Ādi-līlā

Chapter 10: The Trunk, Branches and Sub-branches of the Caitanya Tree

Verse 62 of 158
Cc Ādi 10.62

চৈতন্যদাস, রামদাস, আর কর্ণপূর তিন পুত্র শিবানন্দের প্রভুর ভক্তশূর

चैतन्यदास, रामदास, आर कर्णपूर तिन पुत्र शिवानन्देर प्रभुर भक्तशूर

caitanya-dāsa, rāmadāsa, āra karṇapūra tina putra śivānandera prabhura bhakta-śūra

Synonyms

caitanya-dāsaof the name Caitanya dāsa; rāmadāsaof the name Rāmadāsa; āraand; karṇapūraof the name Karṇapūra; tina putrathree sons; śivānanderaof Śivānanda Sena; prabhuraof the Lord; bhakta-śūraof the heroic devotees..

Translation

The three sons of Śivānanda Sena, named Caitanya dāsa, Rāmadāsa and Karṇapūra, were all heroic devotees of Lord Caitanya.

Purport

Caitanya dāsa, the eldest son of Śivānanda Sena, wrote a commentary on Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta which was later translated by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his paper Sajjana-toṣaṇī. According to expert opinion, Caitanya dāsa was the author of the book Caitanya-carita, which was written in Sanskrit. The author was not Kavikarṇapūra, as generally supposed. This is the opinion of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura. Śrī Rāmadāsa was the second son of Śivānanda Sena. It is stated in the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (145) that two experienced servants of Lord Kṛṣṇa named Śuka and Dakṣa in kṛṣṇa-līlā became the elder brothers of Kavikarṇapūra, namely, Caitanya dāsa and Rāmadāsa. Karṇapūra, the third son, who was also known as Paramānanda dāsa or Purīdāsa, was initiated by Śrīnātha Paṇḍita, who was a disciple of Śrī Advaita Prabhu. Karṇapūra wrote many books that are important in Vaiṣṇava literature, such as Ānanda-vṛndāvana-campū, Alaṅkāra-kaustubha, Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā and the great epic Caitanya-candrodaya-nāṭaka. He was born in the year śakābda 1448. He continually wrote books for ten years, from 1488 until 1498.

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