1|Adi 11-1975: The Expansions of Lord Nityananda
2|Chapter 11
3|The Expansions of Lord Nityananda
4|As the branches and subbranches of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
>|were described in the Tenth Chapter, in this Eleventh
>|Chapter the branches and subbranches of Sri Nityananda
>|Prabhu are similarly listed.
5|Adi 11.1
6|TEXT 1
7|TEXT
8|nityananda-padambhoja-
9|bhrngan prema-madhunmadan
10|natvakhilan tesu mukhya
11|likhyante katicin maya
12|SYNONYMS
13|nityananda-of Lord Sri Nityananda; pada-ambhoja-lotus feet;
>|bhrngan-the bumblebees; prema-of love of Godhead; madhu-by
>|the honey; unmadan-maddened; natva-offering obeisances;
>|akhilan-to all of them; tesu-out of them; mukhyah-the chief;
>| likhyante-being described; katicit-a few of them; maya-by
>|me.
14|TRANSLATION
15|After offering my obeisances unto all of the devotees of
>|Sri Nityananda Prabhu, who are like bumblebees collecting
>|honey from His lotus feet, I shall try to describe those
>|who are the most prominent.
16|Adi 11.2
17|TEXT 2
18|TEXT
19|jaya jaya mahaprabhu sri-krsna-caitanya
20|tanhara caranasrita yei, sei dhanya
21|SYNONYMS
22|jaya jaya-all glories; mahaprabhu-unto Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; sri-krsna-caitanya-known as Krsna Caitanya;
>|tanhara carana-asrita-all who have taken shelter at His
>|lotus feet; yei-anyone; sei-he is; dhanya-glorious.
23|TRANSLATION
24|All glories to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu! Anyone who has
>|taken shelter at His lotus feet is glorious.
25|Adi 11.3
26|TEXT 3
27|TEXT
28|jaya jaya sri-advaita, jaya nityananda
29|jaya jaya mahaprabhura sarva-bhakta-vrnda
30|SYNONYMS
31|jaya jaya-all glories; sri-advaita-unto Sri Advaita Acarya;
>|jaya-all glories; nityananda-unto Lord Sri Nityananda
>|Prabhu; jaya jaya-all glories; mahaprabhura-of Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sarva-all; bhakta-vrnda-devotees.
32|TRANSLATION
33|All glories to Sri Advaita Prabhu, Nityananda Prabhu and
>|all the devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu!
34|Adi 11.4
35|TEXT 4
36|TEXT
37|tasya sri-krsna-caitanya-
38|sat-premamara-sakhinah
39|urdhva-skandhavadhutendoh
40|sakha-rupan ganan numah
41|SYNONYMS
42|tasya-His; sri-krsna-caitanya-Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; sat-prema-of eternal love of Godhead; amara-
>|indestructible; sakhinah-of the tree; urdhva-very high;
>|skandha-branch; avadhuta-indoh-of Sri Nityananda; sakha-
>|rupan-in the form of different branches; ganan-to the
>|devotees; numah-I offer my respects.
43|TRANSLATION
44|Sri Nityananda Prabhu is the topmost branch of the
>|indestructible tree of eternal love of Godhead, Sri Krsna
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. I offer my respectful obeisances to
>|all the subbranches of that topmost branch.
45|Adi 11.5
46|TEXT 5
47|TEXT
48|sri-nityananda-vrksera skandha gurutara
49|tahate janmila sakha-prasakha vistara
50|SYNONYMS
51|sri-nityananda-vrksera-of the tree known as Sri Nityananda;
>|skandha-main branch; gurutara-extremely heavy; tahate-from
>|that branch; janmila-grew; sakha-branches; prasakha-
>|subbranches; vistara-expansively.
52|TRANSLATION
53|Sri Nityananda Prabhu is an extremely heavy branch of the
>|Sri Caitanya tree. From that branch grow many branches and
>|subbranches.
54|Adi 11.6
55|TEXT 6
56|TEXT
57|malakarera iccha jale bade sakha-gana
58|prema-phula-phale bhari' chaila bhuvana
59|SYNONYMS
60|mala-karera-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; iccha-jale-by the
>|water of His wish; bade-increase; sakha-gana-the branches;
>|prema-love of Godhead; phula-phale-with flowers and fruits;
>|bhari'-filling; chaila-covered; bhuvana-the whole world.
