.
207|TRANSLATION
208|Lord Caitanya replied, "I have only one wing like you, but
>|if I had another, certainly I would fly in the sky!"
209|Adi 10.21
210|TEXT 21
211|TEXT
212|pandita jagadananda prabhura prana-rupa
213|loke khyata yenho satyabhamara svarupa
214|SYNONYMS
215|pandita jagadananda-of the name Pandita Jagadananda;
>|prabhura-of the Lord; prana-rupa-life and soul; loke-in the
>|world; khyata-celebrated; yenho-who; satyabhamara-of
>|Satyabhama; svarupa-personification.
216|TRANSLATION
217|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].
218|PURPORT
219|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.
220|Adi 10.22
221|TEXT 22
222|TEXT
223|pritye karite cahe prabhura lalana-palana
224|vairagya-loka-bhaye prabhu na mane kakhana
225|SYNONYMS
226|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.
227|TRANSLATION
228|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.
229|Adi 10.23
230|TEXT 23
231|TEXT
232|dui-jane khatmati lagaya kondala
233|tanra prityera katha age kahiba sakala
234|SYNONYMS
235|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.
236|TRANSLATION
237|They sometimes appeared to fight over trifles, but these
>|quarrels were based on their affection, of which I shall
>|speak later.
238|Adi 10.24
239|TEXT 24
240|TEXT
241|raghava-pandita-prabhura adya-anucara
242|tanra eka sakha mukhya-makaradhvaja kara
243|SYNONYMS
244|raghava pandita-of the name Raghava Pandita; prabhura-of
>|the Lord; adya-original; anucara-follower; tanra-his; eka-
>|one; sakha-branch; mukhya-chief; makaradhvaja- of the name
>|Makaradhvaja; kara-surname.
245|TRANSLATION
246|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.
247|PURPORT
248|Kara was the surname of Makaradhvaja. At present this
>|surname is generally found in the Kayastha community. The
>|Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verse 166 , states:
249|dhanistha bhaksya-samagrim
250|krsnayadad vraje 'mitam
251|saiva sampratam gauranga-
252|priyo raghava-panditah
253|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.
254|Adi 10.25
255|TEXT 25
256|TEXT
257|tanhara bhagini damayanti prabhura priya dasi
258|prabhura bhoga-samagri ye kare vara-masi
259|SYNONYMS
260|tanhara-his; bhagini-sister; damayanti-of the name
>|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.
261|TRANSLATION
262|Raghava Pandita's sister Damayanti was the dear maidservant
>|of the Lord. She always collected various ingredients with
>|which to cook for Lord Caitanya.
263|PURPORT
264|
>|In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika , verse 167 , it
>|is mentioned, gunamala vraje yasid damayanti tu tat-svasa: