1|Adi 12-1975: The Expansions of Advaita Acarya and Gadadhara
>|Pandita
2|Chapter 12
3|The Expansions of Advaita Acarya and Gadadhara Pandita
4|Bhaktivinoda Thakura gives a summary of the Twelfth Chapter
>|of Adi-lila in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya. This Twelfth
>|Chapter describes the followers of Advaita Prabhu, among
>|whom the followers of Acyutananda, the son of Advaita
>|Acarya, are understood to be the pure followers who
>|received the cream of the philosophy Sri Advaita Acarya
>|enunciated. Other so-called descendants and followers of
>|Advaita Acarya are not to be recognized. This chapter also
>|includes narrations concerning he son of Advaita Acarya
>|named Gopala Misra and Advaita Acarya's servant named
>|Kamalakanta Visvasa. In his early life Gopala fainted
>|during the cleansing of the Gundica-mandira at Jagannatha
>|Puri and thus became a recipient of the mercy of Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The story of Kamalakanta Visvasa
>|concerns his borrowing three hundred rupees from
>|Prataparudra Maharaja to clear the debts of Advaita Acarya
>|, for which Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu chastised him when He
>|came to know of it. Kamalakanta Visvasa was then purified
>|by the request of Sri Advaita Acarya. After describing the
>|descendants of Advaita Acarya, the chapter concludes by
>|describing the followers of Gadadhara Pandita Gosvami.
5|Adi 12.1
6|TEXT 1
7|TEXT
8|advaitanghry-abja-bhrngams tan
9|sarasara-bhrto 'khilan
10|hitvasaran sara-bhrto
11|naumi caitanya-jivanan
12|SYNONYMS
13|advaita-anghri-the lotus feet of Advaita Acarya; abja-lotus
>|flower; bhrngan-bumblebees; tan-all of them; sara-asara-
>|real and not real; bhrtah-accepting; akhilan-all of them;
>|hitva-giving up; asaran-not real; sara-bhrtah-those who are
>|real; naumi-offer my obeisances; caitanya-jivanan-whose
>|life and soul was Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
14|TRANSLATION
15|The followers of Sri Advaita Prabhu were of two kinds. Some
>|were real followers, and the others were false. Rejecting
>|the false followers, I offer my respectful obeisances to
>|Sri Advaita Acarya's real followers, whose life and soul
>|was Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
16|Adi 12.2
17|TEXT 2
18|TEXT
19| jaya jaya mahaprabhu sri-krsna-caitanya
20|jaya jaya nityananda jayadvaita dhanya
21|SYNONYMS
22|jaya jaya-all glories; mahaprabhu-Mahaprabhu; sri-krsna-
>|caitanya-of the name Sri Krsna Caitanya; jaya jaya-all
>|glories; nityananda-to Lord Nityananda Prabhu; jaya advaita-
>|all glories to Advaita Prabhu; dhanya-who are all very
>|glorious.
23|TRANSLATION
24| All glories to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu! All glories to
>|Lord Nityananda! All glories to Sri Advaita Prabhu! All of
>|Them are glorious.
25|Adi 12.3
26|TEXT 3
27|TEXT
28| sri-caitanyamara-taror
29|dvitiya-skandha-rupinah
30|srimad-advaita-candrasya
31|sakha-rupan ganan numah
32|SYNONYMS
33|sri-caitanya-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; amara-eternal;
>|taroh-of the tree; dvitiya-second; skandha-big branch;
>|rupinah-in the form of; srimat-the all-glorious; advaita-
>|candrasya-of Lord Advaitacandra; sakha-rupan-in the form of
>|branches; ganan-to all the followers; numah-I offer my
>|respectful obeisances.
34|TRANSLATION
35| I offer my respectful obeisances to the all-glorious
>|Advaita Prabhu, who forms the second branch of the eternal
>|Caitanya tree, and to His followers, who form His
>|subbranches.
36|Adi 12.4
37|TEXT 4
38|TEXT
39| vrksera dvitiya skandha-acarya-gosani
40|tanra yata sakha ha-ila, tara lekha nani
41|SYNONYMS
42|vrksera-of the tree; dvitiya skandha-the second big branch;
>|acarya-gosani-Sri Advaita Acarya Gosvami; tanra-His; yata-
>|all; sakha-branches; ha-ila-became; tara-of that; lekha-
>|description; nani-there is not.
43|TRANSLATION
44| Sri Advaita Prabhu was the second big branch of the tree.
>|There are many subbranches, but it is impossible to mention
>|them all.
45|Adi 12.5
46|TEXT 5
47|TEXT
48| caitanya-malira krpa-jalera secane
49|sei jale pusta skandha bade dine dine
50|SYNONYMS
51|caitanya-malira-of the gardener named Caitanya; krpa-jalera-
>|of the water of His mercy; secane-by sprinkling; sei jale-
>|by that water; pusta-nourished; skandha-branches; bade-
>|increased; dine dine-day after day.
52|TRANSLATION
53| Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was also the gardener, and as He
>|poured the water of His mercy on the tree, all the branches
>|and subbranches grew, day after day.
54|Adi 12.6
55|TEXT 6
56|TEXT
57| sei skandhe yata prema-phala upajila
58|sei krsna-prema-phale jagat bharila
59|SYNONYMS
60|sei skandhe-on that branch; yata-all; prema-phala-fruits of
>|love of Godhead; upajila-grew; sei-those; krsna-prema-phale-
>|fruits of love of Krsna; jagat-the whole world; bharila-
>|spread over.
61|TRANSLATION
62| The fruits of love of Godhead that grew on those branches
>|of the Caitanya tree were so large that they flooded the
>|entire world with love of Krsna.
63|Adi 12.7
64|TEXT 7
65|TEXT
66| sei jala skandhe kare sakhate sancara
67|phale-phule bade,-sakha ha-ila vistara
68|SYNONYMS
69|sei jala-that water; skandhe-on the branches; kare-does;
>|sakhate-on the subbranches; sancara-growing; phale-phule-in
>|fruits and flowers; bade-increases; sakha-the branches; ha-
>|ila-became; vistara-widespread.
70|TRANSLATION
71| As the trunk and branches were watered, the branches and
>|subbranches spread lavishly, and the tree grew full with
>|fruits and flowers.
72|Adi 12.8
73|TEXT 8
74|TEXT
75| prathame ta' eka-mata acaryera gana
76|pache dui-mata haila daivera karana
77|SYNONYMS
78|prathame-in the beginning; ta'-however; eka-mata-one
>|opinion; acaryera-of Advaita Acarya; gana-followers; pache-
>|later; dui-mata-two opinions; haila-became; daivera-of
>|providence; karana-the cause.
79|TRANSLATION
80| At first all the followers of Advaita Acarya shared a
>|single opinion. But later they followed two different
>|opinions, as ordained by providence.
81|PURPORT
82| The words daivera karana indicate that by dint of
>|providence, or by God's will, the followers of Advaita
>|Acarya divided into two parties. Such disagreement among
>|the disciples of one acarya is also found among the members
>|of the Gaudiya Matha. In the beginning, during the presence
>|of Om Visnupada Paramahamsa Parivrajakacarya Astottara-sata
>|Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada,
>|all the disciples worked in agreement; but just after his
>|disappearance, they disagreed. One party strictly followed
>|the instructions of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, but
>|another group created their own concoction about executing
>|his desires. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, at the time
>|of his departure, requested all his disciples to form a
>|governing body and conduct missionary activities
>|cooperatively. He did not instruct a particular man to
>|become the next acarya. But just after his passing away,
>|his leading secretaries made plans, without authority, to
>|occupy the post of acarya, and they split into two factions
>|over who the next acarya would be. Consequently, both
>|factions were asara, or useless, because they had no
>|authority, having disobeyed the order of the spiritual
>|master. Despite the spiritual master's order to form a
>|governing body and execute the missionary activities of the
>|Gaudiya Matha, the two unauthorized factions began
>|litigation that is still going on after forty years with no
>|decision.
83| Therefore, we do not belong to any faction. But because
>|the two parties, busy dividing the material assets of the
>|Gaudiya Matha institution, stopped the preaching work, we
>|took up the mission of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
>|and Bhaktivinoda Thakura to preach the cult of Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu all over the world, under the protection of all
>|the predecessor acaryas, and we find that our humble
>|attempt has been successful. We followed the principles
>|especially explained by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura
>|in his commentary on the Bhagavad-gita verse
>|vyavasayatmika buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana .
>|According to this instruction of Visvanatha Cakravarti
>|Thakura, it is the duty of a disciple to follow strictly
>|the orders of his spiritual master. The secret of success
>|in advancement in spiritual life is the firm faith of the
>|disciple in the orders of his spiritual master. The Vedas
>|confirm this:
84|yasya deve para bhaktir
85|yatha deve tatha gurau
86|tasyaite kathita hy arthah
87|prakasante mahatmanah
88| "To one who has staunch faith in the words of the
>|spiritual master and the words of the Supreme Personality
>|of Godhead, the secret of success in Vedic knowledge is
>|revealed." The Krsna consciousness movement is being
>|propagated according to this principle, and therefore our
>|preaching work is going on successfully, in spite of the
>|many impediments offered by antagonistic demons, because we
>|are getting positive help from our previous acaryas. One
>|must judge every action by its result. The members of the
>|self-appointed acarya's party who occupied the property of
>|the Gaudiya Matha are satisfied, but they could make no
>|progress in preaching. Therefore by the result of their
>|actions one should know that they are asara, or useless,
>|whereas the success of the ISKCON party, the International
>|Society for Krishna Consciousness, which strictly follows
>|guru and Gauranga, is increasing daily all over the world.
>|Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura wanted to print as
>|many books as possible and distribute them all over the
>|world. We have tried our best in this connection, and we
>|are getting results beyond our expectations.
89|Adi 12.9
90|TEXT 9
91|TEXT
92| keha ta' acarya ajnaya, keha ta' svatantra
93|sva-mata kalpana kare daiva-paratantra
94|SYNONYMS
95|keha ta'-some; acarya-the spiritual master; ajnaya-upon His
>|order; keha ta'-some; sva-tantra-independently; sva-mata-
>|their own opinions; kalpana kare-they concoct; daiva-
>|paratantra-under the spell of maya.
96|TRANSLATION
97|Some of the disciples strictly accepted the orders of the
>|acarya, and others deviated, independently concocting their
>|own opinions under the spell of daivi-maya.
98|PURPORT
99|This verse describes the beginning of a schism. When
>|disciples do not stick to the principle of accepting the
>|order of their spiritual master, immediately there are two
>|opinions. Any opinion different from the opinion of the
>|spiritual master is useless. One cannot infiltrate
>|materially concocted ideas into spiritual advancement. That
>|is deviation. There is no scope for adjusting spiritual
>|advancement to material ideas.
100|Adi 12.10
101|TEXT 10
102|TEXT
103|acaryera mata yei, sei mata sara
104|tanra ajna langhi' cale, sei ta' asara
105|SYNONYMS
106|acaryera-of the spiritual master (Advaita Prabhu); mata-
>|opinion; yei-what is; sei-that; mata-opinion; sara-active
>|principle; tanra-his; ajna-order; langhi'-transgressing;
>|cale-becomes; sei-that; ta'-however; asara-useless.
107|TRANSLATION
108|The order of the spiritual master is the active principle
>|in spiritual life. Anyone who disobeys the order of the
>|spiritual master immediately becomes useless.
109|PURPORT
110|Here is the opinion of Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami.
>|Persons who strictly follow the orders of the spiritual
>|master are useful in executing the will of the Supreme,
>|whereas persons who deviate from the strict order of the
>|spiritual master are useless.
111|Adi 12.11
112|TEXT 11
113|TEXT
114|asarera name ihan nahi prayojana
115|bheda janibare kari ekatra ganana
116|SYNONYMS
117|asarera-of the useless persons; name-in their name; ihan-in
>|this connection; nahi-there is no; prayojana-use; bheda-
>|differences; janibare-to know; kari-I do; ekatra-in one
>|list; ganana-counting.
118|TRANSLATION
119|There is no need to name those who are useless. I have
>|mentioned them only to distinguish them from the useful
>|devotees.
120|Adi 12.12
121|TEXT 12
122|TEXT
123|dhanya-rasi mape yaiche patna sahite
124|pascate patna udana samskara karite
125|SYNONYMS
126|dhanya-rasi-heaps of paddy; mape-measures; yaiche-as it is;
>|patna-useless straw; sahite-with; pascate-later; patna-
>|useless straw; udana-fanning; samskara-purification; karite-
>|to do.
127|TRANSLATION
128|Paddy is mixed with straw at first, and one must fan it to
>|separate the paddy from the straw.
129|PURPORT
130|This example given by Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami is very
>|appropriate. In the case of the Gaudiya Matha members, one
>|can apply a similar process. There are many disciples of
>|Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, but to judge who is
>|actually his disciple, to divide the useful from the
>|useless, one must measure the activities of such disciples
>|in executing the will of the spiritual master.
>|Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura tried his best to spread
>|the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to countries outside
>|India. When he was present he patronized the disciples to
>|go outside India to preach the cult of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, but they were unsuccessful because within their
>|minds they were not actually serious about preaching His
>|cult in foreign countries; they simply wanted to take
>|credit for having gone to foreign lands and utilize this
>|recognition in India by advertising themselves as
>|repatriated preachers. Many svamis have adopted this
>|hypocritical means of preaching for the last eighty years
>|or more, but no one could preach the real cult of Krsna
>|consciousness all over the world. They merely came back to
>|India falsely advertising that they had converted all the
>|foreigners to the ideas of Vedanta or Krsna consciousness,
>|and then they collected funds in India and lived satisfied
>|lives of material comfort. As one fans paddy to separate
>|the real paddy from useless straw, by accepting the
>|criterion recommended by Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami one can
>|very easily understand who is a genuine world-preacher and
>|who is useless.
131|Adi 12.13
132|TEXT 13
133|TEXT
134|acyutananda-bada sakha, acarya-nandana
135|ajanma sevila tenho caitanya-carana
136|
137|SYNONYMS
138|acyutananda-of the name Acyutananda; bada sakha-a big
>|branch; acarya-nandana-the son of Advaita Acarya; ajanma-
>|from the very beginning of life; sevila-served; tenho-he;
>|caitanya-carana-the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya.
139|TRANSLATION
140|A big branch of Advaita Acarya was Acyutananda, His son
>|. From the beginning of his life he engaged in
>|the service of the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya.
141|Adi 12.14
142|TEXT 14
143|TEXT
144|caitanya-gosanira guru-kesava bharati
145|ei pitara vakya suni' duhkha paila ati
146|SYNONYMS
147|caitanya-Lord Caitanya; gosanira-the spiritual master; guru-
>|His spiritual master; kesava bharati-of the name Kesava
>|Bharati; ei-these; pitara-his father's; vakya-words; suni'-
>|hearing; duhkha-unhappiness; paila-got; ati-very much.
148|TRANSLATION
149|When Acyutananda heard from his father that Kesava Bharati
>|was the spiritual master of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he
>|was very unhappy.
150|Adi 12.15
151|TEXT 15
152|TEXT
153|jagad-gurute tumi kara aiche upadesa
154|tomara ei upadese nasta ha-ila desa
155|SYNONYMS
156|jagat-gurute-on the spiritual master of the universe; tumi-
>|You; kara-do; aiche-such; upadesa-instruction; tomara-Your;
>|ei upadese-by this instruction; nasta-spoiled; ha-ila-will
>|become; desa-the country.