61|TRANSLATION
62|Watered by the desire of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, these
>|branches and subbranches have grown unlimitedly and covered
>|the entire world with fruits and flowers.
63|Adi 11.7
64|TEXT 7
65|TEXT
66|asankhya ananta gana ke karu ganana
67|apana sodhite kahi mukhya mukhya jana
68|SYNONYMS
69|asankhya-innumerable; ananta-unlimited; gana-devotees; ke-
>|who; karu-can; ganana-count; apana-the self; sodhite-to
>|purify; kahi-I speak; mukhya mukhya-only the chief; jana-
>|persons.
70|TRANSLATION
71|These branches and subbranches of devotees are innumerable
>|and unlimited. Who could count them? For my personal
>|purification I shall try to enumerate only the most
>|prominent among them.
72|PURPORT
73|One should not write books or essays on transcendental
>|subject matter for material name, fame or profit.
>|Transcendental literature must be written under the
>|direction of a superior authority because it is not meant
>|for material purposes. If one tries to write under superior
>|authority, he becomes purified. All Krsna conscious
>|activities should be undertaken for personal purification (
>|apana sodhite), not for material gain.
74|Adi 11.8
75|TEXT 8
76|TEXT
77|sri-virabhadra gosani-skandha-mahasakha
78|tanra upasakha yata, asankhya tara lekha
79|SYNONYMS
80|sri-virabhadra gosani-of the name Sri Virabhadra Gosani;
>|skandha-of the trunk; maha-sakha-the biggest branch; tanra-
>|his; upasakha-subbranches; yata-all; asankhya-innumerable;
>|tara-of that; lekha-the description.
81|TRANSLATION
82|After Nityananda Prabhu, the greatest branch is Virabhadra
>|Gosani, who also has innumerable branches and subbranches.
>|It is not possible to describe them all.
83|PURPORT
84|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura describes
>|Virabhadra Gosani as the direct son of Srila
>|Nityananda Prabhu and a disciple of Jahnava-devi. His real
>|mother was Vasudha. In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika , verse
>|67 , he is mentioned as an incarnation of Ksirodakasayi
>|Visnu. Therefore Virabhadra Gosani is nondifferent from Sri
>|Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu. In a village of the name
>|Jhamatapura, in the district of Hugali, Virabhadra Gosani
>|had a disciple named Yadunathacarya, who had two daughters-
>|a real daughter named Srimati and a foster daughter named
>|Narayani. Both these daughters married, and they are
>|mentioned in Bhakti-ratnakara (Thirteenth Wave).
>|Virabhadra Gosani had three disciples who are celebrated as
>|his sons-Gopijana-vallabha, Ramakrsna and Ramacandra. The
>|youngest, Ramacandra, belonged to the Sandilya dynasty and
>|had the surname Vatavyala. He established his family at
>|Khadadaha, and its members are known as the gosvamis of
>|Khadadaha. The eldest disciple, Gopijana-vallabha, was a
>|resident of a village known as Lata, near the Manakara
>|railway station in the district of Burdwan. The second,
>|Ramakrsna, lived near Maladaha, in a village named
>|Gayesapura. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura notes
>|that since these three disciples belonged to different
>|gotras, or dynasties, and also had different surnames and
>|lived in different places, it is not possible to accept
>|them as real sons of Virabhadra Gosani. Ramacandra had four
>|sons, of whom the eldest was Radhamadhava, whose third son
>|was named Yadavendra. Yadavendra's son was Nandakisora, his
>|son was Nidhikrsna, his son was Caitanyacanda, his son was
>|Krsnamohana, his son was Jaganmohana, his son was
>|Vrajanatha, and his son was Syamalala Gosvami. This is the
>|genealogical table given by Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
>|Thakura for the descendants of Virabhadra Gosani.
