### CC Adi 10.8

> শ্রীবাস পণ্ডিত, আর শ্রীরাম পণ্ডিত ।\
> দুই ভাই — দুই শাখা, জগতে বিদিত ॥৮॥

> śrīvāsa paṇḍita, āra śrī-rāma paṇḍita\
> dui bhāi—dui śākhā, jagate vidita

*śrīvāsa paṇḍita*—of the name Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita; *āra*—and; *śrī-rāma paṇḍita*—of the name Śrī Rāma Paṇḍita; *dui bhāi*—two brothers; *dui śākhā*—two branches; *jagate*—in the world; *vidita*—well known.

**The two brothers Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita and Śrī Rāma Paṇḍita started two branches that are well known in the world.**

In the *Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā,* verse 90, Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita is described to be an incarnation of Nārada Muni, and Śrī Rāma Paṇḍita, his younger brother, is said to be an incarnation of Parvata Muni, a great friend of Nārada's. Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita's wife, Mālinī, is celebrated as an incarnation of the nurse Ambikā, who fed Lord Kṛṣṇa with her breast milk, and as already noted, his niece Nārāyaṇī, the mother of Ṭhākura Vṛndāvana dāsa, the author of *Caitanya-bhāgavata,* was the sister of Ambikā in *kṛṣṇa-līlā.* We also understand from the description of *Caitanya-bhāgavata* that after Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu's acceptance of the *sannyāsa* order, Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita left Navadvīpa, possibly because of feelings of separation, and domiciled at Kumārahaṭṭa.