157|TRANSLATION
158|He told his father, "Your instruction that Kesava Bharati
>|is the spiritual master of Caitanya Mahaprabhu will spoil
>|the entire country.
159|Adi 12.16
160|TEXT 16
161|TEXT
162|caudda bhuvanera guru-caitanya-gosani
163|tanra guru-anya, ei kona sastre nai
164|SYNONYMS
165|caudda-fourteen; bhuvanera-planetary systems; guru-master;
>|caitanya-gosani-Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tanra guru-
>|His spiritual master; anya-someone else; ei-this; kona-any;
>|sastre-in scripture; nai-there is no mention.
166|TRANSLATION
167|"Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the spiritual master of the
>|fourteen worlds, but You say that someone else is His
>|spiritual master. This is not supported by any revealed
>|scripture."
168|Adi 12.17
169|TEXT 17
170|TEXT
171|pancama varsera balaka kahe siddhantera sara
172|suniya paila acarya santosa apara
173|SYNONYMS
174|pancama-five; varsera-years; balaka-small boy; kahe-says;
>|siddhantera-conclusive; sara-essence; suniya-hearing; paila-
>|got; acarya-Advaita Acarya; santosa-satisfaction; apara-
>|very much.
175|TRANSLATION
176|When Advaita Acarya heard this statement from His five-year-
>|old son Acyutananda, He felt great satisfaction because of
>|his conclusive judgment.
177|PURPORT
178|Commenting on verses 13 through 17, Bhaktisiddhanta
>|Sarasvati Thakura gives an extensive description of the
>|descendants of Advaita Acarya. The Caitanya-bhagavata,
>|Antya-khanda, Chapter One, states that Acyutananda was the
>|eldest son of Advaita Acarya. The Sanskrit book Advaita-
>|carita states, "Advaita Acarya Prabhu had three sons, named
>| Acyuta,
>|Krsna Misra and Gopala dasa, all born of the
>|womb of His wife, Sitadevi , who were devotees of Lord
>|Caitanya. Advaita Acarya also had three more sons, whose
>|names were Balarama, Svarupa and Jagadisa. Thus there were
>|six sons of Advaita Acarya." Among the six sons, three were
>|strict followers of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and of these
>|three, Acyutananda was the eldest.
179|Advaita Prabhu married in the beginning of the fifteenth
>|century sakabda (late fifteenth century A.D.). When Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted to visit the village of Ramakeli
>|while going from Jagannatha Puri to Vrndavana during the
>|sakabda years 1433 and 1434 (A.D. 1512 and 1513),
>|Acyutananda was only five years old. The Caitanya-bhagavata,
>| Antya-khanda, Fourth Chapter, describes Acyutananda at
>|that time as panca-varsa vayasa madhura digambara, "only
>|five years old and standing naked." Therefore it is to be
>|concluded that Acyutananda was born sometime in the year
>|1428 (A.D. 1507). Before the birth of Acyutananda, Advaita
>|Prabhu's wife, Sitadevi, came to see Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu at His birth. Thus it is not impossible that she
>|had the other three sons by Advaita within the twenty-one
>|years between 1407 and 1428 sakabda (A.D. 1486 and 1507).
>|In an unauthorized book of the name Sitadvaita-carita,
>|published in Bengali in the unauthorized newspaper
>|Nityananda-dayini in 1792 sakabda (A.D. 1871), it is
>|mentioned that Acyutananda was a class friend of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. According to Caitanya-bhagavata,
>|this statement is not at all valid. When Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu accepted the renounced order of sannyasa
>|, He came to the house of
>|Advaita Prabhu at Santipura in the year 1431 sakabda (A.D.
>|1510). At that time, as stated in Caitanya-bhagavata,
>|Antya-khanda, Chapter One, Acyutananda was only three years
>|old. The Caitanya-bhagavata further states that the naked
>|child, the son of Advaita Prabhu, immediately came and fell
>|down at the lotus feet of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The
>|Lord immediately took him on His lap, although he was not
>|very clean, having dust all over his body. Lord Caitanya
>|said, "My dear Acyuta, Advaita Acarya is My father, and
>|thus we are brothers."