85|Adi 11.9
86|TEXT 9
87|TEXT
88|isvara ha-iya kahaya maha-bhagavata
89|veda-dharmatita hana veda-dharme rata
90|SYNONYMS
91|isvara-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ha-iya-being;
>|kahaya-calls Himself; maha-bhagavata-great devotee; veda-
>|dharma-the principles of Vedic religion; atita-
>|transcendental; hana-being; veda-dharme-in the Vedic system;
>| rata-engaged.
92|TRANSLATION
93|Although Virabhadra Gosani was the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead, He presented Himself as a great devotee. And
>|although the Supreme Godhead is transcendental to all Vedic
>|injunctions, He strictly followed the Vedic rituals.
94|Adi 11.10
95|TEXT 10
96|TEXT
97|antare isvara-cesta, bahire nirdambha
98|caitanya-bhakti-mandape tenho mula-stambha
99|SYNONYMS
100|antare-within Himself; isvara-cesta-the activities of the
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead; bahire-externally;
>|nirdambha-without pride; caitanya-bhakti-mandape-in the
>|devotional hall of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tenho-He is;
>|mula-stambha-the main pillar.
101|TRANSLATION
102|He is the main pillar in the hall of devotional service
>|erected by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He knew within Himself
>|that He acted as the Supreme Lord Visnu, but externally He
>|was prideless.
103|Adi 11.11
104|TEXT 11
105|TEXT
106|adyapi yanhara krpa-mahima ha-ite
107|caitanya-nityananda gaya sakala jagate
108|SYNONYMS
109|adyapi-until today; yanhara-whose; krpa-mercy; mahima-
>|glorious; ha-ite-from; caitanya-nityananda-Sri Caitanya-
>|Nityananda; gaya-sing; sakala-all; jagate-in the world.
110|TRANSLATION
111|It is by the glorious mercy of Sri Virabhadra Gosani that
>|people all over the world now have the chance to chant the
>|names of Caitanya and Nityananda.
112|Adi 11.12
113|TEXT 12
114|TEXT
115|sei virabhadra-gosanira la-inu sarana
116|yanhara prasade haya abhista-purana
117|SYNONYMS
118|sei-that; virabhadra-gosanira-of Sri Virabhadra Gosani; la-
>|inu-I take; sarana-shelter; yanhara-whose; prasade-by mercy;
>| haya-it becomes so; abhista-purana-fulfillment of desire.
119|TRANSLATION
120|I therefore take shelter of the lotus feet of Virabhadra
>|Gosani so that by His mercy my great desire to write Sri
>|Caitanya-caritamrta will be properly guided.
121|Adi 11.13
122|TEXT 13
123|TEXT
124|sri-ramadasa ara, gadadhara dasa
125|caitanya-gosanira bhakta rahe tanra pasa
126|SYNONYMS
127|sri-ramadasa-of the name Sri Ramadasa; ara-and; gadadhara
>|dasa- of the name Gadadhara dasa; caitanya-gosanira-of Lord
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bhakta-devotees; rahe-stay; tanra
>|pasa-with Him.
128|TRANSLATION
129|Two devotees of Lord Caitanya, named Sri Ramadasa and
>|Gadadhara dasa , always lived with Sri Virabhadra Gosani.
130|PURPORT
131|Sri Ramadasa, later known as Abhirama Thakura, was one of
>|the twelve gopalas, cowherd boyfriends, of Sri
>|Nityananda Prabhu. The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika , verse 126 ,
>| states that Sri Ramadasa was formerly Sridama. In
>|Bhakti-ratnakara (Fourth Wave), there is a description of
>|Srila Abhirama Thakura. By the order of Sri Nityananda
>|Prabhu, Abhirama Thakura became a great acarya and preacher
>|of the Caitanya cult of devotional service. He was a very
>|influential personality, and nondevotees were very
>|afraid of him. Empowered by Sri Nityananda Prabhu, he was
>|always in ecstasy and was extremely kind to all fallen
>|souls. It is said that if he offered obeisances to any
>|stone other than a salagrama-sila, it would immediately
>|fracture.
132|
>|Ten miles southwest of the Canpadanga railway
>|station on the narrow-gauge railway line from Howrah, in
>|Calcutta, to Amta, a village in the Hugali district, is a
>|small town named Khanakula-krsnanagara, where the temple of
>| Abhirama Thakura is situated. During the
>|rainy season, when this area is inundated with water,
>|people must go there by another line, which is now called
>|the southeastern Railway. On this line there is a
>|station named Kolaghata, from which one has to go by
>|steamer to Ranicaka. Seven and a half miles north of
>|Ranicaka is Khanakula. The temple of Abhirama Thakura
>|is situated in Krsnanagara, which is near the
>|kula (bank) of the Khana (Dvarakesvara River); therefore
>|this place is celebrated as Khanakula-krsnanagara. Outside
>|of the temple is a bakula tree. This place is known as
>|Siddha-bakula-kunja. It is said that when Abhirama Thakura
>|came there, he sat down under this tree. In Khanakula-
>|krsnanagara there is a big fair held every year in the
>|month of Caitra (March-April ) on the Krsna-saptami, the
>|seventh day of the dark moon. Many hundreds and thousands
>|of people gather for this festival. The temple of
>|Abhirama Thakura has a very old history. The
>|Deity in the temple is known as Gopinatha. There are many
>|sevaita families living near the temple. It is said that
>|Abhirama Thakura had a whip and that whoever he touched
>|with it would immediately become an elevated devotee of
>|Krsna. Among his many disciples, Sriman Srinivasa Acarya
>|was the most famous and the most dear, but it is doubtful
>|that he was his initiated disciple.
133|Adi 11.14-15
134|TEXTS 14-15
135|TEXT
136|nityanande ajna dila yabe gaude yaite
137|mahaprabhu ei dui dila tanra sathe
138|ataeva dui-gane dunhara ganana
139|madhava-vasudeva ghoserao ei vivarana
140|SYNONYMS
141|nityanande-unto Lord Nityananda; ajna-order; dila-gave;
>|yabe-when; gaude-to Bengal; yaite-to go; mahaprabhu-Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; ei dui-these two; dila-gave; tanra
>|sathe-with Him; ataeva-therefore; dui-gane-in both the
>|parties; dunhara-two of them; ganana-are counted; madhava-
>|of the name Madhava; vasudeva- of the name Vasudeva;
>|ghoserao-of the surname Ghosa; ei-this; vivarana-
>|description.
142|TRANSLATION
143|When Nityananda Prabhu was ordered to go to Bengal to
>|preach, these two devotees [Sri Ramadasa and Gadadhara dasa]
>| were ordered to go with Him. Thus they are sometimes
>|counted among the devotees of Lord Caitanya and sometimes
>|among the devotees of Lord Nityananda. Similarly, Madhava
>|and Vasudeva Ghosa belonged to both groups of
>|devotees simultaneously.
144|PURPORT
145|
>|There is a place named Danihata, near the
>|Agradvipa railway station and Patuli in the district of
>|Burdwan, where the Deity of Sri Gopinathaji is still
>|situated. This Deity accepted Govinda Ghosa as His father.
>|Even until today, the Deity performs the sraddha ceremony
>|on the anniversary of the death of Govinda Ghosa. The
>|temple of this Deity is managed by the raja-vamsa family of
>|Krsnanagara, whose members are descendants of Raja
>|Krsnacandra. Every year in the month of Vaisakha, when
>|there is a baradola ceremony, this Gopinatha Deity is taken
>|to Krsnanagara. The ceremony is performed with eleven other
>|Deities, and then Sri Gopinathaji is brought back to the
>|temple in Agradvipa.
146|Adi 11.16
147|TEXT 16
148|TEXT
149|ramadasa-mukhya-sakha, sakhya-prema-rasi
150|solasangera kastha yei tuli' kaila vamsi
151|SYNONYMS
152|rama-dasa-of the name Ramadasa; mukhya-sakha-chief branch;
>|sakhya-prema-rasi-full of fraternal love; solasa-angera-of
>|sixteen knots; kastha-wood; yei-that; tuli'-raising; kaila-
>|made; vamsi-flute.
153|TRANSLATION
154|Ramadasa, one of the chief branches, was full of fraternal
>|love of Godhead. He made a flute from a stick with sixteen
>|knots.
155|Adi 11.17
156|TEXT 17
157|TEXT
158|gadadhara dasa gopibhave purnananda
159|yanra ghare danakeli kaila nityananda
160|SYNONYMS
161|gadadhara dasa-of the name Gadadhara dasa; gopi-bhave-in
>|the ecstasy of the gopis; purna-ananda-fully in
>|transcendental bliss; yanra ghare-in whose house; dana-keli-
>|performance of danakeli-lila; kaila-did; nityananda-Lord
>|Nityananda Prabhu.
162|TRANSLATION
163|Srila Gadadhara dasa was always fully absorbed in ecstasy
>|as a gopi. In his house Lord Nityananda enacted the drama
>|Danakeli .
164|Adi 11.18
165|TEXT 18
166|TEXT
167|sri-madhava ghosa-mukhya kirtaniya-gane
168|nityananda-prabhu nrtya kare yanra gane
169|SYNONYMS
170|sri-madhava ghosa-of the name Sri Madhava Ghosa; mukhya-
>|chief; kirtaniya-gane-amongst the performers of sankirtana;
>|nityananda-prabhu- of the name Nityananda Prabhu; nrtya-
>|dance; kare-does; yanra-whose; gane-in song.
171|TRANSLATION
172|Sri Madhava Ghosa was a principal performer of kirtana.
>|While he sang, Nityananda Prabhu danced.
173|Adi 11.19
174|TEXT 19
175|TEXT
176|vasudeva gite kare prabhura varnane
177|kastha-pasana drave yahara sravane
178|SYNONYMS
179|vasudeva-of the name Vasudeva; gite-while singing; kare-
>|does; prabhura-of Nityananda Prabhu and Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; varnane-in description; kastha-wood; pasana-
>|stone; drave-melt; yahara-whose; sravane-by hearing.
180|TRANSLATION
181|When Vasudeva Ghosa performed kirtana, describing Lord
>|Caitanya and Nityananda , even
>|wood and stone would melt upon hearing it.
182|Adi 11.20
183|TEXT 20
184|TEXT
185|murari-caitanya-dasera alaukika lila
186|vyaghra-gale cada mare, sarpa-sane khela
187|SYNONYMS
188|murari-of the name Murari; caitanya-dasera-of the servant
>|of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; alaukika-uncommon; lila-
>|pastimes; vyaghra-tiger; gale-on the cheek; cada mare-slaps;
>| sarpa-a snake; sane-with; khela-playing.
189|TRANSLATION
190|There were many extraordinary activities performed by
>|Murari, a great devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
>|Sometimes in his ecstasy he would slap the cheek of a tiger,
>| and sometimes he would play with a venomous snake.
191|PURPORT
192|
>|Murari Caitanya dasa was born in the village of
>|Sar-vrndavana-pura, which is situated about two miles from
>|the Galasi station on the Burdwan line. When Murari
>|Caitanya dasa came to Navadvipa, he settled in the village
>|of Modadruma, or Mamagachi-grama. At that time he became
>|known as Sarnga or Saranga Murari Caitanya dasa. The
>|descendants of his family still reside in Sarer Pata. In
>|the Caitanya-bhagavata, Antya- lila, Chapter Five, there
>|is the following statement: "Murari Caitanya dasa had no
>|material bodily features, for he was completely spiritual.
>|Thus he would sometimes chase after tigers in the jungle
>|and treat them just like cats and dogs. He would slap the
>|cheek of a tiger and take a venomous snake on his lap. He
>|had no fear for his external body, of which he was
>|completely forgetful. He could spend all twenty-four hours
>|of the day chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra or speaking
>|about Lord Caitanya and Nityananda. Sometimes he would
>|remain submerged in water for two or three days, but he
>|would feel no bodily inconvenience. Thus he behaved almost
>|like stone or wood, but he always used his energy in
>|chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. No one can describe
>|his specific characteristics, but it is understood that
>|wherever Murari Caitanya dasa passed, whoever was present
>|would be enlightened in Krsna consciousness simply by the
>|atmosphere he created. "
193|Adi 11.21
194|TEXT 21
195|TEXT
196|nityanandera gana yata-saba vraja-sakha
197|srnga-vetra-gopavesa, sire sikhi-pakha
198|SYNONYMS
199|nityanandera-of Lord Nityananda Prabhu; gana-followers;
>|yata-all; saba-all; vraja-sakha-residents of Vrndavana;
>|srnga-horn; vetra-cane stick; gopa-vesa-dressed like a
>|cowherd boy; sire-on the head; sikhi-pakha-the plume of a
>|peacock.
200|TRANSLATION
201|All the associates of Lord Nityananda were formerly cowherd
>|boys in Vrajabhumi. Their symbolic representations were the
>|horns and sticks they carried, their cowherd dress and the
>|peacock plumes on their heads.
202|PURPORT
203|Jahnava-mata is also within the list of Lord Nityananda's
>|followers. She is described in the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika,
>|verse 66 , as Ananga-manjari of Vrndavana. All the
>|devotees who are followers of Jahnava-mata are counted
>|within the list of Sri Nityananda Prabhu's devotees.
204|Adi 11.22
205|TEXT 22
206|TEXT
207|raghunatha vaidya upadhyaya mahasaya
208|yanhara darsane krsna-prema-bhakti haya
209|SYNONYMS
210|raghunatha vaidya-the physician Raghunatha; upadhyaya
>|mahasaya-a great personality with the title Upadhyaya;
>|yanhara-whose; darsane-by visiting; krsna-prema-love of
>|Krsna; bhakti-devotional service; haya-awakened.
211|TRANSLATION
212|The physician Raghunatha, also known as Upadhyaya, was so
>|great a devotee that simply by seeing him one would awaken
>|his dormant love of Godhead.
213|Adi 11.23
214|TEXT 23
215|TEXT
216|sundarananda-nityanandera sakha, bhrtya marma
217|yanra sange nityananda kare vraja-narma
218|SYNONYMS
219|sundarananda-of the name Sundarananda; nityanandera sakha-a
>|branch of Nityananda Prabhu; bhrtya marma-very intimate
>|servant; yanra sange-with whom; nityananda-Lord Nityananda;
>|kare-performs; vraja-narma-activities of Vrndavana.
220|TRANSLATION
221|Sundarananda, another branch of Sri Nityananda Prabhu, was
>|Lord Nityananda's most intimate servant. Lord Nityananda
>|Prabhu perceived the life of Vrajabhumi in his company.
222|PURPORT
223|
>|In the Caitanya-bhagavata, Antya- lila,
>|Chapter Fives, it is stated that Sundarananda was an ocean
>|of love of Godhead and the chief associate of Sri
>|Nityananda Prabhu. In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika he
>|is stated to have been Sudama in krsna-lila. Thus he was
>|one of the twelve cowherd boys who came down with Balarama
>|when He descended as Sri Nityananda Prabhu. The holy place
>|where Sundarananda lived is situated in the village known
>|as Mahesapura, which is about fourteen miles east of the
>|Majadiya railway station of the Eastern Railway from
>|Calcutta to Burdwan. This place is within the district of
>|Jeshore, which is now in Bangladesh . Among the relics of
>|this village, only the old residential house of
>|Sundarananda still exists. At the end of the village
>|resides a baula (pseudo -Vaisnava ), and all the buildings,
>|both the temples and the house, appear to be newly
>|constructed. In Mahesapura there are Deities of Sri
>|Radhavallabha and Sri Sri Radharamana. Near the temple is a
>|small river of the name Vetravati.
224|Sundarananda Prabhu was a naisthika-brahmacari: he never
>|married in his life. Therefore he had no direct descendants
>|except his disciples, but the descendants of his family
>|still reside in the village known as Mangaladihi in the
>|district of Birbhum. In that same village is a temple of
>|Balarama, and the Deity there is regularly worshiped. The
>|original Deity of Mahesapura, Radhavallabha, was taken by
>|the Saidabad Gosvamis of Berhampur, and since the present
>|Deities were installed, a zamindar family of Mahesapura has
>|looked after Their worship. On the full moon day of the
>|month of Magha (January-February), the anniversary of
>|Sundarananda's disappearance is regularly celebrated, and
>|people from the neighboring areas gather together to
>|observe this festival.
225|Adi 11.24
226|TEXT 24
227|TEXT
228|kamalakara pippalai-alaukika rita
229|alaukika prema tanra bhuvane vidita
230|SYNONYMS
231|kamalakara pippalai-of the name Kamalakara Pippalai;
>|alaukika-uncommon; rita-behavior or pastime; alaukika-
>|uncommon; prema-love of Godhead; tanra-his; bhuvane-in the
>|world; vidita-celebrated.
232|TRANSLATION
233|Kamalakara Pippalai is said to have been the third gopala.
>|His behavior and love of Godhead were uncommon, and thus he
>|is celebrated all over the world.
234|PURPORT
235|
>|In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika , verse 128 ,
>|Kamalakara Pippalai is described as the third gopala. His
>|former name was Mahabala. The Jagannatha Deity at Mahesa in
>|Sri Ramapura was installed by Kamalakara Pippalai. This
>|village of Mahesa is situated about two and a half miles
>|from the Sri Ramapura railway station. The genealogy of the
>|family of Kamalakara Pippalai is given as follows.
>|Kamalakara Pippalai had a son named Caturbhuja, who had two
>|sons named Narayana and Jagannatha. Narayana had one son
>|named Jagadananda, and his son's name was Rajivalocana.
>|During the time of Rajivalocana, there was a scarcity of
>|finances for the worship of the Jagannatha Deity, and it is
>|said that the Nawab of Dacca, whose name was Shah Suja,
>|donated 1,185 bighas of land in the
>|Bengali year 1060 (A.D. 1653 ). The land being the
>|possession of Jagannatha, the village was named Jagannatha-
>|pura. It is said that when Kamalakara Pippalai left home
>|his younger brother Nidhipati Pippalai searched for him and
>|in due course of time found him in the village of Mahesa.
>|Nidhipati Pippalai tried his best to bring his elder
>|brother home, but he would not return. Under these
>|circumstances, Nidhipati Pippalai, with all his family
>|members, came to Mahesa to reside. The members of this
>|family still reside in the vicinity of the Mahesa village.
>|Their family name is Adhikari, and they are a brahmana
>|family.
236|The history of the Jagannatha temple in Mahesa is as
>|follows. One devotee of the name Dhruvananda went to see
>|Lord Jagannatha, Balarama and Subhadra at Jagannatha Puri,
>|wanting to offer food to Jagannathaji that he had cooked
>|with his own hands. This being his desire, one night
>|Jagannathaji appeared to him in a dream and asked him to go
>|to Mahesa on the bank of the Ganges and there start worship
>|of Him in a temple. Thus Dhruvananda went to Mahesa, where
>|he saw the three deities-Jagannatha, Balarama and Subhadra-
>|floating in the Ganges. He picked up all those deities and
>|installed them in a small cottage, and with great
>|satisfaction he executed the worship of Lord Jagannatha.
>|When he became old, he was very anxious to hand over the
>|worship to the charge of someone reliable, and in a dream
>|he got permission from Jagannatha Prabhu to hand it over to
>|a person whom he would meet the next morning. The next
>|morning he met Kamalakara Pippalai, who was formerly an
>|inhabitant of the village Khalijuli in the Sundaravana
>|forest area of Bengal and was a pure Vaisnava, a great
>|devotee of Lord Jagannatha; thus he immediately gave him
>|charge of the worship. In this way, Kamalakara Pippalai
>|became the worshiper of Lord Jagannatha, and since then his
>|family members have been designated as Adhikari, which
>|means "one who is empowered to worship the Lord. " These
>|Adhikaris belong to a respectable brahmana family. Five
>|types of upper-class brahmanas are recognized by the
>|surname Pippalai.
237|Adi 11.25
238|TEXT 25
239|TEXT
240|suryadasa sarakhela, tanra bhai krsnadasa
241|nityanande drdha visvasa, premera nivasa
242|SYNONYMS
243|suryadasa sarakhela-of the name Suryadasa Sarakhela; tanra
>|bhai-his brother; krsnadasa- of the name Krsnadasa;
>|nityanande-unto Lord Nityananda; drdha visvasa-firm faith;
>|premera nivasa-the reservoir of all love of Godhead.
