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Adi 12-1975: The Expansions of Advaita Acarya and Gadadhara Pandita

Chapter 12

The Expansions of Advaita Acarya and Gadadhara Pandita

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 the 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.

Adi 12.1

TEXT 1

TEXT

advaitanghry-abja-bhrngams tan sarasara-bhrto 'khilan

hitva 'saran sara-bhrto naumi caitanya-jivanan

SYNONYMS

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 were Lord

Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

TRANSLATION

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 the real followers of Sri Advaita

Acarya whose life and soul were Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu.

Adi 12.2

TEXT 2

TEXT

jaya jaya mahaprabhu sri-krsna-caitanya

jaya jaya nityananda jayadvaita dhanya

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

All glories to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu! All glories to Lord Nityananda!

All glories to Sri Advaita Prabhu! All of them are glorious.

Adi 12.3

TEXT 3

TEXT

sri-caitanyamara-taror dvitiya-skandha-rupinah

srimad-advaitacandrasya sakha-rupan ganan numah

SYNONYMS

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; advaitacandrasya -- of

Lord Advaitacandra; sakha-rupan -- in the form of branches; ganan -- to

all the followers; numah -- I offer my respectful obeisances.

TRANSLATION

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 sub-branches.

Adi 12.4

TEXT 4

TEXT

vrksera dvitiya skandha -- acarya-gosani

tanra yata sakha ha-ila, tara lekha nani

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

Sri Advaita Prabhu was the second big branch of the tree. There are

many sub-branches, but it is impossible to mention them all.

Adi 12.5

TEXT 5

TEXT

caitanya-malira krpa-jalera secane

sei jale pusta skandha bade dine dine

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was also the gardener, and as He poured the

water of His mercy on the tree, all the branches and sub-

branches grew, day after day.

Adi 12.6

TEXT 6

TEXT

sei skandhe yata prema-phala upajila

sei krsna-prema-phale jagat bharila

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

Adi 12.7

TEXT 7

TEXT

sei jala skandhe kare sakhate sancara

phale-phule bade, -- sakha ha-ila vistara

SYNONYMS

sei jala -- that water; skandhe -- on the branches; kare -- does;

sakhate -- on the sub-branches; sancara -- growing; phale-phule -

- in fruits and flowers; bade -- increases; sakha -- the branches; ha-

ila -- became; vistara -- widespread.

TRANSLATION

As the trunk and branches were watered, the branches and sub-

branches spread lavishly, and the tree grew full with fruits and flowers.

Adi 12.8

TEXT 8

TEXT

prathame ta' eka-mata acaryera gana

pache dui-mata haila daivera karana

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

At first all the followers of Advaita Acarya shared a single opinion.

But later they followed two different opinions, as ordained by

providence.

PURPORT

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 in 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.

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:

yasya deve para bhaktir

yatha deve tatha gurau

tasyaite kathita hy arthah

prakasante mahatmanah

"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.

Adi 12.9

TEXT 9

TEXT

keha ta' acarya ajnaya, keha ta' svatantra

sva-mata kalpana kare daiva-paratantra

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

PURPORT

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.

Adi 12.10

TEXT 10

TEXT

acaryera mata yei, sei mata sara

tanra ajna langhi' cale, sei ta' asara

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

PURPORT

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.

Adi 12.11

TEXT 11

TEXT

asarera name ihan nahi prayojana

bheda janibare kari ekatra ganana

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

There is no need to name those who are useless. I have mentioned them

only to distinguish them from the useful devotees.

Adi 12.12

TEXT 12

TEXT

dhanya-rasi mape yaiche patna sahite

pascate patna udana samskara karite

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

Paddy is mixed with straw at first, and one must fan it to separate the

paddy from the straw.

PURPORT

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.

Adi 12.13

TEXT 13

TEXT

acyutananda -- bada sakha, acarya-nandana

ajanma sevila tenho caitanya-carana

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

Adi 12.14

TEXT 14

TEXT

caitanya-gosanira guru -- kesava bharati

ei pitara vakya suni' duhkha paila ati

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

When Acyutananda heard from his father that Kesava Bharati was the

spiritual master of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he was very unhappy.

Adi 12.15

TEXT 15

TEXT

jagad-gurute tumi kara aiche upadesa

tomara ei upadese nasta ha-ila desa

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

He told his father, "Your instruction that Kesava Bharati is the

spiritual master of Caitanya Mahaprabhu will spoil the entire country.

Adi 12.16

TEXT 16

TEXT

caudda bhuvanera guru -- caitanya-gosani

tanra guru -- anya, ei kona sastre nai

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

"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."

Adi 12.17

TEXT 17

TEXT

pancama varsera balaka kahe siddhantera sara

suniya paila acarya santosa apara

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

When Advaita Acarya heard this statement from His five-year-old son

Acyutananda, He felt great satisfaction because of his conclusive

judgement.

PURPORT

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 Nine, 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.

Advaita Prabhu married in the beginning of the Fifteenth Century sakabda

. 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,

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. 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

. In an unauthorized book of the name Sitadvaita-carita

published in Bengali in the unauthorized newspaper Nityananda-dayini in

1792 sakabda, 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. 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."

Before Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu exhibited His spiritual forms during His

residence at Navadvipa, He asked Sri Rama Pandita, Srinivasa Acarya'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

Nineteen, 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.

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 Rathayatra 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.

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

Dolagovinda. The descendants of Raghunatha still live in Santipura in

the nieghborhoods of Madana-gopala-pada, Ganakara, Mrjapura and

Kumarakhali. Dolagovinda had three sons, namely, Canda, Kandarpa and

Gopinatha. The descendants of Kandarpa live in Maldah in the village

Jikabadi. Gopinatha had three sons, Sri Vallabha, Pranavallabha and

Kesava. The descendants of Sri Vallabha 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 geneological table of Advaita Prabhu in the

line of Krsna Misra.

Adi 12.18

TEXT 18

TEXT

krsna-misra-nama ara acarya-tanaya

caitanya-gosani baise yanhara hrdaya

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

Krsna Misra was a son of Advaita Acarya. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu always

sat in his heart.

Adi 12.19

TEXT 19

TEXT

sri-gopala-name ara acaryera suta

tanhara caritra, suna, atyanta adbhuta

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

Sri Gopala was another son of Sri Advaita Acarya Prabhu. Now just hear

about his characteristics, for they are all very wonderful.

PURPORT

Sri Gopala was one of the three devoted sons of

Advaita Acarya. The Madhya-lila of Caitanya-

caritamrta, Chapter Twelve, texts 143 through 149, describe his life and

character.

Adi 12.20

TEXT 20

TEXT

gundica-mandire mahaprabhura sammukhe

kirtane nartana kare bada prema-sukhe

SYNONYMS

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

much; prema-sukhe -- in transcendental bliss.

TRANSLATION

When Lord Caitanya personally cleansed the Gundica mandira in Jagannatha

Puri, Gopala danced in front of the Lord with great love and happiness.

PURPORT

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

describes this vividly.

Adi 12.21

TEXT 21

TEXT

nana-bhavodgama dehe adbhuta nartana

dui gosani 'hari' bale, anandita mana

SYNONYMS

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 -- chant Hare Krsna;

anandita -- pleased; mana -- mind.

TRANSLATION

While Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Advaita Prabhu danced and chanted the

Hare Krsna mantra, there were various ecstatic symptoms in

Their bodies, and Their minds were very pleased.

Adi 12.22

TEXT 22

TEXT

nacite nacite gopala ha-ila murcchita

bhumete padila, dehe nahika samvita

SYNONYMS

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).

TRANSLATION

While all of them danced, Gopala, dancing and dancing, fainted and fell

to the ground unconscious.

Adi 12.23

TEXT 23

TEXT

duhkhita ha-ila acarya putra kole lana

raksa kare nrsimhera mantra padiya

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

Advaita Acarya Prabhu became very unhappy. Taking His son on His lap, He

began to chant the Nrsimha mantra for his protection.

Adi 12.24

TEXT 24

TEXT

nana mantra padena acarya, na haya cetana

acaryera duhkhe vaisnava karena krandana

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

Advaita Acarya chanted various mantras, but Gopala did not come to

consciousness. Thus all the Vaisnavas present cried in sorrow at His

plight.

Adi 12.25

TEXT 25

TEXT

tabe mahaprabhu, tanra hrde hasta dhari'

'uthaha, gopala,' kaila bala 'hari' 'hari'

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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!"

Adi 12.26

TEXT 26

TEXT

uthila gopala prabhura sparsa-dhvani suni'

anandita hana sabe kare hari-dhvani

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

Adi 12.27

TEXT 27

TEXT

acaryera ara putra -- sri-balarama

ara putra -- 'svarupa'-sakha, 'jagadisa' nama

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

The other sons of Advaita Acarya were Sri Balarama, Svarupa and Jagadisa.

PURPORT

The Sanskrit book Advaita-carita states that Balarama, Svarupa and

Jagadisa were the fourth, fifth and sixth sons of Advaita Acarya.

Therefore Sri Advaita Acarya had six sons. Balarama, Svarupa and

Jagadisa, being smartas or Mayavadis, were rejected by Vaisnava society.

Sometimes Mayavadis pose themselves as Vaisnavas, or worshipers of Lord

Visnu, but actually they do not believe in Lord Visnu as the Supreme

Personality of Godhead, for they consider demigods like Lord Siva, Durga,

the sun-god and Ganesa equal to Him. They are generally known as

pancopasaka-smartas, and one should not count them among the Vaisnavas.

Balarama had three wives and nine sons. The youngest son of his first

wife was known as Madhusudana Gosvami. He took the title Bhattacarya and

accepted the path of the smarta or Mayavada philosophy. Srila

Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura notes that the son of Gosvami

Bhattacarya, Sri Radharamana Gosvami Bhattacarya, refused the title

gosvami because it is generally meant for sannyasis, those who have

taken the renounced order of life. One who is still in family life

should not misuse the title gosvami. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

Thakura did not recognize the caste gosvamis because they were not in

the line of the six Gosvamis in the renounced order who were direct

disciples of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu -- namely, Srila Rupa Gosvami,

Srila Sanatana Gosvami, Srila Bhatta Raghunatha Gosvami, Sri Gopala

Bhatta Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami and Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami.

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura said that the grhasthasrama

, or the status of family life, is a sort of concession for sense

gratification. Therefore a grhastha should not falsely adopt the title

gosvami. The ISKCON movement has never conferred the title gosvami upon

a householder. Although all the sannyasis we have initiated in ISKCON

are young, we have awarded them the titles of the renounced order of

life, svami and gosvami, because they have completely dedicated their

lives to preach the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila

Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura mentions that not only do the

householder caste gosvamis disrespect the title gosvami, but also,

following the principles of the smarta Raghunandana, they exhibit great

foolishness by burning a straw image of Advaita Acarya in a sraddha

ceremony, thus acting as Raksasas and disrespecting the cause of Hari-

bhakti-vilasa, which is the guide for Vaisnavas. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta

Sarasvati Thakura says that sometimes these smarta caste gosvamis write

books on Vaisnava philosophy or commentaries on the original scriptures,

but a pure devotee should cautiously avoid reading them.

Adi 12.28

TEXT 28

TEXT

'kamalakanta visvasa'-nama acarya-kinkara

acarya-vyavahara saba -- tanhara gocara

SYNONYMS

kamalakanta visvasa -- of the name Kamalakanta Visvasa; nama --

name; acarya-kinkara -- servant of Advaita Acarya; acarya-vyavahara --

the dealings of Advaita Acarya; saba -- all; tanhara -- his; gocara --

within the knowledge.

TRANSLATION

Advaita Acarya's very confidential servant named Kamalakanta Visvasa

knew all the dealings of Advaita Acarya.

PURPORT

The name Kamalananda mentioned in the Adi-lila (10.149) and the name

Kamalakanta mentioned in the Madhya-lila (10.94) both refer to the same

man. Kamalakanta, a very confidential servant of Lord Caitanya

Mahaprabhu born in a brahmana family, engaged in the service of Sri

Advaita Acarya as His secretary. When Paramananda Puri went from

Navadvipa to Jagannatha Puri, he took Kamalakanta Visvasa with him, and

they both went to see Lord Caitanya at Jagannatha Puri. It is mentioned

in the Madhya-lila (10.94) that one of the devotees of Lord Caitanya,

a brahmana, Kamalakanta, went with Paramananda Puri to Jagannatha Puri.

Adi 12.29

TEXT 29

TEXT

nilacale tenho eka patrika likhiya

prataparudrera pasa dila pathaiya

SYNONYMS

nilacale -- at Jagannatha Puri; tenho -- Kamalakanta; eka -- one;

patrika -- note; likhiya -- writing; prataparudrera -- Prataparudra

Maharaja; pasa -- addressed to him; dila pathaiya -- sent.

TRANSLATION

When Kamalakanta Visvasa was in Jagannatha Puri, he sent a note through

someone to Maharaja Prataparudra.

Adi 12.30

TEXT 30

TEXT

sei patrira katha acarya nahi jane

kona pake sei patri aila prabhu-sthane

SYNONYMS

sei patrira -- of that note; katha -- information; acarya -- Sri Advaita

Acarya; nahi -- does not; jane -- know; kona -- somehow or other; pake --

by means; sei -- that; patri -- note; aila -- came; prabhu-sthane -- in

the hand of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

TRANSLATION

No one knew of that note, but somehow or other it reached the hands of

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

Adi 12.31

TEXT 31

TEXT

se patrite lekha ache -- ei ta' likhana

isvaratve acaryere kariyache sthapana

SYNONYMS

se -- that; patrite -- in the note; lekha ache -- it is written; ei ta' -

- this; likhana -- writing; isvaratve -- in the place of the Supreme

Lord; acaryere -- unto Advaita Acarya; kariyache -- established;

sthapana -- situation.

TRANSLATION

That note established Advaita Acarya as an incarnation of the Supreme

Personality of Godhead.

Adi 12.32

TEXT 32

TEXT

kintu tanra daive kichu ha-iyache rna

rna sodhibare cahi tanka sata-tina

SYNONYMS

kintu -- but; tanra -- His; daive -- in due course of time; kichu --

some; ha-iyache -- there was; rna -- debt; rna -- debt; sodhibare -- to

liquidate; cahi -- I want; tanka -- rupees; sata-tina -- about three

hundred.

TRANSLATION

But it also mentioned that Advaita Acarya had recently incurred a debt

of about three hundred rupees that Kamalakanta Visvasa wanted to

liquidate.

Adi 12.33

TEXT 33

TEXT

patra padiya prabhura mane haila duhkha

bahire hasiya kichu bale candra-mukha

SYNONYMS

patra -- note; padiya -- reading; prabhura -- of Lord Caitanya

Mahaprabhu; mane -- in the mind; haila -- became; duhkha -- unhappiness;

bahire -- externally; hasiya -- smiling; kichu -- something; bale --

says; candra-mukha -- the moon-faced.

TRANSLATION

Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu became unhappy upon reading the note, although

His face still shone as brightly as the moon. Thus, smiling, He spoke as

follows.

Adi 12.34

TEXT 34

TEXT

acaryere sthapiyache kariya isvara

ithe dosa nahi, acarya -- daivata isvara

SYNONYMS

acaryere -- unto Sri Advaita Acarya; sthapiyache -- he established;

kariya -- mentioning; isvara -- as the Supreme Personality of Godhead;

ithe -- in this; dosa -- fault; nahi -- there is not; acarya -- Advaita

Acarya; daivata isvara -- He is actually the Supreme Personality of

Godhead.

TRANSLATION

"He has established Advaita Acarya as an incarnation of the Supreme

Personality of Godhead. There is nothing wrong in this, for He is indeed

the Lord Himself.

Adi 12.35

TEXT 35

TEXT

isvarera dainya kari' kariyache bhiksa

ataeva danda kari' karaiba siksa

SYNONYMS

isvarera -- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; dainya -- poverty;

kari' -- establishing; kariyache -- has done; bhiksa -- begging; ataeva -

- therefore; danda -- punishment; kari' -- giving him; karaiba -- shall

cause; siksa -- instruction.

TRANSLATION

"But he has made the incarnation of Godhead a poverty-stricken beggar.

Therefore I shall punish him for his correction."

PURPORT

To describe a man as an incarnation of God, or Narayana, and at the same

time present him as poverty-stricken is contradictory, and it is the

greatest offense. The Mayavadi philosophers, engaged in the missionary

work of spoiling the Vedic culture by preaching that everyone is God,

describe a poverty-stricken man as daridra-narayana, or "poor Narayana."

Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu never accepted such foolish and unauthorized

ideas. He strictly warned, mayavadi-bhasya sunile haya sarva-nasa:

"Anyone who follows the principles of Mayavada philosophy

is certainly doomed." Such a fool needs to be reformed by punishment.

Although it is contradictory to say that the Supreme Personality of

Godhead or His incarnation is poverty-stricken, we find in the revealed

scriptures that when the Lord incarnated as Vamana, He begged some land

from Maharaja Bali. Everyone knows, however, that Vamanadeva was not at

all poverty-stricken. His begging from Maharaja Bali was a device to

favor him. When Maharaja Bali actually gave the land, Vamanadeva

exhibited His all-powerful position by covering the three worlds with

three steps. One should not accept the so-called daridra-narayanas as

incarnations because they are completely unable to show the opulence of

the genuine incarnations of God.

Adi 12.36

TEXT 36

TEXT

govindere ajna dila, -- "inha aji haite

bauliya visvase etha na dibe asite"

SYNONYMS

govindere -- unto Govinda; ajna dila -- ordered; inha -- to this place;

aji -- today; haite -- from; bauliya -- the Mayavadi; visvase -- unto

Kamalakanta Visvasa; etha -- here; na -- do not; dibe -- allow; asite --

to come.

TRANSLATION

The Lord ordered Govinda, "From today on, do not allow that bauliya

Kamalakanta Visvasa to come here."

PURPORT

The bauliyas, or baulas, are one of thirteen unauthorized sects that

pass as followers of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The Lord ordered Govinda, His

personal assistant, not to allow Kamalakanta Visvasa to come in His

presence because he had become a bauliya. Thus although the baula-

sampradaya, aula-sampradaya and sahajiya-sampradaya, as well as the

smartas, jata-gosanis, atibadis, cudadharis and gauranga-nagaris, claim

to belong to the disciplic succession of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Lord

actually rejected them.

Adi 12.37

TEXT 37

TEXT

danda suni' 'visvasa' ha-ila parama duhkhita

suniya prabhura danda acarya harsita

SYNONYMS

danda -- punishment; suni' -- hearing; visvasa -- Kamalakanta Visvasa;

ha-ila -- became; parama -- very much; duhkhita -- unhappy; suniya --

hearing; prabhura -- of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; danda -- punishment;

acarya -- Sri Advaita Acarya Prabhu; harsita -- very much pleased.

TRANSLATION

When Kamalakanta Visvasa heard about this punishment by Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu, he was very much unhappy, but when Advaita Prabhu heard

about it, He was greatly pleased.

PURPORT

In Bhagavad-gita the Lord says, samo 'ham sarva-bhutesu na me

dvesyo 'sti na priyah: "I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am

equal to all." (Bg. 9.29) The Supreme Personality of Godhead being equal

to everyone, no one can be His enemy, nor can anyone be His friend.