180|Before Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu exhibited His spiritual
>|forms during His residence at Navadvipa, He asked Sri Rama
>|Pandita, Srivasa Thakura's brother, to go to Santipura and
>|bring back Advaita Acarya. Acyutananda joined his father at
>|that time. It is said, advaitera tanaya 'acyutananda' nama
>|parama-balaka, seho kande avirama. Acyutananda also joined
>|in crying in transcendental bliss. Again, when Lord
>|Caitanya beat Advaita Acarya for explaining Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam from an impersonalist viewpoint opposed to the
>|principles of bhakti-yoga, Acyutananda was also present.
>|Therefore all these incidents must have occurred only two
>|or three years before Lord Caitanya accepted the sannyasa
>|order. in the Caitanya-bhagavata, Antya-
>|khanda, Chapter One, it is stated that Acyutananda, the son
>|of Advaita Acarya, offered his obeisances to the Lord.
>|Therefore it should be concluded that from the very
>|beginning of his life Acyutananda was a great devotee of
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
181|There is no information that Acyutananda ever married, but
>|he is described as the biggest branch of the Advaita Acarya
>|family. From a book named Sakha-nirnayamrta it is
>|understood that Acyutananda was a disciple of Gadadhara
>|and that he took shelter of Lord Caitanya in
>|Jagannatha Puri and engaged in devotional service. The
>|Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, Chapter Ten, states that
>|Acyutananda, the son of Advaita Acarya, lived in Jagannatha
>|Puri, taking shelter of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Gadadhara
>|Pandita, in the last years of his life, also lived with
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu at Jagannatha Puri. There is no
>|doubt, therefore, that Acyutananda was a disciple of
>|Pandita Gadadhara. In the accounts of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu's dancing in front of the car during the Ratha-
>|yatra festival, Acyutananda's name is to be found many
>|times. It is stated that in the party of Advaita Acarya
>|from Santipura, Acyutananda was dancing and others were
>|singing. At that time the boy was only six years old.
>|the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, compiled by Sri Kavi-
>|karnapura, has described Acyutananda as a disciple
>|of Gadadhara Pandita and a great and dear devotee of Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. According to the opinion of some, he
>|was an incarnation of Karttikeya, the son of Lord Siva, and
>|according to others he was formerly the gopi named Acyuta.
>|The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika has supported both these
>|opinions. Another book, Narottama-vilasa, compiled by Sri
>|Narahari dasa, mentions Acyutananda's presence during the
>|festival at Khetari. According to Sri Narahari dasa, during
>|the last days of his life Acyutananda stayed in his house
>|at Santipura, but during the presence of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu he lived at Jagannatha Puri with Gadadhara
>|Pandita.
182|Of the six sons of Advaita Acarya, three-Acyutananda, Krsna
>|Misra and Gopala dasa-lived faithfully in the service of
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Since Acyutananda did not accept a
>|wife, he had no issue. The second son of Advaita Acarya,
>|Krsna Misra, had two sons, Raghunatha Cakravarti and Dola-
>|govinda. The descendants of Raghunatha still live in
>|Santipura in the neighborhoods of Madana-gopala-pada,
>|Ganakara, Mrjapura and Kumarakhali. Dola-govinda had three
>|sons, namely, Canda, Kandarpa and Gopinatha. The
>|descendants of Kandarpa live in Maldah in the village
>|Jikabadi. Gopinatha had three sons, Srivallabha,
>|Pranavallabha and Kesava. The descendants of Srivallabha
>|live in the villages known as Masiyadara (Mahisadera),
>|Damukadiya and Candipura. There is a genealogical table for
>|the family of Sri Vallabha beginning from his eldest son,
>|Ganga-narayana. The descendants of Sri Vallabha's youngest
>|son, Ramagopala, still live in Damukadiya, Candipura,
>|Solamari, and so on. The descendants of Pranavallabha and
>|Kesava live in Uthali. The son of Pranavallabha was
>|Ratnesvara, and his son was Krsnarama, whose youngest son
>|was Laksmi-narayana. His son was Navakisora, and Navakisora'
>|s second son was Ramamohana, whose eldest son was
>|Jagabandhu and whose third son, Viracandra, accepted the
>|sannyasa order and established a Deity of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu in Katwa. These two sons of Ramamohana were
>|known as Bada Prabhu and Chota Prabhu, and they inaugurated
>|the circumambulation of Navadvipa-dhama. One may refer to
>|the Vaisnava-manjusa for the complete genealogical table of
>|Advaita Prabhu in the line of Krsna Misra.