244|TRANSLATION
245|Suryadasa Sarakhela and his younger brother Krsnadasa
>|Sarakhela both possessed firm faith in Nityananda Prabhu.
>|They were a reservoir of love of Godhead.
246|PURPORT
247|In the Bhakti-ratnakara (Twelfth Wave), it is stated that a
>|few miles from Navadvipa is a place called Saligrama that
>|was the residence of Suryadasa Sarakhela. He was employed
>|as a secretary in the Muslim government of that time, and
>|thus he amassed a good fortune. Suryadasa had four brothers,
>| all of whom were pure Vaisnavas. Vasudha and Jahnava were
>|two daughters of Suryadasa Sarakhela.
248|Adi 11.26
249|TEXT 26
250|TEXT
251|gauridasa pandita yanra premoddanda-bhakti
252|krsna-prema dite, nite, dhare mahasakti
253|SYNONYMS
254|gauridasa pandita-of the name Gauridasa Pandita; yanra-
>|whose; prema-uddanda-bhakti-the most elevated in love of
>|Godhead and devotional service; krsna-prema-love of Krsna;
>|dite-to deliver; nite-and to receive; dhare-empowered;
>|mahasakti-great potency.
255|TRANSLATION
256|Gauridasa Pandita, the emblem of the most elevated
>|devotional service in love of Godhead, had the greatest
>|potency to receive and deliver such love.
257|PURPORT
258|
>|It is said that Gauridasa Pandita was always
>|patronized by King Krsnadasa, the son of Harihoda.
>|Gauridasa Pandita lived in the village of Saligrama, which
>|is situated a few miles from the railway station Mudagacha,
>|and later he came to reside in Ambika-kalana. It is stated
>|in the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika , verse 128 , that formerly
>|he was Subala, one of the cowherd boyfriends of Krsna and
>|Balarama in Vrndavana. Gauridasa Pandita was the younger
>|brother of Suryadasa Sarakhela, and with the permission of
>|his elder brother he shifted his residence to the bank of
>|the Ganges, living there in the town known as Ambika-kalana.
>| Some of the names of the descendants of Gauridasa Pandita
>|are as follows: (1) Sri Nrsimha-caitanya, (2) Krsnadasa, (3)
>| Visnudasa, (4) Bada Balarama dasa, (5) Govinda, (6)
>|Raghunatha, (7) Badu Gangadasa, (8) Auliya Gangarama, (9)
>|Yadavacarya, (10) Hrdaya-caitanya, (11) Canda Haladara, (12)
>| Mahesa Pandita, (13) Mukuta Raya, (14) Bhatuya Gangarama, (
>|15) Auliya Caitanya, (16) Kaliya Krsnadasa, (17) Patuya
>|Gopala, (18) Bada Jagannatha, (19) Nityananda, (20) Bhavi, (
>|21) Jagadisa, (22) Raiya Krsnadasa and ( 22 12) Annapurna.
>| The eldest son of Gauridasa Pandita was known as big
>|Balarama, and the youngest was known as Raghunatha. The
>|sons of Raghunatha were Mahesa Pandita and Govinda.
>|Gauridasa Pandita's daughter was known as Annapurna.
259|The village Ambika-kalana, which is situated just across
>|the river Ganges from Santipura, is two miles east of the
>|Kalana-korta railway station, on the Eastern Railway. In
>|Ambika-kalana there is a temple constructed by the zamindar
>|of Burdwan. In front of the temple there is a big tamarind
>|tree, and it is said that Gauridasa Pandita and Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu met underneath this tree. The place
>|where the temple is situated is known as Ambika, and
>|because it is in the area of Kalana, the village is known
>|as Ambika-kalana. It is said that a copy of the Bhagavad-
>|gita written by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu still exists in
>|this temple.
260|Adi 11.27
261|TEXT 27
262|TEXT
263|nityanande samarpila jati-kula-panti