Since everyone is a part or son of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,

the Lord cannot partially regard someone as a friend and

someone as an enemy. Thus when Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu punished

Kamalakanta Visvasa by no longer allowing him to come in His presence,

although the punishment was actually very hard on him, Sri Advaita

Prabhu, understanding the inner meaning of such punishment, was happy

because He appreciated that the Lord had actually favored Kamalakanta

Visvasa. Therefore he was not at all unhappy. Devotees should always be

happy with all the dealings of their master, the Supreme Personality of

Godhead. A devotee may be put into difficulty or opulence, but he should

accept both as gifts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and

jubilantly engage in the service of the Lord in all circumstances.

Adi 12.38

TEXT 38

TEXT

visvasere kahe, -- tumi bada bhagyavan

tomare karila danda prabhu bhagavan

SYNONYMS

visvasere -- unto Kamalakanta Visvasa; kahe -- said; tumi -- you; bada --

very much; bhagyavan -- fortunate; tomare -- unto you; karila -- did;

danda -- punishment; prabhu -- the Lord; bhagavan -- the Supreme

Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

Seeing Kamalakanta Visvasa unhappy, Advaita Acarya Prabhu told him, "You

are greatly fortunate to have been punished by the Supreme Lord, the

Personality of Godhead, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

PURPORT

This is an authoritative judgment by Sri Advaita Prabhu. He clearly

advises that one should not be unhappy when reverses come upon him by

the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A devotee should always

be happy to receive the fortune awarded him by the Supreme Lord, which

seems pleasant or unpleasant according to one's judgment.

Adi 12.39

TEXT 39

TEXT

purve mahaprabhu more karena sammana

duhkha pai' mane ami kailun anumana

SYNONYMS

purve -- previously; mahaprabhu -- Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; more --

unto Me; karena -- does; sammana -- respect; duhkha -- unhappy; pai' --

becoming; mane -- in the mind; ami -- I; kailun -- made; anumana -- a

plan.

TRANSLATION

"Formerly Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu always respected Me as His senior,

but I did not like such respect. Therefore, My mind being afflicted by

unhappiness, I made a plan.

Adi 12.40

TEXT 40

TEXT

mukti -- srestha kari' kainu vasistha vyakhyana

kruddha hana prabhu more kaila apamana

SYNONYMS

mukti -- liberation; srestha -- the topmost; kari' -- accepting; kainu --

I did; vasistha -- the book known as Yoga-vasistha; vyakhyana --

explanation; kruddha -- angry; hana -- becoming; prabhu -- the Lord;

more -- unto Me; kaila -- did; apamana -- disrespect.

TRANSLATION

"Thus I expounded the Yoga-vasistha, which considers liberation the

ultimate goal of life. For this the Lord became angry at Me and treated

Me with apparent disrespect.

PURPORT

There is a book of the name Yoga-vasistha that Mayavadis greatly favor

because it is full of impersonal misunderstandings regarding the Supreme

Personality of Godhead, with no touch of Vaisnavism. Factually, all

Vaisnavas should avoid such a book, but Advaita Acarya Prabhu, wanting

punishment from the Lord, began to support the impersonal statements of

the Yoga-vasistha. Thus Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu became extremely angry

at Him and seemingly treated Him disrespectfully.

Adi 12.41

TEXT 41

TEXT

danda pana haila mora parama ananda

ye danda paila bhagyavan sri-mukunda

SYNONYMS

danda pana -- receiving the punishment; haila -- became; mora -- My;

parama -- very great; ananda -- happiness; ye danda -- the punishment;

paila -- got; bhagyavan -- the most fortunate; sri-mukunda -- of the

name Sri Mukunda.

TRANSLATION

"When chastised by Lord Caitanya, I was very happy to receive a

punishment similar to that awarded Sri Mukunda.

PURPORT

Sri Mukunda, a great friend and associate of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu,

used to visit many places where people were against the Vaisnava cult.

When Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu came to know of this, He punished Mukunda,

forbidding him to see Him again. Although Caitanya Mahaprabhu was soft

like a flower, He was also strict like a thunderbolt, and everyone was

afraid to allow Mukunda to come again into the presence of Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu. Mukunda, therefore, being very sorry, asked his other

friends whether he would one day be allowed to see Lord Caitanya

Mahaprabhu. When the devotees brought this inquiry to Lord Caitanya, the

Lord replied, "Mukunda will get permission to see Me after many millions

of years." When they gave this information to Mukunda, he danced with

jubilation, and when Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu heard that Mukunda was so

patiently waiting to meet Him after millions of years, He immediately

asked him to return. There is a statement about this punishment of

Mukunda in the Caitanya-bhagavata, Madhya-lila, Tenth Chapter.

Adi 12.42

TEXT 42

TEXT

ye danda paila sri-saci bhagyavati

se danda prasada anya loka pabe kati

SYNONYMS

ye danda -- the punishment; paila -- got; sri-saci bhagyavati -- the

most fortunate mother Sacidevi; se danda -- the same punishment; prasada

-- favor; anya -- other; loka -- person; pabe -- can get; kati -- how.

TRANSLATION

"A similar punishment was awarded to mother Sacidevi. Who could be more

fortunate than she to receive such punishment?"

PURPORT

Mother Sacidevi was similarly punished, as mentioned in the Caitanya-

bhagavata, Madhya-lila, Chapter Twenty-two. Mother Sacidevi,

apparently showing her feminine nature, accused Advaita Prabhu of

encouraging her son to become a sannyasi. Caitanya Mahaprabhu, taking

this accusation as an offense, asked Sacidevi to touch the lotus feet of

Advaita Acarya to mitigate the offense she had supposedly committed.

Adi 12.43

TEXT 43

TEXT

eta kahi' acarya tanre kariya asvasa

anandita ha-iya aila mahaprabhu-pasa

SYNONYMS

eta kahi' -- speaking thus; acarya -- Sri Advaita Acarya Prabhu; tanre --

unto Kamalakanta Visvasa; kariya -- doing; asvasa -- pacification;

anandita -- happy; ha-iya -- becoming; aila -- went; mahaprabhu-pasa --

to the place of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

TRANSLATION

After pacifying Kamalakanta Visvasa in this way, Sri Advaita Acarya

Prabhu went to see Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

Adi 12.44

TEXT 44

TEXT

prabhuke kahena -- tomara na bujhi e lila

ama haite prasada-patra karila kamala

SYNONYMS

prabhuke -- unto the Lord; kahena -- says; tomara -- Your; na -- do not;

bujhi -- I understand; e -- these; lila -- pastimes; ama -- Myself;

haite -- more than; prasada-patra -- object of favor; karila -- You did;

kamala -- unto Kamala Visvasa.

TRANSLATION

Sri Advaita Acarya told Lord Caitanya, "I cannot understand Your

transcendental pastimes. You have shown more favor to Kamalakanta than

You generally show to Me.

Adi 12.45

TEXT 45

TEXT

amareha kabhu yei na haya prasada

tomara carane ami ki kainu aparadha

SYNONYMS

amareha -- even upon Me; kabhu -- at any time; yei -- that; na -- never;

haya -- becomes; prasada -- favor; tomara carane -- at Your lotus feet;

ami -- I; ki -- what; kainu -- have done; aparadha -- offense.

TRANSLATION

"The favor You have shown Kamalakanta is so great that even to Me You

have never shown such favor. What offense have I committed at Your lotus

feet so as not to be shown such favor?"

PURPORT

This is a reference to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's former punishment of

Advaita Acarya. When Advaita Acarya Prabhu was reading Yoga-vasistha,

Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu beat Him, but He never told Him not to come

in His presence. But Kamalakanta was punished with the order never to

come in the Lord's presence. Therefore Sri Advaita Acarya Prabhu

wanted to impress upon Caitanya Mahaprabhu that He had shown more favor

to Kamalakanta Visvasa because He had prohibited Kamalakanta from seeing

Him, whereas He had not done so to Advaita Acarya. Therefore the favor

shown Kamalakanta Visvasa was greater than that shown Advaita Acarya.

Adi 12.46

TEXT 46

TEXT

eta suni' mahaprabhu hasite lagila

bolaiya kamalakante prasanna ha-ila

SYNONYMS

eta suni' -- thus hearing; mahaprabhu -- Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu;

hasite -- to laugh; lagila -- began; bolaiya -- calling; kamalakante --

unto Kamalakanta; prasanna -- satisfied; ha-ila -- became.

TRANSLATION

Hearing this, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu laughed with satisfaction and

immediately called Kamalakanta Visvasa.

Adi 12.47

TEXT 47

TEXT

acarya kahe, ihake kene dile darasana

dui prakarete kare more vidambana

SYNONYMS

acarya kahe -- Sri Advaita Acarya said; ihake -- unto him; kene -- why;

dile -- You gave; darasana -- audience; dui -- two; prakarete -- in ways;

kare -- does; more -- unto Me; vidambana -- cheating.

TRANSLATION

Advaita Acarya then said to Caitanya Mahaprabhu, "Why have You called

back this man and allowed him to see You? He has cheated Me in two ways."

Adi 12.48

TEXT 48

TEXT

suniya prabhura mana prasanna ha-ila

dunhara antara-katha dunhe se janila

SYNONYMS

suniya -- hearing this; prabhura -- of Caitanya Mahaprabhu; mana -- mind;

prasanna -- satisfaction; ha-ila -- felt; dunhara -- of both of Them;

antara-katha -- confidential talks; dunhe -- both of Them; se -- that;

janila -- could understand.

TRANSLATION

When Caitanya Mahaprabhu heard this, His mind was satisfied. Only They

could understand each other's minds.

Adi 12.49

TEXT 49

TEXT

prabhu kahe -- bauliya, aiche kahe kara

acaryera lajja-dharma-hani se acara

SYNONYMS

prabhu kahe -- the Lord said; bauliya -- one who does not know what is

right; aiche -- in that way; kahe -- why; kara -- do; acaryera -- of Sri

Advaita Acarya; lajja -- privacy; dharma -- religion; hani -- loss; se --

that; acara -- you act.

TRANSLATION

Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu instructed Kamalakanta, "You are a bauliya, one

who does not know things as they are. Why do you act in this way? Why do

you invade the privacy of Advaita Acarya and damage His religious

principles?

PURPORT

Kamalakanta Visvasa, out of his ignorance, asked the King of Jagannatha

Puri, Maharaja Prataparudra, to liquidate the three-hundred-rupee debt

of Advaita Acarya, but at the same time he established Advaita Acarya as

an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is

contradictory. An incarnation of the Supreme Godhead cannot be indebted

to anyone in this material world. Caitanya Mahaprabhu is never satisfied

by such a contradiction, which is technically called rasabhasa, or

overlapping of one humor (rasa) with another. This is the same type of

idea as the contradiction that Narayana is poverty-stricken (daridra-

narayana).

Adi 12.50

TEXT 50

TEXT

pratigraha kabhu na karibe raja-dhana

visayira anna khaile dusta haya mana

SYNONYMS

pratigraha -- accepting of alms; kabhu -- any time; na -- not;

karibe -- should do; raja-dhana -- charity by kings; visayira -- of men

who are materialistic; anna -- foodstuffs; khaile -- by eating; dusta --

polluted; haya -- becomes; mana -- mind.

TRANSLATION

"Advaita Acarya, My spiritual master, should never accept charity from

rich men or kings because if a spiritual master accepts money or grains

from such materialists his mind becomes polluted.

PURPORT

It is very risky to accept money or foodstuffs from materialistic

persons, for such acceptance pollutes the mind of the charity's

recipient. According to the Vedic system, one should give charity to

sannyasis and brahmanas because one who thus gives charity becomes free

from sinful activities. Formerly, therefore, brahmanas would not accept

charity from a person unless he were very pious. Lord Caitanya

Mahaprabhu gave this instruction for all spiritual masters.

Materialistic persons who are not inclined to give up their sinful

activities like illicit sex, intoxication, gambling and meat-eating

sometimes want to become our disciples, but, unlike professional

spiritual masters who accept disciples regardless of their condition,

Vaisnavas do not accept such cheap disciples. One must at least agree to

abide by the rules and regulations for a disciple before a Vaisnava

acarya can accept him. In fact, a Vaisnava should not even accept

charity or foodstuffs from persons who do not follow the rules and

regulations of the Vaisnava principles.

Adi 12.51

TEXT 51

TEXT

mana dusta ha-ile nahe krsnera smarana

krsna-smrti vinu haya nisphala jivana

SYNONYMS

mana -- mind; dusta -- polluted; ha-ile -- becoming; nahe -- is not

possible; krsnera -- of Lord Krsna; smarana -- remembrance; krsna-smrti -

- remembrance of Lord Krsna; vinu -- without; haya -- becomes; nisphala -

- without any result; jivana -- life.

TRANSLATION

"When one's mind is polluted, it is very difficult to remember Krsna;

and when remembrance of Lord Krsna is hampered, one's life is

unproductive.

PURPORT

A devotee should always be alert, keeping his mind in a sanguine state

so that he can always remember Lord Sri Krsna. The sastras state,

smartavyah satatam visnuh: in devotional life one should always remember

Lord Visnu. Srila Sukadeva Gosvami also advised Maharaja Pariksit,

smartavyo nityasah. In the Second Canto, First Chapter, of Srimad-

Bhagavatam, Sukadeva Gosvami advised Pariksit Maharaja:

tasmad bharata sarvatma bhagavan isvaro harih

srotavyah kirtitavyas ca smartavyas cecchatabhayam

"O descendant of King Bharata, one who desires to be free from all

miseries must hear, glorify and also remember the Supreme

Personality of Godhead, who is the Supersoul, the controller and the

savior from all miseries." (Bhag. 2.1.5) This is the summary of all the

activities of a Vaisnava, and the same instruction is repeated here (

krsna-smrti vinu haya nisphala jivana). Srila Rupa Gosvami states in

Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, avyartha-kalatvam: A

Vaisnava must be very alert not to waste even a second of his valuable

lifetime. This is a symptom of a Vaisnava. But association with pounds-

and-shillings men, or visayis, materialists who are simply interested in

sense gratification, pollutes one's mind and hampers such continuous

remembrance of Lord Krsna. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu therefore advised,

asat-sanga-tyaga -- ei vaisnava-acara: a Vaisnava should behave in such

a way as to never assosiate with nondevotees or materialists (Cc. Madhya

22.87). One can avoid such association simply by always remembering

Krsna within his heart.

Adi 12.52

TEXT 52

TEXT

loka-lajja haya, dharma-kirti haya hani

aiche karma na kariha kabhu iha jani'

SYNONYMS

loka-lajja -- unpopularity; haya -- becomes; dharma -- religion; kirti --

reputation; haya -- becomes; hani -- damaged; aiche -- such; karma --

work; na -- do not; kariha -- execute; kabhu -- ever; iha -- this; jani'

-- knowing.

TRANSLATION

"Thus one becomes unpopular in the eyes of the people in general, for

this damages his religiosity and fame. A Vaisnava, especially one who

acts as a spiritual master, must not act in such a way. One should

always be conscious of this fact."

Adi 12.53

TEXT 53

TEXT

ei siksa sabakare, sabe mane kaila

acarya-gosani mane ananda paila

SYNONYMS

ei -- this; siksa -- instruction; sabakare -- for all; sabe -- all

present; mane -- in the mind; kaila -- took it; acarya-gosani -- Advaita

Acarya; mane -- within the mind; ananda -- pleasure; paila -- felt.

TRANSLATION

When Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave this instruction to Kamalakanta, all

present considered it to be meant for everyone. Thus Advaita Acarya was

greatly pleased.

Adi 12.54

TEXT 54

TEXT

acaryera abhipraya prabhu-matra bujhe

prabhura gambhira vakya acarya samujhe

SYNONYMS

acaryera -- of Advaita Acarya; abhipraya -- intention; prabhu-matra --

only Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bujhe -- can understand; prabhura -- of

Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; gambhira -- grave; vakya -- instruction;

acarya -- Advaita Acarya; samujhe -- can understand.

TRANSLATION

Only Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu could understand the intentions of Advaita

Acarya, and Advaita Acarya appreciated the grave instruction of Lord

Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

Adi 12.55

TEXT 55

TEXT

ei ta' prastabe ache bahuta vicara

grantha-bahulya-bhaye nari likhibara

SYNONYMS

ei ta' -- in this; prastabe -- statement; ache -- there are; bahuta --

many; vicara -- considerations; grantha -- of the book; bahulya -- of

the expansion; bhaye -- out of fear; nari -- I do not; likhibara --

write.

TRANSLATION

In this statement there are many confidential considerations. I do not

write of them all, fearing an unnecessary increase in the volume of the

book.

Adi 12.56

TEXT 56

TEXT

sri-yadunandanacarya -- advaitera sakha

tanra sakha-upasakhara nahi haya lekha

SYNONYMS

sri-yadunandanacarya -- of the name Sri Yadunandana Acarya;

advaitera -- of Advaita Acarya; sakha -- branch; tanra -- his; sakha --

branches; upasakhara -- sub-branches; nahi -- not; haya -- there

is; lekha -- writing.

TRANSLATION

The fifth branch of Advaita Acarya was Sri Yadunandana Acarya, who had

so many branches and sub-branches that it is impossible to write

of them.

PURPORT

Yadunandana Acarya was the official initiator spiritual master of

Raghunatha dasa Gosvami. In other words, when Raghunatha dasa Gosvami

was a householder, Yadunandana Acarya initiated him at home. Later

Raghunatha dasa Gosvami took shelter of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu at

Jagannatha Puri.

Adi 12.57

TEXT 57

TEXT

vasudeva dattera tenho krpara bhajana

sarva-bhave asriyache caitanya-carana

SYNONYMS

vasudeva dattera -- of Vasudeva Datta; tenho -- he was; krpara -- of the

mercy; bhajana -- competent to receive; sarva-bhave -- in all respects;

asriyache -- took shelter; caitanya-carana -- of the lotus feet of Lord

Caitanya.

TRANSLATION

Sri Yadunandana Acarya was a student of Vasudeva Datta, and he received

all his mercy. Therefore he could accept Lord Caitanya's lotus feet,

from all angles of vision, as the supreme shelter.

PURPORT

The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verse 140, describes that Vasudeva Datta was

formerly Madhuvrata, a singer in Vrndavana.

Adi 12.58

TEXT 58

TEXT

bhagavatacarya, ara visnudasacarya

cakrapani acarya, ara ananta acarya

SYNONYMS

bhagavatacarya -- of the name Bhagavata Acarya; ara -- and;

visnudasacarya -- of the name Visnudasa Acarya; cakrapani acarya -

- of the name Cakrapani Acarya; ara -- and; ananta acarya -- of the name

Ananta Acarya.

TRANSLATION

Bhagavata Acarya, Visnudasa Acarya, Cakrapani Acarya and Ananta Acarya

were the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth branches of Advaita Acarya.

PURPORT

In his Anubhasya Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada says

that Bhagavata Acarya was formerly among the followers of Advaita Acarya

but was later counted among the followers of Gadadhara Pandita. The

sixth verse of Sakha-nirnayamrta, a book written by Yadunandana dasa,

states that Bhagavata Acarya compiled a famous book of the name Prema-

tarangini. According to the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verse 195,

Bhagavata Acarya formerly lived in Vrndavana as Sveta-manjari. Visnudasa

Acarya was present during the Khetari-mahotsava. He went there with

Acyutananda, as stated in the Bhakti-ratnakara, Tenth Taranga. Ananta

Acarya was one of the eight principal gopis. His former name was Sudevi.

Although he was among Advaita Acarya's followers, he later became an

important devotee of Gadadhara Gosvami.

Adi 12.59

TEXT 59

TEXT

nandini, ara kamadeva, caitanya-dasa

durlabha visvasa, ara vanamali-dasa

SYNONYMS

nandini -- of the name Nandini; ara -- and; kamadeva -- of the name

Kamadeva; caitanya-dasa -- of the name Caitanya dasa; durlabha visvasa --

of the name Durlabha Visvasa; ara -- and; vanamali-dasa -- of the name

Vanamali dasa.

TRANSLATION

Nandini, Kamadeva, Caitanya dasa, Durlabha Visvasa and Vanamali dasa

were the tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth branches of

Sri Advaita Acarya.

Adi 12.60

TEXT 60

TEXT

jagannatha kara, ara kara bhavanatha

hrdayananda sena, ara dasa bholanatha

SYNONYMS

jagannatha kara -- of the name Jagannatha Kara; ara -- and; kara

bhavanatha -- of the name Bhavanatha Kara; hrdayananda sena -- of the

name Hrdayananda Sena; ara -- and; dasa bholanatha -- of the name

Bholanatha dasa.

TRANSLATION

Jagannatha Kara, Bhavanatha Kara, Hrdayananda Sena and Bholanatha dasa

were the fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth branches of

Advaita Acarya.

Adi 12.61

TEXT 61

TEXT

yadava-dasa, vijaya-dasa, dasa janardana

ananta-dasa, kanu-pandita, dasa narayana

SYNONYMS

yadava-dasa -- of the name Yadava dasa; vijaya-dasa -- of the name

Vijaya dasa; dasa janardana -- of the name Janardana dasa; ananta-dasa --

of the name Ananta dasa; kanu-pandita -- of the name Kanu Pandita; dasa

narayana -- of the name Narayana dasa.

TRANSLATION

Yadava dasa, Vijaya dasa, Janardana dasa, Ananta dasa, Kanu Pandita and

Narayana dasa were the nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-first, twenty-

second, twenty-third and twenty-fourth branches of Advaita Acarya.

Adi 12.62

TEXT 62

TEXT

srivatsa pandita, brahmacari haridasa

purusottama brahmacari, ara krsnadasa

SYNONYMS

srivatsa pandita -- of the name Srivatsa Pandita; brahmacari haridasa --

of the name Haridasa Brahmacari; purusottama brahmacari -- of the name

Purusottama Brahmacari; ara -- and; krsnadasa -- of the name Krsnadasa.

TRANSLATION

Srivatsa Pandita, Haridasa Brahmacari, Purusottama Brahmacari and

Krsnadasa were the twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh and twenty-

eighth branches of Advaita Acarya.

Adi 12.63

TEXT 63

TEXT

purusottama pandita, ara raghunatha

vanamali kavicandra, ara vaidyanatha

SYNONYMS

purusottama pandita -- of the name Purusottama Pandita; ara raghunatha --

and Raghunatha; vanamali kavicandra -- of the name Vanamali Kavicandra;

ara -- and; vaidyanatha -- of the name Vaidyanatha.

TRANSLATION

Purusottama Pandita, Raghunatha, Vanamali Kavicandra and Vaidyanatha

were the twenty-ninth, thirtieth, thirty-first and thirty-second

branches of Advaita Acarya.

Adi 12.64

TEXT 64

TEXT

lokanatha pandita, ara murari pandita

sri-haricarana, ara madhava pandita

SYNONYMS

lokanatha pandita -- of the name Lokanatha Pandita; ara -- and; murari

pandita -- of the name Murari Pandita; sri-haricarana -- of the name Sri

Haricarana; ara -- and; madhava pandita -- of the name Madhava Pandita.

TRANSLATION

Lokanatha Pandita, Murari Pandita, Sri Haricarana and Madhava Pandita

were the thirty-third, thirty-fourth, thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth

branches of Advaita Acarya.

Adi 12.65

TEXT 65

TEXT

vijaya pandita, ara pandita srirama

asankhya advaita-sakha kata la-iba nama

SYNONYMS

vijaya-pandita -- of the name Vijaya Pandita; ara -- and; pandita

srirama -- of the name Srirama Pandita; asankhya -- innumerable; advaita-

sakha -- branches of Advaita Acarya; kata -- how many; la-iba -- shall I

enumerate; nama -- their names.

TRANSLATION

Vijaya Pandita and Srirama Pandita were two important branches of

Advaita Acarya. There are innumerable branches, but I am unable to

mention them all.

PURPORT

Since Srivasa Pandita was an incarnation of Narada Muni, his

younger brother, Srirama Pandita, is accepted as an

incarnation of Parvata Muni, Narada Muni's most intimate friend.

Adi 12.66

TEXT 66

TEXT

mali-datta jala advaita-skandha yogaya

sei jale jiye sakha, -- phula-phala paya

SYNONYMS

mali-datta -- given by the gardener; jala -- water; advaita-skandha --

the branch known as Advaita Acarya; yogaya -- supplies; sei -- by that;

jale -- water; jiye -- lives; sakha -- branches; phula-phala -- fruits

and flowers; paya -- grow.

TRANSLATION

The Advaita Acarya branch received the water supplied by the original

gardener, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. In this way, the sub-branches

were nourished, and their fruits and flowers grew luxuriantly.

PURPORT

The branches of Advaita Acarya nourished by the water (jala) supplied by

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are to be considered bona fide acaryas. As we

have discussed hereinbefore, the representatives of Advaita Acarya later

divided into two groups -- the bona fide branches of the acarya's

disciplic succession and the pretentious branches of Advaita Acarya.

Those who followed the principles of Caitanya Mahaprabhu flourished,

whereas the others, who are mentioned below in the sixty-seventh verse,

dried up.

Adi 12.67

TEXT 67

TEXT

ihara madhye mali pache kona sakha-gana

na mane caitanya-mali durdaiva karana

SYNONYMS

ihara -- of them; madhye -- within; mali -- the gardener; pache -- later

on; kona -- some; sakha-gana -- branches; na -- does not; mane -- accept;

caitanya-mali -- the gardener Lord Caitanya; durdaiva -- unfortunate;

karana -- reason.

TRANSLATION

After the disappearance of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, some of the

branches, for unfortunate reasons, deviated from His path.

Adi 12.68

TEXT 68

TEXT

srjaila, jiyaila, tanre na manila

krtaghna ha-ila, tanre skandha kruddha ha-ila

SYNONYMS

srjaila -- fructified; jiyaila -- maintained; tanre -- Him; na -- not;

manila -- accepted; krtaghna -- ungrateful; ha-ila -- thus became; tanre

-- to them; skandha -- trunk; kruddha -- angry; ha-ila -- became.

TRANSLATION

Some branches did not accept the original trunk that vitalized and

maintained the entire tree. When they thus became ungrateful, the

original trunk was angry at them.

Adi 12.69

TEXT 69

TEXT

kruddha hana skandha tare jala na sancare

jalabhave krsa sakha sukaiya mare

SYNONYMS

kruddha hana -- being angry; skandha -- the trunk; tare -- onto them;

jala -- water; na -- did not; sancare -- sprinkle; jala-abhave -- for

want of water; krsa -- thinner; sakha -- branch; sukaiya -- dried up;

mare -- died.

TRANSLATION

Thus Lord Caitanya did not sprinkle upon them the water of His mercy,

and they gradually withered and died.

Adi 12.70

TEXT 70

TEXT

caitanya-rahita deha -- suskakastha-sama

jivitei mrta sei, maile dande yama

SYNONYMS

caitanya-rahita -- without consciousness; deha -- body; suska-kastha-

sama -- exactly like dry wood; jivitei -- while living; mrta -- dead;

sei -- that; maile -- after death; dande -- punishes; yama -- Yamaraja.

TRANSLATION

A person without Krsna consciousness is no better than dry wood or a

dead body. He is understood to be dead while living, and after death he

is punishable by Yamaraja.

PURPORT

In the Srimad-Bhagavatam, Sixth Canto, Third Chapter, twenty-ninth verse,

Yamaraja, the superintendent of death, tells his assistants what class

of men they should bring before him. There he states, "A person whose

tongue never describes the qualities and holy name of the Supreme

Personality of Godhead, whose heart never throbs as he remembers Krsna

and His lotus feet, and whose head never bows in obeisances to the

Supreme Lord, must be brought before me for punishment." In other words,

nondevotees are brought before Yamaraja for punishment, and thus

material nature awards them various types of bodies. After death, which

is dehantara, a change of body, nondevotees are brought before Yamaraja

for justice. By the judgment of Yamaraja, material nature gives them

bodies suitable for the resultant actions of their past activities. This

is the process of dehantara, or transmigration of the self from one body

to another. Krsna conscious devotees, however, are not subject to be

judged by Yamaraja. For devotees there is an open road, as confirmed in

Bhagavad-gita. After giving up the body (tyaktva deham), a devotee

never again has to accept another material body, for in a spiritual body

he goes back home, back to Godhead. The punishments of Yamaraja are

meant for persons who are not Krsna conscious.

Adi 12.71

TEXT 71

TEXT

kevala e gana-prati nahe ei danda

caitanya-vimukha yei sei ta' pasanda

SYNONYMS

kevala -- only; e -- this; gana -- group; prati -- unto them; nahe -- it

is not; ei -- this; danda -- punishment; caitanya-vimukha -- against Sri

Caitanya Mahaprabhu; yei -- any;one; sei -- he; ta' -- but; pasanda --

atheist.

TRANSLATION

Not only the misguided descendants of Advaita Acarya but anyone who is

against the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu should be considered an

atheist subject to be punished by Yamaraja.

Adi 12.72

TEXT 72

TEXT

ki pandita, ki tapasvi, kiba grhi, yati

caitanya-vimukha yei, tara ei gati

SYNONYMS

ki pandita -- whether a learned scholar; ki tapasvi -- whether a great

ascetic; kiba -- or; grhi -- householder; yati -- or sannyasi; caitanya-

vimukha -- one who is against the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; yei --

anyone; tara -- his; ei -- this; gati -- destination.

TRANSLATION

Be one a learned scholar, a great ascetic, a successful householder or a

famous sannyasi, if one is against the cult of Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu, he is destined to suffer the punishment meted out by

Yamaraja.

Adi 12.73

TEXT 73

TEXT

ye ye laila sri-acyutanandera mata

sei acaryera gana -- maha-bhagavata

SYNONYMS

ye ye -- anyone who; laila -- accepted; sri-acyutanandera -- of Sri

Acyutananda; mata -- the path; sei -- those; acaryera gana --

descendants of Advaita Acarya; maha-bhagavata -- are all great devotees.

TRANSLATION

The descendants of Advaita Acarya who accepted the path of Sri

Acyutananda were all great devotees.

PURPORT

In this connection, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, in his Amrta-pravaha-

bhasya, gives this short note: "Sri Advaita Acarya is one of the

important trunks of the bhakti-kalpataru, or desire tree of devotional

service. Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, as a gardener, poured water on

the root of the bhakti tree and thus nourished all its trunks and

branches. But nevertheless, under the spell of maya, the most

unfortunate condition of a living entity, some of the branches, not

accepting the gardener who poured water on them, considered the trunk

the only cause of the great bhakti-kalpataru. In other words, the

branches or descendants of Advaita Acarya who considered Advaita Acarya

the original cause of the devotional creeper, and who thus neglected or

disobeyed the instructions of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, deprived

themselves of the effect of being watered and thus dried up and died. It

is further to be understood that not only the misguided descendants of

Advaita Acarya but anyone who has no connection with Caitanya Mahaprabhu

-- even if he is independently a great sannyasi, learned scholar or

ascetic -- is like a dead branch of a tree."

This analysis by Sri Bhaktivinoda Thakura, supporting the statements of

Sri Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, depicts the position of the present so-

called Hindu religion, which, being predominantly conducted by the

Mayavada philosophy, has become a hodgepodge institution of various

concocted ideas. Mayavadis greatly fear the Krsna consciousness movement

and accuse it of spoiling the Hindu religion because it accepts people

from all parts of the world and all religious sects and scientifically

engages them in the daiva-varnasrama-dharma. As we have explained

several times, however, we find no such word as "Hindu" in the Vedic

literature. The word most probably came from Afghanistan, a

predominantly Mohammedan country, and originally referred to a pass in

Afghanistan known as Hindukush that is still a part of a trade route

between India and various Mohammedan countries.

The actual Vedic system of religion is called varnasrama-dharma, as

confirmed in the Visnu Purana:

varnasramacaravata purusena parah puman

visnur aradhyate pantha nanyat tat-tosa-karanam

(Visnu Purana, 3.8.9)

The Vedic literature recommends that a human being follow the principles

of varnasrama-dharma. Accepting the process of varnasrama-dharma will

make a person's life successful because this will connect him with the

Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the goal of human life. Therefore

the Krsna consciousness movement is meant for all of humanity. Although

human society has different sections or subdivisions, all human beings

belong to one species, and therefore we accept that they all have the

ability to understand their constitutional position in connection with

the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

confirms, jivera 'svarupa' haya -- krsnera nitya-dasa:

"Every living entity is an eternal part, an eternal servant, of

the Supreme Personality of Godhead." Every living entity who attains the

human form of life can understand the importance of his position and

thus become eligible to become a devotee of Lord Krsna. We take it for

granted, therefore, that all humanity should be educated in Krsna

consciousness. Indeed, in all parts of the world, in every country where

we preach the sankirtana movement, we find that people very easily

accept the Hare Krsna maha-mantra without hesitation. The visible effect

of this chanting is that the members of the Hare Krsna movement,

regardless of their backgrounds, all give up the four principles of

sinful life and come to an elevated standard of devotion.

Although posing as great scholars, ascetics, householders and svamis,

the so-called followers of the Hindu religion are all useless, dried-up

branches of the Vedic religion. They are impotent; they cannot do

anything to spread the Vedic culture for the benefit of human society.

The essence of the Vedic culture is the message of Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu. Lord Caitanya instructed:

yare dekha, tare kaha 'krsna' upadesa

amara ajnaya guru hana tara' ei desa

(Cc. Madhya 7.128)

One should simply instruct everyone he meets regarding the principles of

krsna-katha, as expressed in Bhagavad-gita As It Is and Srimad-

Bhagavatam. One who has no interest in krsna-katha or the cult of Sri

Caitanya Mahaprabhu is like dry, useless wood with no living force. The

ISKCON branch, being directly watered by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, is

becoming undoubtedly successful, whereas the disconnected branches of

the so-called Hindu religion that are envious of ISKCON are drying up

and dying.

Adi 12.74

TEXT 74

TEXT

sei sei, -- acaryera krpara bhajana

anayase paila sei caitanya-carana

SYNONYMS

sei sei -- whoever; acaryera -- of Advaita Acarya; krpara -- of the

mercy; bhajana -- eligible candidate; anayase -- without difficulty;

paila -- got; sei -- he; caitanya-carana -- the lotus feet of Sri

Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

TRANSLATION

By the mercy of Advaita Acarya, the devotees who strictly followed the

path of Caitanya Mahaprabhu attained the shelter of Lord Caitanya's

lotus feet without difficulty.

Adi 12.75

TEXT 75

TEXT

acyutera yei mata, sei mata sara

ara yata mata saba haila charakhara

SYNONYMS

acyutera -- of Acyutananda; yei -- which; mata -- direction; sei -- that;

mata -- direction; sara -- essential; ara -- other; yata -- all; mata --

directions; saba -- all; haila -- became; charakhara -- dismantled.

TRANSLATION

It should be concluded, therefore, that the path of Acyutananda is the

essence of spiritual life. Those who did not follow this path simply

scattered.

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sei acarya-gane mora koti namaskara

acyutananda-praya, caitanya -- jivana yanhara

SYNONYMS

sei -- those; acarya-gane -- unto the spiritual masters; mora -- my;

koti -- millions; namaskara -- obeisances; acyutananda-praya -- almost

as good as Acyutananda; caitanya -- Caitanya Mahaprabhu; jivana -- life;

yanhara -- whose.

TRANSLATION

I therefore offer my respectful obeisances millions of times to

the actual followers of Acyutananda whose life and soul were

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

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ei ta' kahilan acarya-gosanira gana

tina skandha-sakhara kaila sanksepa ganana

SYNONYMS

ei ta' -- thus; kahilan -- I have spoken; acarya -- Advaita Acarya;

gosanira -- of the spiritual master; gana -- descendants; tina -- three;

skandha -- of the trunk; sakhara -- of branches; kaila -- was done;

sanksepa -- in brief; ganana -- counting.

TRANSLATION

Thus I have briefly described the three branches [Acyutananda, Krsna

Misra and Gopala] of Sri Advaita Acarya's descendants.

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sakha-upasakha, tara nahika ganana

kichu-matra kahi' kari dig-darasana

SYNONYMS

sakha-upasakha -- branches and sub-branches; tara -- of them;

nahika -- there is no; ganana -- counting; kichu-matra -- something

about them; kahi' -- describing; kari -- I am simply giving; dig-

darasana -- a glimpse of the direction.

TRANSLATION

There are multifarious branches and sub-branches of Advaita

Acarya. It is very difficult to enumerate them fully. I have simply

given a glimpse of the whole trunk and its branches and sub-

branches.

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sri-gadadhara pandita sakhate mahottama

tanra upasakha kichu kari ye ganana

SYNONYMS

sri-gadadhara pandita -- Sri Gadadhara Pandita; sakhate -- of the branch;

mahottama -- very great; tanra -- his; upasakha -- branches and

sub-branches; kichu -- something; kari -- let me do; ye -- that;

ganana -- counting.

TRANSLATION

After describing the branches and sub-branches of Advaita Acarya,

I shall now attempt to describe some of the descendants of Sri

Gadadhara Pandita, the most important among the branches.

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sakha-srestha dhruvananda, sridhara brahmacari

bhagavatacarya, haridasa brahmacari

SYNONYMS

sakha-srestha -- the chief branch; dhruvananda -- of the name

Dhruvananda; sridhara brahmacari -- of the name Sridhara Brahmacari;

bhagavatacarya -- of the name Bhagavatacarya; haridasa

brahmacari -- of the name Haridasa Brahmacari.

TRANSLATION

The chief branches of Sri Gadadhara Pandita were (1) Sri Dhruvananda, (2)

Sridhara Brahmacari, (3) Haridasa Brahmacari and (4) Raghunatha

Bhagavatacarya.

PURPORT

Verse 152 of the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika describes Sri Dhruvananda

Brahmacari as an incarnation of Lalita, and verse 194 describes

Sridhara Brahmacari as the gopi known as Candralatika.

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ananta acarya, kavidatta, misra-nayana

gangamantri, mamu thakura, kanthabharana

SYNONYMS

ananta acarya -- of the name Ananta Acarya; kavidatta -- of the

name Kavi Datta; misra-nayana -- of the name Nayana Misra; gangamantri --

of the name Gangamantri; mamu thakura -- of the name Mamu Thakura;

kanthabharana -- of the name Kanthabharana.

TRANSLATION

The fifth branch was Ananta Acarya; the sixth, Kavi Datta; the seventh,

Nayana Misra; the eighth, Gangamantri; the ninth, Mamu Thakura; and the

tenth, Kanthabharana.

PURPORT

Verses 197 and 207 of the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika describe Kavi Datta as

the gopi named Kalakanthi, verses 196 and 207 describe Nayana Misra as

the gopi named Nitya-manjari, and verses 196 and 205 describe

Gangamantri as the gopi named Candrika. Mamu Thakura, whose real name

was Jagannatha Cakravarti, was the nephew of Sri Nilambara Cakravarti,

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's grandfather. In Bengal a maternal uncle is

called mama, and in East Bengal and Orissa, mamu. Thus Jagannatha

Cakravarti was known as Mama or Mamu Thakura. Mamu Thakura's residence

was in the district of Faridpur in the village known as Magadoba. After

the demise of Sri Gadadhara Pandita, Mamu Thakura became the priest in

charge of the temple known as Tota-gopinatha in Jagannatha Puri.

According to the opinion of some Vaisnavas, Mamu Thakura was formerly

known as Sri Rupa-manjari. The followers of Mamu Thakura were Raghunatha

Gosvami, Ramacandra, Radhavallabha, Krsnajivana, Syamasundara, Santamani,

Harinatha, Navinacandra, Matilala, Dayamayi and Kunjavihari.

Kanthabharana, whose original name was Sri Ananta Cattaraja, was the

gopi named Gopali in krsna-lila.

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bhugarbha gosani, ara bhagavata-dasa

yei dui asi' kaila vrndavane vasa

SYNONYMS

bhugarbha gosani -- of the name Bhugarbha Gosani; ara -- and; bhagavata-

dasa -- of the name Bhagavata dasa; yei dui -- both of them; asi' --

coming; kaila -- did; vrndavane vasa -- residing in Vrndavana.

TRANSLATION

The eleventh branch of Gadadhara Gosvami was Bhugarbha Gosani, and the

twelfth was Bhagavata dasa. Both of them went to Vrndavana and resided

there for life.

PURPORT

Bhugarbha Gosani, formerly known as Prema-manjari, was a great friend of

Lokanatha Gosvami, who constructed the temple of Gokulananda, one of the

seven important temples of Vrndavana -- namely, Govinda,

Gopinatha, Madana-mohana, Radharamana, Syamasundara, Radha-Damodara and

Gokulananda -- that are authorized institutions of Gaudiya Vaisnavas.

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vaninatha brahmacari -- bada mahasaya

vallabha-caitanya-dasa -- krsna-premamaya

SYNONYMS

vaninatha brahmacari -- of the name Vaninatha Brahmacari; bada mahasaya -

- very great personality; vallabha-caitanya-dasa -- of the name Vallabha-

caitanya dasa; krsna-prema-maya -- always filled with love of Krsna.

TRANSLATION

The thirteenth branch was Vaninatha Brahmacari, and the fourteenth was

Vallabha-caitanya dasa. Both of these great personalities were always

filled with love of Krsna.

PURPORT

Sri Vaninatha Brahmacari is described in the Tenth Chapter, 114th verse

, of Adi-lila. A disciple of Vallabha-caitanya named Nalini-

mohana Gosvami established a temple of Madana-gopala in Navadvipa.

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srinatha cakravarti, ara uddhava dasa

jitamitra, kasthakata-jagannatha-dasa

SYNONYMS

srinatha cakravarti -- of the name Srinatha Cakravarti; ara -- and;

uddhava dasa -- of the name Uddhava dasa; jitamitra -- of the name

Jitamitra; kasthakata-jagannatha-dasa -- of the name Kasthakata

Jagannatha dasa.

TRANSLATION

The fifteenth branch was Srinatha Cakravarti; the sixteenth, Uddhava;

the seventeenth, Jitamitra; and the eighteenth, Jagannatha dasa.

PURPORT

The

Sakha-nirnaya, verse 13, mentions Srinatha Cakravarti as a reservoir of

all good qualities and an expert in the service of Lord Krsna. Similarly,

verse 35 mentions Uddhava dasa as being greatly qualified in

distributing love of Godhead to everyone. The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika,

verse 202, mentions Jitamitra as the gopi named Syama-manjari. Jitamitra

wrote a book entitled Krsna-mayurya. Jagannatha dasa was a resident of

Vikramapura, near Dacca. His birthplace was the village known as

Kasthakata or Kathadiya. His descendants now reside in villages known as

Adiyala, Kamarapada and Paikapada. He established a temple of

Yasomadhava. The worshipers in this temple are the Gosvamis of Adiyala.

As one of the sixty-four sakhis, he was formerly an assistant of

Citradevi-gopi named Tilakini. The following is a list of his

descendants: Ramanrsimha, Ramagopala, Ramacandra, Sanatana, Muktarama,

Gopinatha, Goloka, Harimohana Siromani, Rakhalaraja, Madhava and

Laksmikanta. The Sakha-nirnaya mentions that Jagannatha dasa preached

the Hare Krsna movement in the district or state of Tripura.

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sri-hari acarya, sadi-puriya gopala

krsnadasa brahmacari, puspa-gopala

SYNONYMS

sri-hari acarya -- of the name Sri Hari Acarya; sadi-puriya gopala -- of

the name Sadipuriya Gopala; krsnadasa brahmacari -- of the name

Krsnadasa Brahmacari; puspa-gopala -- of the name Puspagopala.

TRANSLATION

The nineteenth branch was Sri Hari Acarya; the twentieth, Sadipuriya

Gopala; the twenty-first, Krsnadasa Brahmacari; and the twenty-second,

Puspagopala.

PURPORT

The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verses 196 and 207, mentions that Hari

Acarya was formerly the gopi named Kalaksi. Sadipuriya Gopala is

celebrated as a preacher of the Hare Krsna movement in Vikramapura in

East Bengal. Krsnadasa Brahmacari was formerly among

the group of sakhis known as the asta-sakhis. His name was Indulekha.

Krsnadasa Brahmacari lived in Vrndavana. There is a tomb in the Radha-

Damodara temple known as Krsnadasa's tomb. Some say that this is the

tomb of Krsnadasa Brahmacari and others Krsnadasa

Kaviraja Gosvami. In either case we offer our respects because both of

them were expert in distributing love of Godhead to the fallen souls of

this age. The Sakha-nirnaya mentions that Puspagopala was formerly known

as Svarnagramaka.

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sriharsa, raghu-misra, pandita laksminatha

bangavati-caitanya-dasa, sri-raghunatha

SYNONYMS

sriharsa -- of the name Sriharsa; raghu-misra -- of the name Raghu Misra;

pandita laksminatha -- of the name Laksminatha Pandita; bangavati-

caitanya-dasa -- of the name Bangavati Caitanya dasa; sri-raghunatha --

of the name Sri Raghunatha.

TRANSLATION

The twenty-third branch was Sriharsa; the twenty-fourth, Raghu Misra;

the twenty-fifth, Laksminatha Pandita; the twenty-sixth,

Caitanya dasa; and the twenty-seventh, Raghunatha.

PURPORT

Raghu Misra is described in the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verses 195 and

201, as Karpura-manjari. Similarly, Laksminatha Pandita is mentioned as

Rasonmada, and Bangavati Caitanya dasa is mentioned as Kali. The Sakha-

nirnaya states that Bangavati Caitanya dasa was always seen with eyes

full of tears. He also had a branch of descendants. Their names were

Mathuraprasada, Rukminikanta, Jivanakrsna, Yugalakisora, Ratanakrsna,

Radhamadhava, Usamani, Vaikunthanatha and Lalamohana, or Lalamohana Saha

Sankhanidhi. Lalamohana was a great merchant in Dacca City.

The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verses 194 and 200, mentions that Raghunatha

was formerly Varangada.

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amogha pandita, hasti-gopala, caitanya-vallabha

yadu ganguli ara mangala vaisnava

SYNONYMS

amogha pandita -- of the name Amogha Pandita; hasti-gopala -- of the

name Hastigopala; caitanya-vallabha -- of the name Caitanya-vallabha;

yadu ganguli -- of the name Yadu Ganguli; ara -- and; mangala vaisnava --

of the name Mangala Vaisnava.

TRANSLATION

The twenty-eighth branch was Amogha Pandita; the twenty-ninth,

Hastigopala; the thirtieth, Caitanya-vallabha; the thirty-first, Yadu

Ganguli; and the thirty-second, Mangala Vaisnava.

PURPORT

Sri

Mangala Vaisnava was a resident of the village Titakana in the district

of Mursidabada. His forefathers were Saktas who worshiped the goddess

Kiritesvari. It is said that Mangala Vaisnava, formerly a staunch

brahmacari, left home and later married the daughter of his disciple

Prananatha Adhikari in the village of Mayanadala. The descendants of

this family are known as the Thakuras of Kandada, which is a village in

the district of Burdwan near Katwa. Scattered descendants of Mangala

Vaisnava, thirty-six families altogether, still live there. Among the

celebrated disciples of Mangala Thakura are Prananatha Adhikari,

Purusottama Cakravarti of the village of Kandada, and Nrsimha-prasada

Mitra, whose family members are well-known mrdanga players. Sudhakrsna

Mitra and Nikunjavihari Mitra are both especially famous mrdanga players.

In the family of Purusottama Cakravarti there are famous persons like

Kunjavihari Cakravarti and Radhavallabha Cakravarti, who now live in the

district of Birbhum. They professionally recite songs from Caitanya-

mangala. It is said that when Mangala Thakura was constructing a road

from Bengal to Jagannatha Puri, he found a Deity of Radhavallabha while

digging a lake. At that time he was living in the locality of Kandada

in the village named Ranipura. The salagrama-sila personally worshiped

by Mangala Thakura still exists in the village of Kandada. A temple has

been constructed there for the worship of Vrndavana-candra. Mangala

Thakura had three sons -- Radhikaprasada, Gopiramana and Syamakisora.

The descendants of these three sons are still living.

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cakravarti sivananda sada vrajavasi

mahasakha-madhye tenho sudrdha visvasi

SYNONYMS

cakravarti sivananda -- of the name Sivananda Cakravarti; sada -- always;

vrajavasi -- resident of Vrndavana; maha-sakha-madhye -- amongst

the great branches; tenho -- he is; sudrdha visvasi -- possessing firm

faith.

TRANSLATION

Sivananda Cakravarti, the thirty-third branch, who always lived in

Vrndavana with firm conviction, is considered an important branch of

Gadadhara Pandita.

PURPORT

The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verse 183, mentions that Sivananda

Cakravarti was formerly Labanga-manjari. The Sakha-nirnaya, written by

Yadunandana dasa, also names other branches, as

follows: (1) Madhava Acarya, (2) Gopala dasa, (3) Hrdayananda, (4)

Vallabha Bhatta (the Vallabha-sampradaya, or Pustimarga-sampradaya, is

very famous), (5) Madhu Pandita (this famous devotee lived near

Khadadaha in the village known as Sanibona-grama, about two miles east

of the Khadadaha station, and constructed the temple of Gopinathaji in

Vrndavana), (6) Acyutananda, (7) Candrasekhara, (8) Vakresvara Pandita, (

9) Damodara, (10) Bhagavan Acarya, (11) Ananta Acaryavarya, (12)

Krsnadasa, (13) Paramananda Bhattacarya, (14) Bhavananda Gosvami, (15)

Caitanya dasa, (16) Lokanatha Bhatta, (this devotee, who lived in the

village of Talakhadi in the district of Yasohara and

constructed the temple of Radhavinoda, was the spiritual master of

Narottama dasa Thakura and a great friend of Bhugarbha Gosvami), (17)

Govinda Acarya, (18) Akrura Thakura, (19) Sanketa Acarya, (20)

Pratapaditya, (21) Kamalakanta Acarya, (22) Yadava Acarya and (23)

Narayana Padihari (a resident of Jagannatha Puri).

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ei ta' sanksepe kahilan panditera gana

aiche ara sakha-upasakhara ganana

SYNONYMS

ei ta' -- thus; sanksepe -- in brief; kahilan -- I have described;

panditera gana -- the branches of Sri Gadadhara Pandita; aiche --

similarly; ara -- another; sakha-upasakhara ganana -- description of

branches and sub-branches.

TRANSLATION

Thus I have briefly described the branches and sub-branches of

Gadadhara Pandita. There are still many more that I have not mentioned

here.

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panditera gana saba, -- bhagavata dhanya

prana-vallabha -- sabara sri-krsna-caitanya

SYNONYMS

panditera -- of Gadadhara Pandita; gana -- followers; saba -- all;

bhagavata dhanya -- glorious devotees; prana-vallabha -- the heart and

soul; sabara -- of all of them; sri-krsna-caitanya -- Lord Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu.

TRANSLATION

All the followers of Gadadhara Pandita are considered great devotees

because they have Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as their life and soul.

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ei tina skandhera kailun sakhara ganana

yan-saba-smarane bhava-bandha-vimocana

SYNONYMS

ei tina -- of all these three; skandhera -- trunks; kailun -- described;

sakhara ganana -- enumeration of the branches; yan-saba -- all of them;

smarane -- by remembering; bhava-bandha -- from entanglement in the

material world; vimocana -- freedom.

TRANSLATION

Simply by remembering the names of all these branches and sub-

branches of the three trunks I have described [Nityananda, Advaita and

Gadadhara], one attains freedom from the entanglement of material

existence.

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yan-saba-smarane pai caitanya-carana

yan-saba-smarane haya vanchita purana

SYNONYMS

yan-saba -- all of them; smarane -- by remembering; pai -- I get;

caitanya-carana -- the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; yan-saba --

all of them; smarane -- by remembering; haya -- becomes; vanchita

purana -- fulfillment of all desires.

TRANSLATION

Simply by remembering the names of all these Vaisnavas, one can attain

the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Indeed, simply by remembering

their holy names, one achieves the fulfillment of all desires.

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ataeva tan-sabara vandiye carana

caitanya-malira kahi lila-anukrama

SYNONYMS

ataeva -- therefore; tan-sabara -- of all of them; vandiye -- I offer

prayers; carana -- to the lotus feet; caitanya-malira -- of the gardener

known as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kahi -- I speak; lila-anukrama -- the

pastimes in chronological order.

TRANSLATION

Therefore, offering my obeisances at the lotus feet of them all, I shall

describe the pastimes of the gardener Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in

chronological order.

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gaura-lilamrta-sindhu -- apara agadha

ke karite pare tahan avagaha-sadha

SYNONYMS

gaura-lilamrta-sindhu -- the ocean of the pastimes of Lord Caitanya;

apara -- immeasurable; agadha -- unfathomable; ke -- who; karite -- to

do; pare -- is able; tahan -- in that ocean; avagaha -- taking a dip;

sadha -- execution.

TRANSLATION

The ocean of the pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu is immeasurable

and unfathomable. Who can take the courage to measure that great ocean?

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tahara madhurya-gandhe lubdha haya mana

ataeva tate rahi' caki eka kana

SYNONYMS

tahara -- His; madhurya -- mellow; gandhe -- by the flavor;

lubdha -- attracted; haya -- becomes; mana -- mind; ataeva -- therefore;

tate -- on the beach; rahi' -- standing; caki -- I taste; eka -- one;

kana -- particle.

TRANSLATION

It is not possible to dip into that great ocean, but its sweet mellow

flavor attracts my mind. I therefore stand on the shore of that ocean

to try to taste but a drop of it.

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sri-rupa-raghunatha-pade yara asa

caitanya-caritamrta kahe krsnadasa

SYNONYMS

sri-rupa -- Srila Rupa Gosvami; raghunatha -- Srila Raghunatha dasa

Gosvami; pade -- at their lotus feet; yara -- whose; asa -- expectation;

caitanya-caritamrta -- the book named Caitanya-caritamrta; kahe --

describes; krsna-dasa -- Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami.

TRANSLATION

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.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-

lila, Chapter Twelve, describing the expansions of Advaita Acarya and

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Adi 12: The Expansions of Advaita Acarya and Gadadhara Pandita
 
Chapter 12: 
 
The Expansions of Advaita Acarya and Gadadhara Pandita
 
Bhaktivinoda Thakura gives a summary of the Twelfth Chapter 
in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya. The 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 the 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 a debt of Advaita Acarya's, 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.
 
Adi 12.1
 
TEXT 1
 
TEXT
 
advaitanghry-abja-bhrngams tan
sarasara-bhrto ‘khilan
hitvasaran sara-bhrto
naumi caitanya-jivanan
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
Adi 12.2
 
TEXT 2
 
TEXT
 
jaya jaya mahaprabhu sri-krsna-caitanya
jaya jaya nityananda jayadvaita dhanya
SYNONYMS
 
jaya jaya -- all glories; mahaprabhu -- Mahaprabhu; sri-krsna-caitanya --
 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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
All glories to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu! All glories to Lord Nityananda! 
All glories to Sri Advaita Prabhu! All of Them are glorious.
 
Adi 12.3
 
TEXT 3
 
TEXT
 
sri-caitanyamara-taror
dvitiya-skandha-rupinah
srimad-advaita-candrasya
sakha-rupan ganan numah
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
Adi 12.4
 
TEXT 4
 
TEXT
 
vrksera dvitiya skandha -- acarya-gosani
tanra yata sakha ha-ila, tara lekha nani
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Sri Advaita Prabhu was the second big branch of the tree. There are 
many subbranches, but it is impossible to mention them all.
 
Adi 12.5
 
TEXT 5
 
TEXT
 
caitanya-malira krpa-jalera secane
sei jale pusta skandha bade dine dine
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
Adi 12.6
 
TEXT 6
 
TEXT
 
sei skandhe yata prema-phala upajila
sei krsna-prema-phale jagat bharila
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
Adi 12.7
 
TEXT 7
 
TEXT
 
sei jala skandhe kare sakhate sancara
phale-phule bade, -- sakha ha-ila vistara
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
As the trunk and branches were watered, the branches and 
subbranches spread lavishly, and the tree grew full with fruits 
and flowers.
 
Adi 12.8
 
TEXT 8
 
TEXT
 
prathame ta' eka-mata acaryera gana
pache dui-mata haila daivera karana
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
At first all the followers of Advaita Acarya shared a single opinion. 
But later they followed two different opinions, as ordained by 
providence.
 
PURPORT
 
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.
 
