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CC Adi 13.56



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 56

śrīhaṭṭa-nivāsī śrī-upendra-miśra-nāma
vaiṣṇava, paṇḍita, dhanī, sad-guṇa-pradhāna


SYNONYMS

śrī-haṭṭa-nivāsī — a resident of Śrīhaṭṭa; śrī-upendra-miśra-nāma — by the name of Upendra Miśra; vaiṣṇava — a devotee of Lord Viṣṇu; paṇḍita — learned; dhanī — rich; sat-guṇa-pradhāna — qualified with all good qualities.


TRANSLATION

There was also Śrī Upendra Miśra, a resident of the district of Śrīhaṭṭa. He was a great devotee of Lord Viṣṇu, a learned scholar, a rich man and a reservoir of all good qualities.


PURPORT

Upendra Miśra is described in the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (35) as the gopāla named Parjanya. The same personality who was formerly the grandfather of Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared as Upendra Miśra at Śrīhaṭṭa and begot seven sons. He was a resident of Dhākā-dakṣiṇa-grāma, in the district of Śrīhaṭṭa. There are still many residents of that part of the country who introduce themselves as belonging to the Miśra family of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.