Ādi-līlā

Chapter 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth

Verse 301 of 330
Cc Ādi 17.301

পণ্ডিতগোসাঞি আদি যাঙ্র যেই রস সেই সেই রসে প্রভু হন তাঙ্র বশ

पण्डितगोसाञि आदि याङ्र येइ रस सेइ सेइ रसे प्रभु हन ताङ्र वश

paṇḍita-gosāñi ādi yāṅra yei rasa sei sei rase prabhu hana tāṅra vaśa

Synonyms

paṇḍita-gosāñiGadādhara Paṇḍita; ādiheaded by; yāṅrawhose; yeiwhatever; rasatranscendental mellow; sei seithat respective; raseby the mellow; prabhuthe Lord; hanais; tāṅrahis; vaśaunder control..

Translation

Personal associates like Gadādhara, Svarūpa Dāmodara, Rāmānanda Rāya, and the six Gosvāmīs (headed by Rūpa Gosvāmī) are all situated in their respective transcendental humors. Thus the Lord submits to various transcendentally mellow positions.

Purport

In verses 296 through 301 the emotional devoted service of Śrī Nityānanda and Śrī Advaita Prabhu has been fully described. Describing such individual service, the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā, verses 11 through 16, declares that although Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared as a devotee, He is none other than the son of Nanda Mahārāja. Similarly, although Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu appeared as Lord Caitanya's assistant, He is none other than Baladeva, the carrier of the plow. Advaita Ācārya is the incarnation of Sadāśiva from the spiritual world. All the devotees headed by Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura are His marginal energy, whereas the devotees headed by Gadādhara Paṇḍita are manifestations of His internal potency.

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Advaita Prabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu all belong to the viṣṇu-tattva category. Because Lord Caitanya is an ocean of mercy, He is addressed as mahāprabhu, whereas Nityānanda and Advaita, being two great personalities who assist Lord Caitanya, are addressed as prabhu. Thus there are two prabhus and one mahāprabhu. Gadādhara Gosvāmī is a representative of a perfect brāhmaṇa spiritual master. Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura represents a perfect brāhmaṇa devotee. These five are known as the Pañca-tattva.

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