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 beginning vyavasayatmika buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana [Bg. 2.41]. 
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:
 
yasya deve para bhaktir yatha deve tatha gurau
tasyaite kathita hy arthah prakasante mahatmanah
 [SU yasya deve para bhaktir
yatha deve tatha gurau
tasyaite kathita hy arthah
prakasante mahatmanah
 
"Unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the 
spiritual master, all the imports of Vedic knowledge are automatically 
revealed." (Svetasvatara Upanisad 6.23)
 
atah sri-krsna-namadi
na bhaved grahyam indriyaih
sevonmukhe hi jihvadau
svayam eva sphuraty adah
 
"No one can understand Krsna as He is by the blunt material senses. But 
He reveals Himself to the devotees, being pleased with them for their 
transcendental loving service unto Him." (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.2.234)
 
bhaktya mam abhijanati
yavan yas casmi tattvatah
tato mam tattvato jnatva
visate tad-anantaram
 
"One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by devotional 
service. And when one is in full consciousness of the Supreme Lord by 
such devotion, he can enter into the kingdom of God." 
 
These are Vedic instructions. One must have full faith in the words of 
the spiritual master and similar faith in the Supreme Personality of 
Godhead. Then the real knowledge of atma and Paramatma and the 
distinction between matter and spirit will be automatically revealed. 
This atma-tattva, or spiritual knowledge, will be revealed within the 
core of a devotee's heart because of his having taken shelter of the 
lotus feet of a mahajana such as Prahlada Maharaja.6.23]
 
"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.
 
Adi 12.9
 
TEXT 9
 
TEXT
 
keha ta' acarya ajnaya, keha ta' svatantra
sva-mata kalpana kare daiva-paratantra
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
PURPORT
 
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.
 
Adi 12.10
 
TEXT 10
 
TEXT
 
acaryera mata yei, sei mata sara
tanra ajna langhi' cale, sei ta' asara
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
PURPORT
 
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.
 
Adi 12.11
 
TEXT 11
 
TEXT
 
asarera name ihan nahi prayojana
bheda janibare kari ekatra ganana
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
There is no need to name those who are useless. I have mentioned them 
only to distinguish them from the useful devotees.
 
Adi 12.12
 
TEXT 12
 
TEXT
 
dhanya-rasi mape yaiche patna sahite
pascate patna udana samskara karite
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Paddy is mixed with straw at first, and one must fan it to separate the 
paddy from the straw.
 
PURPORT
 
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.
 
Adi 12.13
 
TEXT 13
 
TEXT
 
acyutananda -- bada sakha, acarya-nandana
ajanma sevila tenho caitanya-carana
 
SYNONYMS
 
acyutananda -- 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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
A big branch of Advaita Acarya was His son Acyutananda. 
From the beginning of his life he engaged in the service of the lotus 
feet of Lord Caitanya.
 
Adi 12.14
 
TEXT 14
 
TEXT
 
caitanya-gosanira guru -- kesava bharati
ei pitara vakya suni' duhkha paila ati
SYNONYMS
 
caitanya -- Lord Caitanya; gosanira -- the spiritual master; guru -- His 
spiritual master; kesava bharati -- Kesava Bharati; ei -- 
these; pitara -- his father's; vakya -- words; suni' -- hearing; duhkha -
- unhappiness; paila -- got; ati -- very much.
 
TRANSLATION
 
When Acyutananda heard from his father that Kesava Bharati was the 
spiritual master of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he was very unhappy.
 
Adi 12.15
 
TEXT 15
 
TEXT
 
jagad-gurute tumi kara aiche upadesa
tomara ei upadese nasta ha-ila desa
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
He told his father, "Your instruction that Kesava Bharati is the 
spiritual master of Caitanya Mahaprabhu will spoil the entire country.
 
Adi 12.16
 
TEXT 16
 
TEXT
 
caudda bhuvanera guru -- caitanya-gosani
tanra guru -- anya, ei kona sastre nai
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"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."
 
Adi 12.17
 
TEXT 17
 
TEXT
 
pancama varsera balaka kahe siddhantera sara
suniya paila acarya santosa apara
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
When Advaita Acarya heard this statement from His five-year-old son 
Acyutananda, He felt great satisfaction because of his conclusive 
judgment.
 
PURPORT
 
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 who were devotees of 
Lord Caitanya. Their names were Acyuta, Krsna Misra and Gopala dasa, and 
they were all born of the womb of His wife, Sitadevi
. 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.
 
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. 1511 and 1512), 
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. 1506). 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. 1870), it is mentioned that Acyutananda was a class 
friend of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. According to the Caitanya-bhagavata, 
this statement is not at all valid. When Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted 
the renounced order of sannyasa in the year 1431 Sakabda (A.D. 1509), He 
came to the house of Advaita Prabhu at Santipura
. At that time, as stated in the 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."
 
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. As 
mentioned above, 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.
 
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 Pandita 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. Text 87 of the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, 
compiled by Sri Kavi-karnapura, describes 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 (88) 
supports 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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adi 12.18
 
TEXT 18
 
TEXT
 
krsna-misra-nama ara acarya-tanaya
caitanya-gosani baise yanhara hrdaya
SYNONYMS
 
krsna-misra -- Krsna Misra; nama -- of the name; ara -- and; 
acarya-tanaya -- the son of Advaita Acarya; caitanya-gosani -- Lord 
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; baise -- sits; yanhara -- in whose; hrdaya -- heart.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Krsna Misra was a son of Advaita Acarya. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu always 
sat in his heart.
 
PURPORT
 
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 Srivallabha beginning from his 
eldest son, Ganga-narayana. The descendants of Srivallabha'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.
 
Adi 12.19
 
TEXT 19
 
TEXT
 
sri-gopala-name ara acaryera suta
tanhara caritra, suna, atyanta adbhuta
 
SYNONYMS
 
sri-gopala -- Sri Gopala; name -- by the name; ara -- 
another; acaryera -- of Advaita Acarya; suta -- son; tanhara -- his; 
caritra -- character; suna -- hear; atyanta -- very; adbhuta -- 
wonderful.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Sri Gopala was another son of Sri Advaita Acarya Prabhu. Now just hear 
about his characteristics, for they are all very wonderful.
 
PURPORT
 
As mentioned above, Sri Gopala was one of the three devoted sons of 
Advaita Acarya. He is further described in the Madhya-lila of Caitanya-
caritamrta, Chapter Twelve, texts 143 through 149
.
 
Adi 12.20
 
TEXT 20
 
TEXT
 
gundica-mandire mahaprabhura sammukhe
kirtane nartana kare bada prema-sukhe
 
SYNONYMS
 
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 
much; prema-sukhe -- in transcendental bliss.
 
TRANSLATION
 
When Lord Caitanya personally cleansed the Gundica-mandira in Jagannatha 
Puri, Gopala danced in front of the Lord with great love and happiness.
 
PURPORT
 
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.
 
Adi 12.21
 
TEXT 21
 
TEXT
 
nana-bhavodgama dehe adbhuta nartana
dui gosani ‘hari' bale, anandita mana
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
Adi 12.22
 
TEXT 22
 
TEXT
 
nacite nacite gopala ha-ila murcchita
bhumete padila, dehe nahika samvita
SYNONYMS
 
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).
 
TRANSLATION
 
While all of them danced, Gopala, dancing and dancing, fainted and fell 
to the ground unconscious.
 
Adi 12.23
 
TEXT 23
 
TEXT
 
duhkhita ha-ila acarya putra kole lana
raksa kare nrsimhera mantra padiya
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Advaita Acarya Prabhu became very unhappy. Taking His son on His lap, He 
began to chant the Nrsimha mantra for his protection.
 
Adi 12.24
 
TEXT 24
 
TEXT
 
nana mantra padena acarya, na haya cetana
acaryera duhkhe vaisnava karena krandana
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Advaita Acarya chanted various mantras, but Gopala did not come to 
consciousness. Thus all the Vaisnavas present cried in sorrow at His 
plight.
 
Adi 12.25
 
TEXT 25
 
TEXT
 
tabe mahaprabhu, tanra hrde hasta dhari'
‘uthaha, gopala,' kaila bala ‘hari' ‘hari'
SYNONYMS
 
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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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!"
 
Adi 12.26
 
TEXT 26
 
TEXT
 
uthila gopala prabhura sparsa-dhvani suni'
anandita hana sabe kare hari-dhvani
SYNONYMS
 
uthila -- got up; gopala -- 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.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
Adi 12.27
 
TEXT 27
 
TEXT
 
acaryera ara putra -- sri-balarama
ara putra -- ‘svarupa'-sakha, ‘jagadisa' nama
SYNONYMS
 
acaryera -- of Srila Advaita Acarya; ara -- another; putra -- son; sri-
balarama -- Sri Balarama; ara putra -- another son; svarupa -
- Svarupa; sakha -- branch; jagadisa nama -- of the name 
Jagadisa.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The other sons of Advaita Acarya were Sri Balarama, Svarupa and Jagadisa.
 
PURPORT
 
The Sanskrit book Advaita-carita states that Balarama, Svarupa and 
Jagadisa were the fourth, fifth and sixth sons of Advaita Acarya. 
Therefore Sri Advaita Acarya had six sons. Balarama, Svarupa and 
Jagadisa, being smartas, or Mayavadis, were rejected by Vaisnava society.
 Sometimes Mayavadis pose themselves as Vaisnavas, or worshipers of Lord 
Visnu, but actually they do not believe in Lord Visnu as the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead, for they consider demigods like Lord Siva, Durga,
 the sun-god and Ganesa equal to Him. They are generally known as 
pancopasaka-smartas, and one should not count them among the Vaisnavas.
 
Balarama had three wives and nine sons. The youngest son of his first 
wife was known as Madhusudana Gosvami. He took the title Bhattacarya and 
accepted the path of the smarta or Mayavada philosophy. Srila 
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura notes that the son of Gosvami 
Bhattacarya, Sri Radharamana Gosvami Bhattacarya, refused the title 
gosvami because it is generally meant for sannyasis, those who have 
taken the renounced order of life. One who is still in family life 
should not misuse the title gosvami. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati 
Thakura did not recognize the caste gosvamis because they were not in 
the line of the six gosvamis in the renounced order who were direct 
disciples of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu -- namely Srila Rupa Gosvami, 
Srila Sanatana Gosvami, Srila Bhatta Raghunatha Gosvami, Sri Gopala 
Bhatta Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami and Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami. 
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura said that the grhastha 
asrama, or the status of family life, is a sort of concession for sense 
gratification. Therefore a grhastha should not falsely adopt the title 
gosvami. The ISKCON movement has never conferred the title gosvami upon 
a householder. Although all the sannyasis we have initiated in ISKCON 
are young, we have awarded them the titles of the renounced order of 
life, svami and gosvami, because they have completely dedicated their 
lives to preach the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila 
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura mentions that not only do the 
householder caste gosvamis disrespect the title gosvami, but also, 
following the principles of the smarta Raghunandana, they exhibit great 
foolishness by burning a straw image of Advaita Acarya in a sraddha 
ceremony, thus acting like Raksasas and disrespecting the Hari-
bhakti-vilasa, which is the guide for Vaisnavas. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta 
Sarasvati Thakura says that sometimes these smarta caste gosvamis write 
books on Vaisnava philosophy or commentaries on the original scriptures, 
but a pure devotee should cautiously avoid reading them.
 
Adi 12.28
 
TEXT 28
 
TEXT
 
‘kamalakanta visvasa'-nama acarya-kinkara
acarya-vyavahara saba -- tanhara gocara
SYNONYMS
 
kamalakanta visvasa -- Kamalakanta Visvasa; nama -- of the 
name; acarya-kinkara -- servant of Advaita Acarya; acarya-vyavahara -- 
the dealings of Advaita Acarya; saba -- all; tanhara -- his; gocara -- 
within the knowledge.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Advaita Acarya's very confidential servant named Kamalakanta Visvasa 
knew all the dealings of Advaita Acarya.
 
PURPORT
 
The name Kamalananda mentioned in the Adi-lila (10.149) and the name 
Kamalakanta mentioned in the Madhya-lila (10.94) both refer to the same 
man. Kamalakanta, a very confidential servant of Lord Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu born in a brahmana family, engaged in the service of Sri 
Advaita Acarya as His secretary. When Paramananda Puri went from 
Navadvipa to Jagannatha Puri, he took Kamalakanta Visvasa with him, and 
they both went to see Lord Caitanya at Jagannatha Puri. It is mentioned 
in the Madhya-lila (10.94) that one of the devotees of Lord Caitanya, 
the brahmana Kamalakanta, went with Paramananda Puri to Jagannatha Puri.
 
Adi 12.29
 
TEXT 29
 
TEXT
 
nilacale tenho eka patrika likhiya
prataparudrera pasa dila pathaiya
SYNONYMS
 
nilacale -- at Jagannatha Puri; tenho -- Kamalakanta; eka -- one; 
patrika -- note; likhiya -- writing; prataparudrera -- Prataparudra 
Maharaja; pasa -- addressed to him; dila pathaiya -- sent.
 
TRANSLATION
 
When Kamalakanta Visvasa was in Jagannatha Puri, he sent a note through 
someone to Maharaja Prataparudra.
 
Adi 12.30
 
TEXT 30
 
TEXT
 
sei patrira katha acarya nahi jane
kona pake sei patri aila prabhu-sthane
SYNONYMS
 
sei patrira -- of that note; katha -- information; acarya -- Sri Advaita 
Acarya; nahi -- does not; jane -- know; kona -- somehow or other; pake --
 by means; sei -- that; patri -- note; aila -- came; prabhu-sthane -- in 
the hand of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
 
TRANSLATION
 
No one knew of that note, but somehow or other it reached the hands of 
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
 
Adi 12.31
 
TEXT 31
 
TEXT
 
se patrite lekha ache -- ei ta' likhana
isvaratve acaryere kariyache sthapana
SYNONYMS
 
se -- that; patrite -- in the note; lekha ache -- it is written; ei ta' -
- this; likhana -- writing; isvaratve -- in the place of the Supreme 
Lord; acaryere -- unto Advaita Acarya; kariyache -- established; 
sthapana -- situation.
 
TRANSLATION
 
That note established Advaita Acarya as an incarnation of the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead.
 
Adi 12.32
 
TEXT 32
 
TEXT
 
kintu tanra daive kichu ha-iyache rna
rna sodhibare cahi tanka sata-tina
SYNONYMS
 
kintu -- but; tanra -- His; daive -- in due course of time; kichu -- 
some; ha-iyache -- there was; rna -- debt; rna -- debt; sodhibare -- to 
liquidate; cahi -- I want; tanka -- rupees; sata-tina -- about three 
hundred.
 
TRANSLATION
 
But it also mentioned that Advaita Acarya had recently incurred a debt 
of about three hundred rupees that Kamalakanta Visvasa wanted to 
liquidate.
 
Adi 12.33
 
TEXT 33
 
TEXT
 
patra padiya prabhura mane haila duhkha
bahire hasiya kichu bale candra-mukha
SYNONYMS
 
patra -- note; padiya -- reading; prabhura -- of Lord Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu; mane -- in the mind; haila -- became; duhkha -- unhappiness; 
bahire -- externally; hasiya -- smiling; kichu -- something; bale -- 
says; candra-mukha -- the moon-faced.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu became unhappy upon reading the note, although 
His face still shone as brightly as the moon. Thus, smiling, He spoke as 
follows.
 
Adi 12.34
 
TEXT 34
 
TEXT
 
acaryere sthapiyache kariya isvara
ithe dosa nahi, acarya -- daivata isvara
SYNONYMS
 
acaryere -- unto Sri Advaita Acarya; sthapiyache -- he established; 
kariya -- mentioning; isvara -- as the Supreme Personality of Godhead; 
ithe -- in this; dosa -- fault; nahi -- there is not; acarya -- Advaita 
Acarya; daivata isvara -- He is actually the Supreme Personality of 
Godhead.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"He has established Advaita Acarya as an incarnation of the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead. There is nothing wrong in this, for He is indeed 
the Lord Himself.
 
Adi 12.35
 
TEXT 35
 
TEXT
 
isvarera dainya kari' kariyache bhiksa
ataeva danda kari' karaiba siksa
SYNONYMS
 
isvarera -- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; dainya -- poverty; 
kari' -- establishing; kariyache -- has done; bhiksa -- begging; ataeva -
- therefore; danda -- punishment; kari' -- giving him; karaiba -- shall 
cause; siksa -- instruction.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"But he has made the incarnation of Godhead a poverty-stricken beggar. 
Therefore I shall punish him in order to correct him."
 
PURPORT
 
To describe a man as an incarnation of God, or Narayana, and at the same 
time present him as poverty-stricken is contradictory, and it is the 
greatest offense. The Mayavadi philosophers, engaged in the missionary 
work of spoiling the Vedic culture by preaching that everyone is God, 
describe a poverty-stricken man as daridra-narayana, or "poor Narayana." 
Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu never accepted such foolish and unauthorized 
ideas. He strictly warned, mayavadi-bhasya sunile haya sarva-nasa: [Cc. 
Madhya 6.169] "Anyone who follows the principles of Mayavada philosophy 
is certainly doomed." Such a fool needs to be reformed by punishment.
 
Although it is contradictory to say that the Supreme Personality of 
Godhead or His incarnation is poverty-stricken, we find in the revealed 
scriptures that when the Lord incarnated as Vamana, He begged some land 
from Maharaja Bali. Everyone knows, however, that Vamanadeva was not at 
all poverty-stricken. His begging from Maharaja Bali was a device to 
favor him. When Maharaja Bali actually gave the land, Vamanadeva 
exhibited His all-powerful position by covering the three worlds with 
three steps. One should not accept the so-called daridra-narayanas as 
incarnations, because they are completely unable to show the opulence of 
the genuine incarnations of God.
 
Adi 12.36
 
TEXT 36
 
TEXT
 
govindere ajna dila, -- "inha aji haite
bauliya visvase etha na dibe asite"
SYNONYMS
 
govindere -- unto Govinda; ajna dila -- ordered; inha -- to this place; 
aji -- today; haite -- from; bauliya -- the Mayavadi; visvase -- unto 
Kamalakanta Visvasa; etha -- here; na -- do not; dibe -- allow; asite -- 
to come.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The Lord ordered Govinda, "From today on, do not allow that bauliya 
Kamalakanta Visvasa to come here."
 
PURPORT
 
The bauliyas, or baulas, are one of thirteen unauthorized sects that 
pass as followers of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The Lord ordered Govinda, His 
personal assistant, not to allow Kamalakanta Visvasa to come into His 
presence because he had become a bauliya. Thus although the baula-
sampradaya, aula-sampradaya and sahajiya-sampradaya, as well as the 
smartas, jata-gosanis, ativadis, cudadharis and gauranga-nagaris, claim 
to belong to the disciplic succession of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Lord 
actually rejected them.
 
Adi 12.37
 
TEXT 37
 
TEXT
 
danda suni' ‘visvasa' ha-ila parama duhkhita
suniya prabhura danda acarya harsita
SYNONYMS
 
danda -- punishment; suni' -- hearing; visvasa -- Kamalakanta Visvasa; 
ha-ila -- became; parama -- very; duhkhita -- unhappy; suniya -- 
hearing; prabhura -- of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; danda -- punishment; 
acarya -- Sri Advaita Acarya Prabhu; harsita -- very pleased.
 
TRANSLATION
 
When Kamalakanta Visvasa heard about this punishment by Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu, he was very unhappy, but when Advaita Prabhu heard 
about it, He was greatly pleased.
 
