CC Adi 11.14-15

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 11: The Expansions of Lord Nityānanda

Ādi-līlā 11.13 - Ādi-līlā 11.16

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXTS 14-15

nityānande ājñā dila yabe gauḍe yāite

mahāprabhu ei dui dilā tāṅra sāthe

ataeva dui-gaṇe duṅhāra gaṇana

mādhava-vāsudeva ghoṣerao ei vivaraṇa

SYNONYMS

nityānande — unto Lord Nityānanda; ājñā — order; dila — gave; yabe — when; gauḍe — to Bengal; yāite — to go; mahāprabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; ei dui — these two; dilā — gave; tāṅra sāthe — with Him; ataeva — therefore; dui-gaṇe — in both the parties; duṅhāra — two of them; gaṇana — are counted; mādhava — Mādhava; vāsudeva — Vāsudeva; ghoṣerao — of the surname Ghoṣa; ei — this; vivaraṇa — description.

TRANSLATION

When Nityānanda Prabhu was ordered to go to Bengal to preach, these two devotees [Śrī Rāmadāsa and Gadādhara dāsa] were ordered to go with Him. Thus they are sometimes counted among the devotees of Lord Caitanya and sometimes among the devotees of Lord Nityānanda. Similarly, Mādhava Ghoṣa and Vāsudeva Ghoṣa belonged to both groups of devotees simultaneously.

PURPORT

Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura writes in his Anubhāṣya, "There is a place named Dāṅihāṭa, near the Agradvīpa railway station and Pāṭuli in the district of Burdwan, where the Deity of Śrī Gopīnāthajī is still situated. This Deity accepted Govinda Ghoṣa as His father. Even until today, the Deity performs the śrāddha ceremony on the anniversary of the death of Govinda Ghoṣa. The temple of this Deity is managed by the rāja-vaṁśa family of Kṛṣṇanagara, whose members are descendants of Rājā Kṛṣṇacandra. Every year in the month of Vaiśākha, when there is a bāradola ceremony, this Gopīnātha Deity is taken to Kṛṣṇanagara. The ceremony is performed with eleven other Deities, and then Śrī Gopīnāthajī is brought back to the temple in Agradvīpa."

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