183|Adi 12.18
184|TEXT 18
185|TEXT
186|krsna-misra-nama ara acarya-tanaya
187|caitanya-gosani baise yanhara hrdaya
188|SYNONYMS
189|krsna-misra-of the name Krsna Misra; nama- name; ara-
>|and; acarya-tanaya-the son of Advaita Acarya; caitanya-
>|gosani-Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; baise-sits; yanhara-in
>|whose; hrdaya-heart.
190|TRANSLATION
191|Krsna Misra was a son of Advaita Acarya. Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu always sat in his heart.
192|Adi 12.19
193|TEXT 19
194|TEXT
195|sri-gopala-name ara acaryera suta
196|tanhara caritra, suna, atyanta adbhuta
197|
198|SYNONYMS
199|sri-gopala-of the name Sri Gopala; name-by the name; ara-
>|another; acaryera-of Advaita Acarya; suta-son; tanhara-his;
>|caritra-character; suna-hear; atyanta-very; adbhuta-
>|wonderful.
200|TRANSLATION
201|Sri Gopala was another son of Sri Advaita Acarya Prabhu.
>|Now just hear about his characteristics, for they are all
>|very wonderful.
202|PURPORT
203|Sri Gopala was one of the three devoted
>|sons of Advaita Acarya. He is described in the
>|Madhya-lila of Caitanya-caritamrta, Chapter Twelve, texts
>|143 through 149.
204|Adi 12.20
205|TEXT 20
206|TEXT
207|gundica-mandire mahaprabhura sammukhe
208|kirtane nartana kare bada prema-sukhe
209|
210|SYNONYMS
211|gundica-mandire-in the Gundica-mandira in Jagannatha Puri;
>|mahaprabhura-of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sammukhe-in front;
>| kirtane-in sankirtana; nartana-dancing; kare-does; bada-
>|very; prema-sukhe-in transcendental bliss.
212|TRANSLATION
213|When Lord Caitanya personally cleansed the Gundica-mandira
>|in Jagannatha Puri, Gopala danced in front of the Lord with
>|great love and happiness.
214|PURPORT
215|The Gundica-mandira is situated in Jagannatha Puri, and
>|every year Jagannatha, Balabhadra and Subhadra come there
>|from the Jagannatha temple to stay for eight days. When
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu lived at Jagannatha Puri, every
>|year He personally cleansed this temple with His principal
>|devotees. The Gundica-marjana chapter of Caitanya-
>|caritamrta (Madhya 12) describes this vividly.
216|Adi 12.21
217|TEXT 21
218|TEXT
219|nana-bhavodgama dehe adbhuta nartana
220|dui gosani 'hari' bale, anandita mana
221|SYNONYMS
222|nana-various; bhava-udgama-ecstatic symptoms; dehe-in the
>|body; adbhuta-wonderful; nartana-dancing; dui gosani-the
>|two gosanis (Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Advaita Prabhu); hari
>|bale-chanted Hare Krsna; anandita-pleased; mana-mind.
223|TRANSLATION
224|While Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Advaita Prabhu chanted
>|the Hare Krsna mantra and danced, there were various
>|ecstatic symptoms in Their bodies, and Their minds were
>|very pleased.