PURPORT
 
In the Bhagavad-gita (9.29) the Lord says, samo 'ham sarva-bhutesu na me 
dvesyo 'sti na priyah: "I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am 
equal to all." The Supreme Personality of Godhead being equal 
to everyone, no one can be His enemy, nor can anyone be His friend. 
Since everyone is a part or son of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, 
the Lord cannot be partial and regard someone as a friend and 
someone as an enemy. Thus when Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu punished 
Kamalakanta Visvasa by no longer allowing him to come into His presence, 
although the punishment was actually very hard on him, Sri Advaita 
Prabhu, understanding the inner meaning of such punishment, was happy 
because He appreciated that the Lord had actually favored Kamalakanta 
Visvasa. Therefore He was not at all unhappy. Devotees should always be 
happy with all the dealings of their master, the Supreme Personality of 
Godhead. A devotee may be put into difficulty or opulence, but he should 
accept both as gifts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and 
jubilantly engage in the service of the Lord in all circumstances.
 
Adi 12.38
 
TEXT 38
 
TEXT
 
visvasere kahe, -- tumi bada bhagyavan
tomare karila danda prabhu bhagavan
SYNONYMS
 
visvasere -- unto Kamalakanta Visvasa; kahe -- said; tumi -- you; bada --
 very; bhagyavan -- fortunate; tomare -- unto you; karila -- did; 
danda -- punishment; prabhu -- the Lord; bhagavan -- the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Seeing Kamalakanta Visvasa unhappy, Advaita Acarya Prabhu told him, "You 
are greatly fortunate to have been punished by the Supreme Lord, the 
Personality of Godhead, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
 
PURPORT
 
This is an authoritative judgment by Sri Advaita Prabhu. He clearly 
advises that one should not be unhappy when reverses come upon him by 
the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A devotee should always 
be happy to receive the fortune awarded him by the Supreme Lord, which 
seems pleasant or unpleasant according to one's judgment.
 
Adi 12.39
 
TEXT 39
 
TEXT
 
purve mahaprabhu more karena sammana
duhkha pai' mane ami kailun anumana
SYNONYMS
 
purve -- previously; mahaprabhu -- Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; more -- 
unto Me; karena -- does; sammana -- respect; duhkha -- unhappy; pai' -- 
becoming; mane -- in the mind; ami -- I; kailun -- made; anumana -- a 
plan.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"Formerly Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu always respected Me as His senior, 
but I did not like such respect. Therefore, My mind being afflicted by 
unhappiness, I made a plan.
 
Adi 12.40
 
TEXT 40
 
TEXT
 
mukti -- srestha kari' kainu vasistha vyakhyana
kruddha hana prabhu more kaila apamana
SYNONYMS
 
mukti -- liberation; srestha -- the topmost; kari' -- accepting; kainu --
 I did; vasistha -- the book known as Yoga-vasistha; vyakhyana -- 
explanation; kruddha -- angry; hana -- becoming; prabhu -- the Lord; 
more -- unto Me; kaila -- did; apamana -- disrespect.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"Thus I expounded the Yoga-vasistha, which considers liberation the 
ultimate goal of life. For this the Lord became angry at Me and treated 
Me with apparent disrespect.
 
PURPORT
 
There is a book of the name Yoga-vasistha that Mayavadis greatly favor 
because it is full of impersonal misunderstandings regarding the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead, with no touch of Vaisnavism. Factually, all 
Vaisnavas should avoid such a book, but Advaita Acarya Prabhu, wanting 
punishment from the Lord, began to support the impersonal statements of 
the Yoga-vasistha. Thus Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu became extremely angry 
at Him and seemingly treated Him disrespectfully.
 
Adi 12.41
 
TEXT 41
 
TEXT
 
danda pana haila mora parama ananda
ye danda paila bhagyavan sri-mukunda
SYNONYMS
 
danda pana -- receiving the punishment; haila -- became; mora -- My; 
parama -- very great; ananda -- happiness; ye danda -- the punishment; 
paila -- got; bhagyavan -- the most fortunate; sri-mukunda -- 
Sri Mukunda.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"When chastised by Lord Caitanya, I was very happy to receive a 
punishment similar to that awarded Sri Mukunda.
 
PURPORT
 
Sri Mukunda, a great friend and associate of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, 
used to visit many places where people were against the Vaisnava cult. 
When Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu came to know of this, He punished Mukunda, 
forbidding him to see Him again. Although Caitanya Mahaprabhu was soft 
like a flower, He was also strict like a thunderbolt, and everyone was 
afraid to allow Mukunda to come again into the presence of Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu. Mukunda, therefore, being very sorry, asked his 
friends whether he would one day be allowed to see Lord Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu. When the devotees brought this inquiry to Lord Caitanya, the 
Lord replied, "Mukunda will get permission to see Me after many millions 
of years." When they gave this information to Mukunda, he danced with 
jubilation, and when Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu heard that Mukunda was so 
patiently waiting to meet Him after millions of years, He immediately 
asked him to return. There is a statement about this punishment of 
Mukunda in the Caitanya-bhagavata, Madhya-khanda, Tenth Chapter.
 
Adi 12.42
 
TEXT 42
 
TEXT
 
ye danda paila sri-saci bhagyavati
se danda prasada anya loka pabe kati
SYNONYMS
 
ye danda -- the punishment; paila -- got; sri-saci bhagyavati -- the 
most fortunate mother Sacidevi; se danda -- the same punishment; prasada 
-- favor; anya -- other; loka -- person; pabe -- can get; kati -- how.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"A similar punishment was awarded to mother Sacidevi. Who could be more 
fortunate than she to receive such punishment?"
 
PURPORT
 
Mother Sacidevi was similarly punished, as mentioned in the Caitanya-
bhagavata, Madhya-khanda, Chapter Twenty-two. Mother Sacidevi, 
apparently showing her feminine nature, accused Advaita Prabhu of 
encouraging her son to become a sannyasi. Caitanya Mahaprabhu, taking 
this accusation as an offense, asked Sacidevi to touch the lotus feet of 
Advaita Acarya to mitigate the offense she had supposedly committed.
 
Adi 12.43
 
TEXT 43
 
TEXT
 
eta kahi' acarya tanre kariya asvasa
anandita ha-iya aila mahaprabhu-pasa
SYNONYMS
 
eta kahi' -- speaking thus; acarya -- Sri Advaita Acarya Prabhu; tanre --
 unto Kamalakanta Visvasa; kariya -- doing; asvasa -- pacification; 
anandita -- happy; ha-iya -- becoming; aila -- went; mahaprabhu-pasa -- 
to the place of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
 
TRANSLATION
 
After pacifying Kamalakanta Visvasa in this way, Sri Advaita Acarya 
Prabhu went to see Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
 
Adi 12.44
 
TEXT 44
 
TEXT
 
prabhuke kahena -- tomara na bujhi e lila
ama haite prasada-patra karila kamala
SYNONYMS
 
prabhuke -- unto the Lord; kahena -- says; tomara -- Your; na -- do not; 
bujhi -- I understand; e -- these; lila -- pastimes; ama -- Myself; 
haite -- more than; prasada-patra -- object of favor; karila -- You did; 
kamala -- unto Kamalakanta Visvasa.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Sri Advaita Acarya told Lord Caitanya, "I cannot understand Your 
transcendental pastimes. You have shown more favor to Kamalakanta than 
You generally show to Me.
 
Adi 12.45
 
TEXT 45
 
TEXT
 
amareha kabhu yei na haya prasada
tomara carane ami ki kainu aparadha
SYNONYMS
 
amareha -- even upon Me; kabhu -- at any time; yei -- that; na -- never; 
haya -- becomes; prasada -- favor; tomara carane -- at Your lotus feet; 
ami -- I; ki -- what; kainu -- have done; aparadha -- offense.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"The favor You have shown Kamalakanta is so great that even to Me You 
have never shown such favor. What offense have I committed at Your lotus 
feet so as not to be shown such favor?"
 
PURPORT
 
This is a reference to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's former punishment of 
Advaita Acarya. When Advaita Acarya Prabhu was reading Yoga-vasistha, 
Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu beat Him, but He never told Him not to come 
into His presence. But Kamalakanta was punished with the order never to 
come into the Lord's presence. Therefore Sri Advaita Acarya Prabhu 
wanted to impress upon Caitanya Mahaprabhu that He had shown more favor 
to Kamalakanta Visvasa because He had prohibited Kamalakanta from seeing 
Him, whereas He had not done so to Advaita Acarya. Therefore the favor 
shown Kamalakanta Visvasa was greater than that shown Advaita Acarya.
 
Adi 12.46
 
TEXT 46
 
TEXT
 
eta suni' mahaprabhu hasite lagila
bolaiya kamalakante prasanna ha-ila
SYNONYMS
 
eta suni' -- thus hearing; mahaprabhu -- Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; 
hasite -- to laugh; lagila -- began; bolaiya -- calling; kamalakante -- 
unto Kamalakanta; prasanna -- satisfied; ha-ila -- became.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Hearing this, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu laughed with satisfaction and 
immediately called Kamalakanta Visvasa.
 
Adi 12.47
 
TEXT 47
 
TEXT
 
acarya kahe, ihake kene dile darasana
dui prakarete kare more vidambana
SYNONYMS
 
acarya kahe -- Sri Advaita Acarya said; ihake -- unto him; kene -- why; 
dile -- You gave; darasana -- audience; dui -- two; prakarete -- in ways;
 kare -- does; more -- unto Me; vidambana -- cheating.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Advaita Acarya then said to Caitanya Mahaprabhu, "Why have You called 
back this man and allowed him to see You? He has cheated Me in two ways."
 
Adi 12.48
 
TEXT 48
 
TEXT
 
suniya prabhura mana prasanna ha-ila
dunhara antara-katha dunhe se janila
SYNONYMS
 
suniya -- hearing this; prabhura -- of Caitanya Mahaprabhu; mana -- mind;
 prasanna -- satisfaction; ha-ila -- felt; dunhara -- of both of Them; 
antara-katha -- confidential talks; dunhe -- both of Them; se -- that; 
janila -- could understand.
 
TRANSLATION
 
When Caitanya Mahaprabhu heard this, His mind was satisfied. Only They 
could understand each other's minds.
 
Adi 12.49
 
TEXT 49
 
TEXT
 
prabhu kahe -- bauliya, aiche kahe kara
acaryera lajja-dharma-hani se acara
SYNONYMS
 
prabhu kahe -- the Lord said; bauliya -- one who does not know what is 
right; aiche -- in that way; kahe -- why; kara -- do; acaryera -- of Sri 
Advaita Acarya; lajja -- privacy; dharma -- religion; hani -- loss; se --
 that; acara -- you act.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu instructed Kamalakanta, "You are a bauliya, one 
who does not know things as they are. Why do you act in this way? Why do 
you invade the privacy of Advaita Acarya and damage His religious 
principles?
 
PURPORT
 
Kamalakanta Visvasa, out of his ignorance, asked the King of Jagannatha 
Puri, Maharaja Prataparudra, to liquidate the three-hundred-rupee debt 
of Advaita Acarya, but at the same time he established Advaita Acarya as 
an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is 
contradictory. An incarnation of the Supreme Godhead cannot be indebted 
to anyone in this material world. Caitanya Mahaprabhu is never satisfied 
by such a contradiction, which is technically called rasabhasa, or 
overlapping of one humor (rasa) with another. This is the same type of 
idea as the contradiction that Narayana is poverty-stricken (daridra-
narayana).
 
Adi 12.50
 
TEXT 50
 
TEXT
 
pratigraha kabhu na karibe raja-dhana
visayira anna khaile dusta haya mana
SYNONYMS
 
pratigraha -- acceptance of alms; kabhu -- at any time; na -- not; 
karibe -- should do; raja-dhana -- charity by kings; visayira -- of men 
who are materialistic; anna -- food; khaile -- by eating; dusta -- 
polluted; haya -- becomes; mana -- mind.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"Advaita Acarya, My spiritual master, should never accept charity from 
rich men or kings, because if a spiritual master accepts money or grains 
from such materialists his mind becomes polluted.
 
PURPORT
 
It is very risky to accept money or food from materialistic 
persons, for such acceptance pollutes the mind of the charity's 
recipient. According to the Vedic system, one should give charity to 
sannyasis and brahmanas because one who thus gives charity becomes free 
from sinful activities. Formerly, therefore, brahmanas would not accept 
charity from a person unless he were very pious. Lord Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu gave this instruction for all spiritual masters. 
Materialistic persons who are not inclined to give up their sinful 
activities like illicit sex, intoxication, gambling and meat-eating 
sometimes want to become our disciples, but, unlike professional 
spiritual masters who accept disciples regardless of their condition, 
Vaisnavas do not accept such cheap disciples. One must at least agree to 
abide by the rules and regulations for a disciple before a Vaisnava 
acarya can accept him. In fact, a Vaisnava should not even accept 
charity or food from persons who do not follow the rules and 
regulations of the Vaisnava principles.
 
Adi 12.51
 
TEXT 51
 
TEXT
 
mana dusta ha-ile nahe krsnera smarana
krsna-smrti vinu haya nisphala jivana
SYNONYMS
 
mana -- mind; dusta -- polluted; ha-ile -- becoming; nahe -- is not 
possible; krsnera -- of Lord Krsna; smarana -- remembrance; krsna-smrti -
- remembrance of Lord Krsna; vinu -- without; haya -- becomes; nisphala -
- without any result; jivana -- life.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"When one's mind is polluted, it is very difficult to remember Krsna, 
and when remembrance of Lord Krsna is hampered, one's life is 
unproductive.
 
PURPORT
 
A devotee should always be alert, keeping his mind in a sanguine state 
so that he can always remember Lord Sri Krsna. The sastras state, 
smartavyah satatam visnuh: in devotional life one should always remember 
Lord Visnu. Srila Sukadeva Gosvami also advised Maharaja Pariksit, 
smartavyo nityasah. In the Second Canto, First Chapter, of Srimad-
Bhagavatam, Sukadeva Gosvami advised Pariksit Maharaja:
 
tasmad bharata sarvatma bhagavan isvaro harih
srotavyah kirtitavyas ca smartavyas cecchatabhayam
 
"O descendant of King Bharata, one who desires to be free from all 
miseries must hear about, glorify and also remember the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead, who is the Supersoul, the controller and the 
savior from all miseries." (SB 2.1.5) This is the summary of all the 
activities of a Vaisnava, and the same instruction is repeated here (
krsna-smrti vinu haya nisphala jivana). Srila Rupa Gosvami states in his 
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, avyartha-kalatvam: [Cc. Madhya 23.18–19] A 
Vaisnava must be very alert not to waste even a second of his valuable 
lifetime. This is a symptom of a Vaisnava. But association with pounds-
and-shillings men, or visayis, materialists who are simply interested in 
sense gratification, pollutes one's mind and hampers such continuous 
remembrance of Lord Krsna. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu therefore advised, 
asat-sanga-tyaga -- ei vaisnava-acara: a Vaisnava should behave in such 
a way as to never associate with nondevotees or materialists (Cc. Madhya 
22.87). One can avoid such association simply by always remembering 
Krsna within his heart.
 
Adi 12.52
 
TEXT 52
 
TEXT
 
loka-lajja haya, dharma-kirti haya hani
aiche karma na kariha kabhu iha jani'
SYNONYMS
 
loka-lajja -- unpopularity; haya -- becomes; dharma -- religion; kirti --
 reputation; haya -- becomes; hani -- damaged; aiche -- such; karma -- 
work; na -- do not; kariha -- execute; kabhu -- ever; iha -- this; jani' 
-- knowing.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"Thus one becomes unpopular in the eyes of the people in general, for 
this damages his religiosity and fame. A Vaisnava, especially one who 
acts as a spiritual master, must not act in such a way. One should 
always be conscious of this fact."
 
Adi 12.53
 
TEXT 53
 
TEXT
 
ei siksa sabakare, sabe mane kaila
acarya-gosani mane ananda paila
SYNONYMS
 
ei -- this; siksa -- instruction; sabakare -- for all; sabe -- all 
present; mane -- in the mind; kaila -- took it; acarya-gosani -- Advaita 
Acarya; mane -- within the mind; ananda -- pleasure; paila -- felt.
 
TRANSLATION
 
When Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave this instruction to Kamalakanta, all 
present considered it to be meant for everyone. Thus Advaita Acarya was 
greatly pleased.
 
Adi 12.54
 
TEXT 54
 
TEXT
 
acaryera abhipraya prabhu-matra bujhe
prabhura gambhira vakya acarya samujhe
SYNONYMS
 
acaryera -- of Advaita Acarya; abhipraya -- intention; prabhu-matra -- 
only Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bujhe -- can understand; prabhura -- of 
Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; gambhira -- grave; vakya -- instruction; 
acarya -- Advaita Acarya; samujhe -- can understand.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Only Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu could understand the intentions of Advaita 
Acarya, and Advaita Acarya appreciated the grave instruction of Lord 
Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
 
Adi 12.55
 
TEXT 55
 
TEXT
 
ei ta' prastave ache bahuta vicara
grantha-bahulya-bhaye nari likhibara
SYNONYMS
 
ei ta' -- in this; prastave -- statement; ache -- there are; bahuta -- 
many; vicara -- considerations; grantha -- of the book; bahulya -- of 
the expansion; bhaye -- out of fear; nari -- I do not; likhibara -- 
write.
 
TRANSLATION
 
In this statement there are many confidential considerations. I do not 
write of them all, fearing an unnecessary increase in the volume of the 
book.
 
Adi 12.56
 
TEXT 56
 
TEXT
 
sri-yadunandanacarya -- advaitera sakha
tanra sakha-upasakhara nahi haya lekha
SYNONYMS
 
sri-yadunandana-acarya -- Sri Yadunandana Acarya; 
advaitera -- of Advaita Acarya; sakha -- branch; tanra -- his; sakha -- 
branches; upasakhara -- subbranches; nahi -- not; haya -- there 
is; lekha -- writing.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The fifth branch of Advaita Acarya was Sri Yadunandana Acarya, who had 
so many branches and subbranches that it is impossible to write 
of them.
 
PURPORT
 
Yadunandana Acarya was the official initiator spiritual master of 
Raghunatha dasa Gosvami. In other words, when Raghunatha dasa Gosvami 
was a householder, Yadunandana Acarya initiated him at home. Later 
Raghunatha dasa Gosvami took shelter of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu at 
Jagannatha Puri.
 
Adi 12.57
 
TEXT 57
 
TEXT
 
vasudeva dattera tenho krpara bhajana
sarva-bhave asriyache caitanya-carana
 
SYNONYMS
 
vasudeva dattera -- of Vasudeva Datta; tenho -- he was; krpara -- of the 
mercy; bhajana -- competent to receive; sarva-bhave -- in all respects; 
asriyache -- took shelter; caitanya-carana -- of the lotus feet of Lord 
Caitanya.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Sri Yadunandana Acarya was a student of Vasudeva Datta, and he received 
all his mercy. Therefore he could accept Lord Caitanya's lotus feet, 
from all angles of vision, as the supreme shelter.
 
PURPORT
 
The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (140) describes that Vasudeva Datta was 
formerly Madhuvrata, a singer in Vrndavana.
 
