শ্রীবৈষ্ণব এক,—ঽব্যেংকট ভট্টঽ নাম প্রভুরে নিমন্ত্রণ কৈল করিযা সম্মান
श्रीवैष्णव एक,—ऽव्येंकट भट्टऽ नाम प्रभुरे निमन्त्रण कैल करिया सम्मान
śrī-vaiṣṇava eka,—'vyeṅkaṭa bhaṭṭa' nāma prabhure nimantraṇa kaila kariyā sammāna
Synonyms
śrī-vaiṣṇava eka—one devotee belonging to the Rāmānuja-sampradāya; vyeṅkaṭa bhaṭṭa—Vyeṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa; nāma—named; prabhure—unto Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; nimantraṇa—invitation; kaila—did; kariyā—offering; sammāna—great respect..
Translation
One Vaiṣṇava known as Vyeṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa then invited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to his home with great respect.
Purport
Śrī Vyeṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa was a Vaiṣṇava brāhmaṇa and an inhabitant of Śrī Raṅga-kṣetra. He belonged to the disciplic succession of Śrī Rāmānujācārya. Śrī Raṅga is one of the places of pilgrimage in the province of Tāmila-deśa. The inhabitants of that province do not retain the name Vyeṅkaṭa. It is therefore supposed that Vyeṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa did not belong to that province, although he may have been residing there for a very long time. Vyeṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa was in a branch of the Rāmānuja-sampradāya known as Baḍagala-i. He had a brother in the Rāmānuja-sampradāya known as Śrīpāda Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī. The son of Vyeṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa was later known in the Gauḍīya-sampradāya as Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, and he established the Rādhāramaṇa temple in Vṛndāvana. More information about him may be found in a book known as Bhakti-ratnākara (1.100) by Narahari Cakravartī.