Ādi-līlā

Chapter 12: The Expansions of Advaita Ācārya and Gadādhara Paṇḍita

Verse 88 of 96
Cc Ādi 12.88

চক্রবর্তী শিবানন্দ সদা ব্রজবাসী মহাশাখামধ্যে তেঙ্হো সুদৃঢ বিশ্বাসী

चक्रवर्ती शिवानन्द सदा व्रजवासी महाशाखामध्ये तेङ्हो सुदृढ विश्वासी

cakravartī śivānanda sadā vrajavāsī mahāśākhā-madhye teṅho sudṛḍha viśvāsī

Synonyms

cakravartī śivānandaof the name Śivānanda Cakravartī; sadāalways; vrajavāsīresident of Vṛndāvana; mahā-śākhā-madhyeamongst the great branches; teṅhohe is; sudṛḍha viśvāsīpossessing firm faith..

Translation

Śivānanda Cakravartī, the thirty-third branch, who always lived in Vṛndāvana with firm conviction, is considered an important branch of Gadādhara Paṇḍita.

Purport

The Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā, verse 183, mentions that Śivānanda Cakravartī was formerly Labaṅga-mañjarī. The Śākhā-nirṇaya, written by Yadunandana dāsa, also names other branches, as follows: (1) Mādhava Ācārya, (2) Gopāla dāsa, (3) Hṛdayānanda, (4) Vallabha Bhaṭṭa (the Vallabha-sampradāya, or Puṣṭimārga-sampradāya, is very famous), (5) Madhu Paṇḍita (this famous devotee lived near Khaḍadaha in the village known as Sāṅibonā-grāma, about two miles east of the Khaḍadaha station, and constructed the temple of Gopīnāthajī in Vṛndāvana), (6) Acyutānanda, (7) Candraśekhara, (8) Vakreśvara Paṇḍita, (9) Dāmodara, (10) Bhagavān Ācārya, (11) Ananta Ācāryavarya, (12) Kṛṣṇadāsa, (13) Paramānanda Bhaṭṭācārya, (14) Bhavānanda Gosvāmī, (15) Caitanya dāsa, (16) Lokanātha Bhaṭṭa, (this devotee, who lived in the village of Tālakhaḍi in the district of Yaśohara and constructed the temple of Rādhāvinoda, was the spiritual master of Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura and a great friend of Bhūgarbha Gosvāmī), (17) Govinda Ācārya, (18) Akrūra Ṭhākura, (19) Saṅketa Ācārya, (20) Pratāpāditya, (21) Kamalākānta Ācārya, (22) Yādava Ācārya and (23) Nārāyaṇa Paḍihārī (a resident of Jagannātha Purī).

Verse 88 of 96
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