Adi 12.58
 
TEXT 58
 
TEXT
 
bhagavatacarya, ara visnudasacarya
cakrapani acarya, ara ananta acarya
SYNONYMS
 
bhagavata-acarya -- Bhagavata Acarya; ara -- and; 
visnudasa-acarya -- Visnudasa Acarya; cakrapani acarya -
- Cakrapani Acarya; ara -- and; ananta acarya -- 
Ananta Acarya.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Bhagavata Acarya, Visnudasa Acarya, Cakrapani Acarya and Ananta Acarya 
were the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth branches of Advaita Acarya.
 
PURPORT
 
In his Anubhasya Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada says 
that Bhagavata Acarya was formerly among the followers of Advaita Acarya 
but was later counted among the followers of Gadadhara Pandita. The 
sixth verse of Sakha-nirnayamrta, a book written by Yadunandana dasa, 
states that Bhagavata Acarya compiled a famous book of the name Prema-
tarangini. According to the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (195), 
Bhagavata Acarya formerly lived in Vrndavana as Sveta-manjari. Visnudasa 
Acarya was present during the Khetari-mahotsava. He went there with 
Acyutananda, as stated in the Bhakti-ratnakara, Tenth Taranga. Ananta 
Acarya was one of the eight principal gopis. His former name was Sudevi. 
Although he was among Advaita Acarya's followers, he later became an 
important devotee of Gadadhara Gosvami.
 
Adi 12.59
 
TEXT 59
 
TEXT
 
nandini, ara kamadeva, caitanya-dasa
durlabha visvasa, ara vanamali-dasa
SYNONYMS
 
nandini -- Nandini; ara -- and; kamadeva -- 
Kamadeva; caitanya-dasa -- Caitanya dasa; durlabha visvasa --
 Durlabha Visvasa; ara -- and; vanamali-dasa -- 
Vanamali dasa.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Nandini, Kamadeva, Caitanya dasa, Durlabha Visvasa and Vanamali dasa 
were the tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth branches of 
Sri Advaita Acarya.
 
Adi 12.60
 
TEXT 60
 
TEXT
 
jagannatha kara, ara kara bhavanatha
hrdayananda sena, ara dasa bholanatha
SYNONYMS
 
jagannatha kara -- Jagannatha Kara; ara -- and; kara 
bhavanatha -- Bhavanatha Kara; hrdayananda sena -- 
Hrdayananda Sena; ara -- and; dasa bholanatha -- 
Bholanatha dasa.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Jagannatha Kara, Bhavanatha Kara, Hrdayananda Sena and Bholanatha dasa 
were the fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth branches of 
Advaita Acarya.
 
Adi 12.61
 
TEXT 61
 
TEXT
 
yadava-dasa, vijaya-dasa, dasa janardana
ananta-dasa, kanu-pandita, dasa narayana
SYNONYMS
 
yadava-dasa -- Yadava dasa; vijaya-dasa -- 
Vijaya dasa; dasa janardana -- Janardana dasa; ananta-dasa --
 Ananta dasa; kanu-pandita -- Kanu Pandita; dasa 
narayana -- Narayana dasa.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Yadava dasa, Vijaya dasa, Janardana dasa, Ananta dasa, Kanu Pandita and 
Narayana dasa were the nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-first, twenty-
second, twenty-third and twenty-fourth branches of Advaita Acarya.
 
Adi 12.62
 
TEXT 62
 
TEXT
 
srivatsa pandita, brahmacari haridasa
purusottama brahmacari, ara krsnadasa
 
SYNONYMS
 
srivatsa pandita -- Srivatsa Pandita; brahmacari haridasa -- 
Haridasa Brahmacari; purusottama brahmacari -- 
Purusottama Brahmacari; ara -- and; krsnadasa -- Krsnadasa.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Srivatsa Pandita, Haridasa Brahmacari, Purusottama Brahmacari and 
Krsnadasa were the twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh and twenty-
eighth branches of Advaita Acarya.
 
Adi 12.63
 
TEXT 63
 
TEXT
 
purusottama pandita, ara raghunatha
vanamali kavicandra, ara vaidyanatha
 
SYNONYMS
 
purusottama pandita -- Purusottama Pandita; ara raghunatha --
 and Raghunatha; vanamali kavicandra -- Vanamali Kavicandra; 
ara -- and; vaidyanatha -- Vaidyanatha.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Purusottama Pandita, Raghunatha, Vanamali Kavicandra and Vaidyanatha 
were the twenty-ninth, thirtieth, thirty-first and thirty-second 
branches of Advaita Acarya.
 
Adi 12.64
 
TEXT 64
 
TEXT
 
lokanatha pandita, ara murari pandita
sri-haricarana, ara madhava pandita
SYNONYMS
 
lokanatha pandita -- Lokanatha Pandita; ara -- and; murari 
pandita -- Murari Pandita; sri-haricarana -- Sri 
Haricarana; ara -- and; madhava pandita -- Madhava Pandita.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Lokanatha Pandita, Murari Pandita, Sri Haricarana and Madhava Pandita 
were the thirty-third, thirty-fourth, thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth 
branches of Advaita Acarya.
 
Adi 12.65
 
TEXT 65
 
TEXT
 
vijaya pandita, ara pandita srirama
asankhya advaita-sakha kata la-iba nama
SYNONYMS
 
vijaya-pandita -- Vijaya Pandita; ara -- and; pandita 
srirama -- Srirama Pandita; asankhya -- innumerable; advaita-
sakha -- branches of Advaita Acarya; kata -- how many; la-iba -- shall I 
enumerate; nama -- their names.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Vijaya Pandita and Srirama Pandita were two important branches of 
Advaita Acarya. There are innumerable branches, but I am unable to 
mention them all.
 
PURPORT
 
Srivasa Pandita was an incarnation of Narada Muni, and thus 
Srivasa's younger brother, Srirama Pandita, is accepted as an 
incarnation of Parvata Muni, Narada Muni's most intimate friend.
 
Adi 12.66
 
TEXT 66
 
TEXT
 
mali-datta jala advaita-skandha yogaya
sei jale jiye sakha, -- phula-phala paya
SYNONYMS
 
mali-datta -- given by the gardener; jala -- water; advaita-skandha -- 
the branch known as Advaita Acarya; yogaya -- supplies; sei -- by that; 
jale -- water; jiye -- lives; sakha -- branches; phula-phala -- fruits 
and flowers; paya -- grow.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The Advaita Acarya branch received the water supplied by the original 
gardener, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. In this way, the subbranches 
were nourished, and their fruits and flowers grew luxuriantly.
 
PURPORT
 
The branches of Advaita Acarya nourished by the water (jala) supplied by 
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are to be considered bona fide acaryas. As we 
have discussed hereinbefore, the representatives of Advaita Acarya later 
divided into two groups -- the bona fide branches of the acarya's 
disciplic succession and the pretentious branches of Advaita Acarya. 
Those who followed the principles of Caitanya Mahaprabhu flourished, 
whereas the others, who are mentioned below in the sixty-seventh verse, 
dried up.
 
Adi 12.67
 
TEXT 67
 
TEXT
 
ihara madhye mali pache kona sakha-gana
na mane caitanya-mali durdaiva karana
SYNONYMS
 
ihara -- of them; madhye -- within; mali -- the gardener; pache -- later 
on; kona -- some; sakha-gana -- branches; na -- does not; mane -- accept;
 caitanya-mali -- the gardener Lord Caitanya; durdaiva -- unfortunate; 
karana -- reason.
 
TRANSLATION
 
After the disappearance of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, some of the 
branches, for unfortunate reasons, deviated from His path.
 
Adi 12.68
 
TEXT 68
 
TEXT
 
srjaila, jiyaila, tanre na manila
krtaghna ha-ila, tanre skandha kruddha ha-ila
SYNONYMS
 
srjaila -- fructified; jiyaila -- maintained; tanre -- Him; na -- not; 
manila -- accepted; krtaghna -- ungrateful; ha-ila -- thus became; tanre 
-- to them; skandha -- trunk; kruddha -- angry; ha-ila -- became.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Some branches did not accept the original trunk that vitalized and 
maintained the entire tree. When they thus became ungrateful, the 
original trunk was angry at them.
 
Adi 12.69
 
TEXT 69
 
TEXT
 
kruddha hana skandha tare jala na sancare
jalabhave krsa sakha sukaiya mare
SYNONYMS
 
kruddha hana -- being angry; skandha -- the trunk; tare -- onto them; 
jala -- water; na -- did not; sancare -- sprinkle; jala-abhave -- for 
want of water; krsa -- thinner; sakha -- branch; sukaiya -- dried up; 
mare -- died.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Thus Lord Caitanya did not sprinkle upon them the water of His mercy, 
and they gradually withered and died.
 
Adi 12.70
 
TEXT 70
 
TEXT
 
caitanya-rahita deha -- suskakastha-sama
jivitei mrta sei, maile dande yama
SYNONYMS
 
caitanya-rahita -- without consciousness; deha -- body; suska-kastha-
sama -- exactly like dry wood; jivitei -- while living; mrta -- dead; 
sei -- that; maile -- after death; dande -- punishes; yama -- Yamaraja.
 
TRANSLATION
 
A person without Krsna consciousness is no better than dry wood or a 
dead body. He is understood to be dead while living, and after death he 
is punishable by Yamaraja.
 
PURPORT
 
In the Srimad-Bhagavatam, Sixth Canto, Third Chapter, twenty-ninth verse,
 Yamaraja, the superintendent of death, tells his assistants what class 
of men they should bring before him. There he states, "A person whose 
tongue never describes the qualities and holy name of the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead, whose heart never throbs as he remembers Krsna 
and His lotus feet, and whose head never bows in obeisances to the 
Supreme Lord must be brought before me for punishment." In other words, 
nondevotees are brought before Yamaraja for punishment, and thus 
material nature awards them various types of bodies. After death, which 
is dehantara, a change of body, nondevotees are brought before Yamaraja 
for justice. By the judgment of Yamaraja, material nature gives them 
bodies suitable for the reactions of their past activities. This 
is the process of dehantara, or transmigration of the self from one body 
to another. Krsna conscious devotees, however, are not subject to be 
judged by Yamaraja. For devotees there is an open road, as confirmed in 
the Bhagavad-gita. After giving up the body (tyaktva deham), a devotee 
never again has to accept another material body, for in a spiritual body 
he goes back home, back to Godhead. The punishments of Yamaraja are 
meant for persons who are not Krsna conscious.
 
Adi 12.71
 
TEXT 71
 
TEXT
 
kevala e gana-prati nahe ei danda
caitanya-vimukha yei sei ta' pasanda
SYNONYMS
 
kevala -- only; e -- this; gana -- group; prati -- unto them; nahe -- it 
is not; ei -- this; danda -- punishment; caitanya-vimukha -- against Sri 
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; yei -- anyone; sei -- he; ta' -- but; pasanda --
 atheist.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Not only the misguided descendants of Advaita Acarya but anyone who is 
against the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu should be considered an 
atheist subject to be punished by Yamaraja.
 
Adi 12.72
 
TEXT 72
 
TEXT
 
ki pandita, ki tapasvi, kiba grhi, yati
caitanya-vimukha yei, tara ei gati
SYNONYMS
 
ki pandita -- whether a learned scholar; ki tapasvi -- whether a great 
ascetic; kiba -- or; grhi -- householder; yati -- or sannyasi; caitanya-
vimukha -- one who is against the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; yei --
 anyone; tara -- his; ei -- this; gati -- destination.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Be he a learned scholar, a great ascetic, a successful householder or a 
famous sannyasi, one who is against the cult of Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu is destined to suffer the punishment meted out by 
Yamaraja.
 
Adi 12.73
 
TEXT 73
 
TEXT
 
ye ye laila sri-acyutanandera mata
sei acaryera gana -- maha-bhagavata
SYNONYMS
 
ye ye -- anyone who; laila -- accepted; sri-acyutanandera -- of Sri 
Acyutananda; mata -- the path; sei -- those; acaryera gana -- 
descendants of Advaita Acarya; maha-bhagavata -- are all great devotees.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The descendants of Advaita Acarya who accepted the path of Sri 
Acyutananda were all great devotees.
 
PURPORT
 
In this connection, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, in his Amrta-pravaha-
bhasya, gives this short note: "Sri Advaita Acarya is one of the 
important trunks of the bhakti-kalpataru, or desire tree of devotional 
service. Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, as a gardener, poured water on 
the root of the bhakti tree and thus nourished all its trunks and 
branches. But nevertheless, under the spell of maya, the most 
unfortunate condition of a living entity, some of the branches, not 
accepting the gardener who poured water on them, considered the trunk 
the only cause of the great bhakti-kalpataru. In other words, the 
branches or descendants of Advaita Acarya who considered Advaita Acarya 
the original cause of the devotional creeper, and who thus neglected or 
disobeyed the instructions of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, deprived 
themselves of the effect of being watered and thus dried up and died. It 
is further to be understood that not only the misguided descendants of 
Advaita Acarya but anyone who has no connection with Caitanya Mahaprabhu 
-- even if he is independently a great sannyasi, learned scholar or 
ascetic -- is like a dead branch of a tree."
 
This analysis by Sri Bhaktivinoda Thakura, supporting the statements of 
Sri Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, depicts the position of the present so-
called Hindu religion, which, being predominantly conducted by the 
Mayavada philosophy, has become a hodgepodge institution of various 
concocted ideas. Mayavadis greatly fear the Krsna consciousness movement 
and accuse it of spoiling the Hindu religion because it accepts people 
from all parts of the world and all religious sects and scientifically 
engages them in the daiva-varnasrama-dharma. As we have explained 
several times, however, we find no such word as "Hindu" in the Vedic 
literature. The word most probably came from Afghanistan, a 
predominantly Muslim country, and originally referred to a pass in 
Afghanistan known as Hindukush, which is still a part of a trade route 
between India and various Muslim countries.
 
The actual Vedic system of religion is called varnasrama-dharma, as 
confirmed in the Visnu Purana:
 
varnasramacara-vata purusena parah puman
visnur aradhyate pantha nanyat tat-tosa-karanam
 [Cc. Madhya 8.58] (Visnu Purana 3.8.9)
 
The Vedic literature recommends that a human being follow the principles 
of varnasrama-dharma. Accepting the process of varnasrama-dharma will 
make a person's life successful because this will connect him with the 
Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the goal of human life. Therefore 
the Krsna consciousness movement is meant for all of humanity. Although 
human society has different sections or subdivisions, all human beings 
belong to one species, and therefore we accept that they all have the 
ability to understand their constitutional position in connection with 
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu 
confirms, jivera ‘svarupa' haya -- krsnera nitya-dasa: [Cc. Madhya 20.
108]. "Every living entity is an eternal part, an eternal servant, of 
the Supreme Personality of Godhead." Every living entity who attains the 
human form of life can understand the importance of his position and 
thus become eligible to become a devotee of Lord Krsna. We take it for 
granted, therefore, that all humanity should be educated in Krsna 
consciousness. Indeed, in all parts of the world, in every country where 
we preach the sankirtana movement, we find that people very easily 
accept the Hare Krsna maha-mantra without hesitation. The visible effect 
of this chanting is that the members of the Hare Krsna movement, 
regardless of their backgrounds, all give up the four principles of 
sinful life and come to an elevated standard of devotion.
 
Although posing as great scholars, ascetics, householders and svamis, 
the so-called followers of the Hindu religion are all useless, dried-up 
branches of the Vedic religion. They are impotent; they cannot do 
anything to spread the Vedic culture for the benefit of human society. 
The essence of the Vedic culture is the message of Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu. Lord Caitanya instructed:
 
yare dekha, tare kaha ‘krsna'-upadesa
amara ajnaya guru hana tara' ei desa
 
 (Cc. Madhya 7.128)
 
One should simply instruct everyone he meets regarding the principles of 
krsna-katha, as expressed in Bhagavad-gita As It Is and Srimad-
Bhagavatam. One who has no interest in krsna-katha or the cult of Sri 
Caitanya Mahaprabhu is like dry, useless wood with no living force. The 
ISKCON branch, being directly watered by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, is 
becoming undoubtedly successful, whereas the disconnected branches of 
the so-called Hindu religion that are envious of ISKCON are drying up 
and dying.
 
Adi 12.74
 
TEXT 74
 
TEXT
 
sei sei, -- acaryera krpara bhajana
anayase paila sei caitanya-carana
SYNONYMS
 
sei sei -- whoever; acaryera -- of Advaita Acarya; krpara -- of the 
mercy; bhajana -- eligible candidate; anayase -- without difficulty; 
paila -- got; sei -- he; caitanya-carana -- the lotus feet of Sri 
Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
 
TRANSLATION
 
By the mercy of Advaita Acarya, the devotees who strictly followed the 
path of Caitanya Mahaprabhu attained the shelter of Lord Caitanya's 
lotus feet without difficulty.
 
Adi 12.75
 
TEXT 75
 
TEXT
 
acyutera yei mata, sei mata sara
ara yata mata saba haila charakhara
SYNONYMS
 
acyutera -- of Acyutananda; yei -- which; mata -- direction; sei -- that;
 mata -- direction; sara -- essential; ara -- other; yata -- all; mata --
 directions; saba -- all; haila -- became; charakhara -- dismantled.
 
TRANSLATION
 
It should be concluded, therefore, that the path of Acyutananda is the 
essence of spiritual life. Those who did not follow this path simply 
scattered.
 
Adi 12.76
 
TEXT 76
 
TEXT
 
sei acarya-gane mora koti namaskara
acyutananda-praya, caitanya -- jivana yanhara
SYNONYMS
 
sei -- those; acarya-gane -- unto the spiritual masters; mora -- my; 
koti -- millions; namaskara -- obeisances; acyutananda-praya -- almost 
as good as Acyutananda; caitanya -- Caitanya Mahaprabhu; jivana -- life; 
yanhara -- whose.
 
TRANSLATION
 
I therefore offer my respectful obeisances millions of times to 
Acyutananda's actual followers, whose life and soul was 
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
 
Adi 12.77
 
TEXT 77
 
TEXT
 
ei ta' kahilan acarya-gosanira gana
tina skandha-sakhara kaila sanksepa ganana
SYNONYMS
 
ei ta' -- thus; kahilan -- I have spoken; acarya -- Advaita Acarya; 
gosanira -- of the spiritual master; gana -- descendants; tina -- three; 
skandha -- of the trunk; sakhara -- of branches; kaila -- was done; 
sanksepa -- in brief; ganana -- counting.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Thus I have briefly described the three branches [Acyutananda, Krsna 
Misra and Gopala] of Sri Advaita Acarya's descendants.
 
Adi 12.78
 
TEXT 78
 
TEXT
 
sakha-upasakha, tara nahika ganana
kichu-matra kahi' kari dig-darasana
SYNONYMS
 
sakha-upasakha -- branches and subbranches; tara -- of them; 
nahika -- there is no; ganana -- counting; kichu-matra -- something 
about them; kahi' -- describing; kari -- I am simply giving; dig-
darasana -- a glimpse of the direction.
 