225|Adi 12.22
226|TEXT 22
227|TEXT
228|nacite nacite gopala ha-ila murcchita
229|bhumete padila, dehe nahika samvita
230|SYNONYMS
231|nacite-while dancing; nacite-while dancing; gopala-the son
>|of Advaita Prabhu; ha-ila-became; murcchita-unconscious;
>|bhumete-on the ground; padila-fell down; dehe-in the body;
>|nahika-there was no; samvita-knowledge (consciousness).
232|TRANSLATION
233|While all of them danced, Gopala, dancing and dancing,
>|fainted and fell to the ground unconscious.
234|Adi 12.23
235|TEXT 23
236|TEXT
237|duhkhita ha-ila acarya putra kole lana
238|raksa kare nrsimhera mantra padiya
239|SYNONYMS
240|duhkhita-unhappy; ha-ila-became; acarya-Advaita Prabhu;
>|putra-His son; kole-on the lap; lana-taking; raksa-
>|protection; kare-does; nrsimhera-of Lord Nrsimha; mantra-
>|the hymn; padiya-by chanting.
241|TRANSLATION
242|Advaita Acarya Prabhu became very unhappy. Taking His son
>|on His lap, He began to chant the Nrsimha mantra for his
>|protection.
243|Adi 12.24
244|TEXT 24
245|TEXT
246|nana mantra padena acarya, na haya cetana
247|acaryera duhkhe vaisnava karena krandana
248|SYNONYMS
249|nana-various; mantra-hymns; padena-chants; acarya-Advaita
>|Acarya; na-not; haya-became; cetana-conscious; acaryera-of
>|Advaita Acarya; duhkhe-in unhappiness; vaisnava-all the
>|Vaisnavas; karena-do; krandana-cry.
250|TRANSLATION
251|Advaita Acarya chanted various mantras, but Gopala did not
>|come to consciousness. Thus all the Vaisnavas present cried
>|in sorrow at His plight.
252|Adi 12.25
253|TEXT 25
254|TEXT
255|tabe mahaprabhu, tanra hrde hasta dhari'
256|'uthaha, gopala,' kaila bala 'hari' 'hari'
257|SYNONYMS
258|tabe-at that time; mahaprabhu-Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|tanra-His; hrde-on the heart; hasta-hand; dhari'-keeping;
>|uthaha-get up; gopala-My dear Gopala; kaila-did say; bala-
>|chant; hari hari-the holy name of the Lord.
259|TRANSLATION
260|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu then put His hand on the chest of
>|Gopala and told him, "My dear Gopala, get up and chant the
>|holy name of the Lord!"
261|Adi 12.26
262|TEXT 26
263|TEXT
264|uthila gopala prabhura sparsa-dhvani suni'
265|anandita hana sabe kare hari-dhvani
266|SYNONYMS
267|uthila-got up; gopala-of the name Gopala; prabhura-of the
>|Lord; sparsa-touch; dhvani-sound; suni'-hearing; anandita-
>|jubilant; hana-becoming; sabe-all; kare-did; hari-dhvani-
>|chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra.
268|TRANSLATION
269|When he heard this sound and felt the touch of the Lord,
>|Gopala immediately got up, and all the Vaisnavas chanted
>|the Hare Krsna maha-mantra in jubilation.
270|Adi 12.27
271|TEXT 27
272|TEXT
273|acaryera ara putra-sri-balarama
274|ara putra-'svarupa'-sakha, 'jagadisa' nama
275|SYNONYMS
276|acaryera-of Srila Advaita Acarya; ara-another; putra-son;
>|sri-balarama-of the name Sri Balarama; ara putra-another
>|son; svarupa- of the name Svarupa; sakha-branch; jagadisa
>|nama-of the name Jagadisa.
277|TRANSLATION
278|The other sons of Advaita Acarya were Sri Balarama, Svarupa
>|and Jagadisa.
279|PURPORT
280|The Sanskrit book Advaita-carita states that Balarama,