TRANSLATION
 
There are multifarious branches and subbranches of Advaita 
Acarya. It is very difficult to enumerate them fully. I have simply 
given a glimpse of the whole trunk and its branches and 
subbranches.
 
Adi 12.79
 
TEXT 79
 
TEXT
 
sri-gadadhara pandita sakhate mahottama
tanra upasakha kichu kari ye ganana
SYNONYMS
 
sri-gadadhara pandita -- Sri Gadadhara Pandita; sakhate -- of the branch;
 mahottama -- very great; tanra -- his; upasakha -- branches and 
subbranches; kichu -- something; kari -- let me do; ye -- that; 
ganana -- counting.
 
TRANSLATION
 
After describing the branches and subbranches of Advaita Acarya,
 I shall now attempt to describe some of the descendants of Sri 
Gadadhara Pandita, the most important among the branches.
 
Adi 12.80
 
TEXT 80
 
TEXT
 
sakha-srestha dhruvananda, sridhara brahmacari
bhagavatacarya, haridasa brahmacari
 
SYNONYMS
 
sakha-srestha -- the chief branch; dhruvananda -- 
Dhruvananda; sridhara brahmacari -- Sridhara Brahmacari; 
bhagavatacarya -- Bhagavata Acarya; haridasa 
brahmacari -- Haridasa Brahmacari.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The chief branches of Sri Gadadhara Pandita were (1) Sri Dhruvananda, (2)
 Sridhara Brahmacari, (3) Haridasa Brahmacari and (4) Bhagavata 
Acarya.
 
PURPORT
 
Text 152 of the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika describes Sri Dhruvananda 
Brahmacari as an incarnation of Lalita, and texts 194 and 199 
describe Sridhara Brahmacari as the gopi known as Candralatika.
 
Adi 12.81
 
TEXT 81
 
TEXT
 
ananta acarya, kavidatta, misra-nayana
gangamantri mamu thakura, kanthabharana
SYNONYMS
 
ananta acarya -- Ananta Acarya; kavi-datta -- 
Kavi Datta; misra-nayana -- Nayana Misra; gangamantri --
 Gangamantri; mamu thakura -- Mamu Thakura; 
kanthabharana -- Kanthabharana.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The fifth branch was Ananta Acarya; the sixth, Kavi Datta; the seventh, 
Nayana Misra; the eighth, Gangamantri; the ninth, Mamu Thakura; and the 
tenth, Kanthabharana.
 
PURPORT
 
Texts 197 and 207 of the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika describe Kavi Datta as 
the gopi named Kalakanthi, texts 196 and 207 describe Nayana Misra as 
the gopi named Nitya-manjari, and texts 196 and 205 describe 
Gangamantri as the gopi named Candrika. Mamu Thakura, whose real name 
was Jagannatha Cakravarti, was the nephew of Sri Nilambara Cakravarti, 
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's grandfather. In Bengal a maternal uncle is 
called mama, and in East Bengal and Orissa, mamu. Thus Jagannatha 
Cakravarti was known as Mama or Mamu Thakura. Mamu Thakura's residence 
was in the district of Faridpur, in the village known as Magdoba. After 
the demise of Sri Gadadhara Pandita, Mamu Thakura became the priest in 
charge of the temple known as Tota-gopinatha, in Jagannatha Puri. 
According to the opinion of some Vaisnavas, Mamu Thakura was formerly 
known as Sri Rupa-manjari. The followers of Mamu Thakura were Raghunatha 
Gosvami, Ramacandra, Radhavallabha, Krsnajivana, Syamasundara, Santamani,
 Harinatha, Navinacandra, Matilala, Dayamayi and Kunjavihari.
 
Kanthabharana, whose original name was Sri Ananta Cattaraja, was the 
gopi named Gopali in krsna-lila.
 
Adi 12.82
 
TEXT 82
 
TEXT
 
bhugarbha gosani, ara bhagavata-dasa
yei dui asi' kaila vrndavane vasa
SYNONYMS
 
bhugarbha gosani -- Bhugarbha Gosani; ara -- and; bhagavata-
dasa -- Bhagavata dasa; yei dui -- both of them; asi' -- 
coming; kaila -- did; vrndavane vasa -- residing in Vrndavana.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The eleventh branch of Gadadhara Gosvami was Bhugarbha Gosani, and the 
twelfth was Bhagavata dasa. Both of them went to Vrndavana and resided 
there for life.
 
PURPORT
 
Bhugarbha Gosani, formerly known as Prema-manjari, was a great friend of 
Lokanatha Gosvami, who constructed the temple of Gokulananda, one of the 
seven important temples of Vrndavana -- namely those of Govinda, 
Gopinatha, Madana-mohana, Radharamana, Syamasundara, Radha-Damodara and 
Gokulananda -- which are authorized institutions of Gaudiya Vaisnavas.
 
Adi 12.83
 
TEXT 83
 
TEXT
 
vaninatha brahmacari -- bada mahasaya
vallabha-caitanya-dasa -- krsna-premamaya
SYNONYMS
 
vaninatha brahmacari -- Vaninatha Brahmacari; bada mahasaya -
- very great personality; vallabha-caitanya-dasa -- Vallabha-
caitanya dasa; krsna-prema-maya -- always filled with love of Krsna.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The thirteenth branch was Vaninatha Brahmacari, and the fourteenth was 
Vallabha-caitanya dasa. Both of these great personalities were always 
filled with love of Krsna.
 
PURPORT
 
Sri Vaninatha Brahmacari is described in the Tenth Chapter, verse 
114, of the Adi-lila. A disciple of Vallabha-caitanya named Nalini-
mohana Gosvami established a temple of Madana-gopala in Navadvipa.
 
Adi 12.84
 
TEXT 84
 
TEXT
 
srinatha cakravarti, ara uddhava dasa
jitamitra, kasthakata-jagannatha-dasa
SYNONYMS
 
srinatha cakravarti -- Srinatha Cakravarti; ara -- and; 
uddhava dasa -- Uddhava dasa; jitamitra -- 
Jitamitra; kasthakata jagannatha-dasa -- Kasthakata 
Jagannatha dasa.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The fifteenth branch was Srinatha Cakravarti; the sixteenth, Uddhava; 
the seventeenth, Jitamitra; and the eighteenth, Jagannatha dasa.
 
PURPORT
 
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura writes in his Anubhasya, "The 
Sakha-nirnaya, verse 13, mentions Srinatha Cakravarti as a reservoir of 
all good qualities and an expert in the service of Lord Krsna. Similarly,
 verse 35 mentions Uddhava dasa as being greatly qualified in 
distributing love of Godhead to everyone. The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (
202) mentions Jitamitra as the gopi named Syama-manjari. Jitamitra 
wrote a book entitled Krsna-mayurya. Jagannatha dasa was a resident of 
Vikramapura, near Dacca. His birthplace was the village known as 
Kasthakata or Kathadiya. His descendants now reside in villages known as 
Adiyala, Kamarapada and Paikapada. He established a temple of 
Yasomadhava. The worshipers in this temple are the Gosvamis of Adiyala. 
As one of the sixty-four sakhis, he was formerly an assistant of 
Citradevi-gopi named Tilakini. The following is a list of his 
descendants: Ramanrsimha, Ramagopala, Ramacandra, Sanatana, Muktarama, 
Gopinatha, Goloka, Harimohana Siromani, Rakhalaraja, Madhava and 
Laksmikanta. The Sakha-nirnaya mentions that Jagannatha dasa preached 
the Hare Krsna movement in the district or state of Tripura."
 
Adi 12.85
 
TEXT 85
 
TEXT
 
sri-hari acarya, sadi-puriya gopala
krsnadasa brahmacari, puspa-gopala
SYNONYMS
 
sri-hari acarya -- Sri Hari Acarya; sadi-puriya gopala -- 
Sadipuriya Gopala; krsnadasa brahmacari -- 
Krsnadasa Brahmacari; puspa-gopala -- Puspagopala.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The nineteenth branch was Sri Hari Acarya; the twentieth, Sadipuriya 
Gopala; the twenty-first, Krsnadasa Brahmacari; and the twenty-second, 
Puspagopala.
 
PURPORT
 
The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (196 and 207) mentions that Hari 
Acarya was formerly the gopi named Kalaksi. Sadipuriya Gopala is 
celebrated as a preacher of the Hare Krsna movement in Vikramapura, in 
East Bengal (now Bangladesh). Krsnadasa Brahmacari was formerly among 
the group of sakhis known as the asta-sakhis. His name was Indulekha. 
Krsnadasa Brahmacari lived in Vrndavana. There is a tomb in the Radha-
Damodara temple known as Krsnadasa's tomb. Some say that this is the 
tomb of Krsnadasa Brahmacari, and others say it is that of Krsnadasa 
Kaviraja Gosvami. In either case we offer our respects because both of 
them were expert in distributing love of Godhead to the fallen souls of 
this age. The Sakha-nirnaya mentions that Puspagopala was formerly known 
as Svarnagramaka.
 
Adi 12.86
 
TEXT 86
 
TEXT
 
sriharsa, raghu-misra, pandita laksminatha
bangavati-caitanya-dasa, sri-raghunatha
 
SYNONYMS
 
sriharsa -- Sriharsa; raghu-misra -- Raghu Misra;
 pandita laksminatha -- Laksminatha Pandita; bangavati-
caitanya-dasa -- Bangavati Caitanya dasa; sri-raghunatha --
 Sri Raghunatha.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The twenty-third branch was Sriharsa; the twenty-fourth, Raghu Misra; 
the twenty-fifth, Laksminatha Pandita; the twenty-sixth, Bangavati 
Caitanya dasa; and the twenty-seventh, Raghunatha.
 
PURPORT
 
Raghu Misra is described in the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (195 and 
201) as Karpura-manjari. Similarly, Laksminatha Pandita is mentioned as 
Rasonmada, and Bangavati Caitanya dasa is mentioned as Kali. The Sakha-
nirnaya states that Bangavati Caitanya dasa was always seen with eyes 
full of tears. He also had a branch of descendants. Their names were 
Mathuraprasada, Rukminikanta, Jivanakrsna, Yugalakisora, Ratanakrsna, 
Radhamadhava, Usamani, Vaikunthanatha and Lalamohana, or Lalamohana Saha 
Sankhanidhi. Lalamohana was a great merchant in the city of Dacca. 
The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (194 and 200) mentions that Raghunatha 
was formerly Varangada.
 
Adi 12.87
 
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TEXT
 
amogha pandita, hasti-gopala, caitanya-vallabha
yadu ganguli ara mangala vaisnava
SYNONYMS
 
amogha pandita -- Amogha Pandita; hasti-gopala -- 
Hastigopala; caitanya-vallabha -- Caitanya-vallabha; 
yadu ganguli -- Yadu Ganguli; ara -- and; mangala vaisnava --
 Mangala Vaisnava.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The twenty-eighth branch was Amogha Pandita; the twenty-ninth, 
Hastigopala; the thirtieth, Caitanya-vallabha; the thirty-first, Yadu 
Ganguli; and the thirty-second, Mangala Vaisnava.
 
PURPORT
 
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura writes in his Anubhasya, "Sri 
Mangala Vaisnava was a resident of the village Titakana in the district 
of Mursidabad. His forefathers were saktas who worshiped the goddess 
Kiritesvari. It is said that Mangala Vaisnava, formerly a staunch 
brahmacari, left home and later married the daughter of his disciple 
Prananatha Adhikari in the village of Mayanadala. The descendants of 
this family are known as the Thakuras of Kandada, which is a village in 
the district of Burdwan near Katwa. Scattered descendants of Mangala 
Vaisnava, thirty-six families altogether, still live there. Among the 
celebrated disciples of Mangala Thakura are Prananatha Adhikari, 
Purusottama Cakravarti of the village of Kandada, and Nrsimha-prasada 
Mitra, whose family members are well-known mrdanga players. Sudhakrsna 
Mitra and Nikunjavihari Mitra are both especially famous mrdanga players.
 In the family of Purusottama Cakravarti there are famous persons like 
Kunjavihari Cakravarti and Radhavallabha Cakravarti, who now live in the 
district of Birbhum. They professionally recite songs from Caitanya-
mangala. It is said that when Mangala Thakura was constructing a road 
from Bengal to Jagannatha Puri, he found a Deity of Radhavallabha while 
digging a lake. At that time he was living in the locality of Kandada, 
in the village named Ranipura. The salagrama-sila personally worshiped 
by Mangala Thakura still exists in the village of Kandada. A temple has 
been constructed there for the worship of Vrndavana-candra. Mangala 
Thakura had three sons -- Radhikaprasada, Gopiramana and Syamakisora. 
The descendants of these three sons are still living."
 
Adi 12.88
 
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cakravarti sivananda sada vrajavasi
mahasakha-madhye tenho sudrdha visvasi
SYNONYMS
 
cakravarti sivananda -- Sivananda Cakravarti; sada -- always;
 vraja-vasi -- resident of Vrndavana; maha-sakha-madhye -- amongst 
the great branches; tenho -- he is; sudrdha visvasi -- possessing firm 
faith.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Sivananda Cakravarti, the thirty-third branch, who always lived in 
Vrndavana with firm conviction, is considered an important branch of 
Gadadhara Pandita.
 
PURPORT
 
The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (183) mentions that Sivananda 
Cakravarti was formerly Lavanga-manjari. The Sakha-nirnaya, written by 
Yadunandana dasa, also names other branches of Gadadhara Pandita, as 
follows: (1) Madhavacarya, (2) Gopala dasa, (3) Hrdayananda, (4) 
Vallabha Bhatta (the Vallabha-sampradaya, or Pustimarga-sampradaya, is 
very famous), (5) Madhu Pandita (this famous devotee lived near 
Khadadaha, in the village known as Sanibona-grama, about two miles east 
of the Khadadaha station, and constructed the temple of Gopinathaji in 
Vrndavana), (6) Acyutananda, (7) Candrasekhara, (8) Vakresvara Pandita, (
9) Damodara, (10) Bhagavan Acarya, (11) Ananta Acaryavarya, (12) 
Krsnadasa, (13) Paramananda Bhattacarya, (14) Bhavananda Gosvami, (15) 
Caitanya dasa, (16) Lokanatha Bhatta (this devotee, who lived in the 
village of Talakhadi in the district of Yasohara [Jessore] and 
constructed the temple of Radhavinoda, was the spiritual master of 
Narottama dasa Thakura and a great friend of Bhugarbha Gosvami), (17) 
Govinda Acarya, (18) Akrura Thakura, (19) Sanketa Acarya, (20) 
Pratapaditya, (21) Kamalakanta Acarya, (22) Yadava Acarya and (23) 
Narayana Padihari (a resident of Jagannatha Puri).
 
Adi 12.89
 
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TEXT
 
ei ta' sanksepe kahilan panditera gana
aiche ara sakha-upasakhara ganana
 
SYNONYMS
 
ei ta' -- thus; sanksepe -- in brief; kahilan -- I have described; 
panditera gana -- the branches of Sri Gadadhara Pandita; aiche -- 
similarly; ara -- another; sakha-upasakhara ganana -- description of 
branches and subbranches.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Thus I have briefly described the branches and subbranches of 
Gadadhara Pandita. There are still many more that I have not mentioned 
here.
 
Adi 12.90
 
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TEXT
 
panditera gana saba, -- bhagavata dhanya
prana-vallabha -- sabara sri-krsna-caitanya
SYNONYMS
 
panditera -- of Gadadhara Pandita; gana -- followers; saba -- all; 
bhagavata dhanya -- glorious devotees; prana-vallabha -- the heart and 
soul; sabara -- of all of them; sri-krsna-caitanya -- Lord Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu.
 
TRANSLATION
 
All the followers of Gadadhara Pandita are considered great devotees 
because they have Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as their life and soul.
 
Adi 12.91
 
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TEXT
 
ei tina skandhera kailun sakhara ganana
yan-saba-smarane bhava-bandha-vimocana
SYNONYMS
 
ei tina -- of all these three; skandhera -- trunks; kailun -- described; 
sakhara ganana -- enumeration of the branches; yan-saba -- all of them; 
smarane -- by remembering; bhava-bandha -- from entanglement in the 
material world; vimocana -- freedom.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Simply by remembering the names of all these branches and 
subbranches of the three trunks I have described [Nityananda, 
Advaita and Gadadhara], one attains freedom from the entanglement of 
material existence.
 
Adi 12.92
 
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TEXT
 
yan-saba-smarane pai caitanya-carana
yan-saba-smarane haya vanchita purana
 
SYNONYMS
 
yan-saba -- all of them; smarane -- by remembering; pai -- I get; 
caitanya-carana -- the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; yan-saba --
 all of them; smarane -- by remembering; haya -- becomes; vanchita 
purana -- fulfillment of all desires.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Simply by remembering the names of all these Vaisnavas, one can attain 
the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Indeed, simply by remembering 
their holy names, one achieves the fulfillment of all desires.
 
Adi 12.93
 
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TEXT
 
ataeva tan-sabara vandiye carana
caitanya-malira kahi lila-anukrama
SYNONYMS
 
ataeva -- therefore; tan-sabara -- of all of them; vandiye -- I offer 
prayers; carana -- to the lotus feet; caitanya-malira -- of the gardener 
known as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kahi -- I speak; lila-anukrama -- the 
pastimes in chronological order.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Therefore, offering my obeisances at the lotus feet of them all, I shall 
describe the pastimes of the gardener, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, in 
chronological order.
 
Adi 12.94
 
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TEXT
 
gaura-lilamrta-sindhu -- apara agadha
ke karite pare tahan avagaha-sadha
SYNONYMS
 
gaura-lilamrta-sindhu -- the ocean of the pastimes of Lord Caitanya; 
apara -- immeasurable; agadha -- unfathomable; ke -- who; karite -- to 
do; pare -- is able; tahan -- in that ocean; avagaha -- taking a dip; 
sadha -- execution.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The ocean of the pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu is immeasurable 
and unfathomable. Who can have the courage to measure that great ocean?
 
Adi 12.95
 
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TEXT
 
tahara madhurya-gandhe lubdha haya mana
ataeva tate rahi' caki eka kana
SYNONYMS
 
tahara -- His; madhurya -- sweet and mellow; gandhe -- by the fragrance; 
lubdha -- attracted; haya -- becomes; mana -- mind; ataeva -- therefore; 
tate -- on the beach; rahi' -- standing; caki -- I taste; eka -- one; 
kana -- particle.
 
TRANSLATION
 
It is not possible to dip into that great ocean, but its sweet mellow 
fragrance attracts my mind. I therefore stand on the shore of that ocean 
to try to taste but a drop of it.
 
Adi 12.96
 
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TEXT
 
sri-rupa-raghunatha-pade yara asa
caitanya-caritamrta kahe krsnadasa
SYNONYMS
 
sri-rupa -- Srila Rupa Gosvami; raghunatha -- Srila Raghunatha dasa 
Gosvami; pade -- at their lotus feet; yara -- whose; asa -- expectation; 
Caitanya-caritamrta -- the book named Caitanya-caritamrta; kahe -- 
describes; krsna-dasa -- Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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.
 
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-
lila, Twelfth Chapter, describing the expansions of Advaita Acarya and 
Gadadhara Pandita.
 