Ādi-līlā, Chapter 7
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SYNONYMS
śrīvāsa-ādi —devotees headed by Śrīvāsa Țhākura;  yata —all others;  koṭi koṭi —innumerable;  bhakta-gaṇa —devotees;  śuddha-bhakta —pure devotees;  tattva-madhye —in the truth;  tāṅ-sabāra —all of them;  gaṇana —accounted.
TRANSLATION
There are innumerable pure devotees of the Lord, headed by Śrīvāsa Țhākura, who are known as unalloyed devotees.
TEXT 17
গদাধর-পণ্ডিতাদি প্রভূর ‘শক্তি’-অবতার ।
‘অন্তরঙ্গ-ভক্ত’ করি’ গণন যাঁহার ॥ ১৭ ॥
gadādhara-paṇḍitādi prabhura ‘śakti’-avatāra ‘antaraṅga-bhakta’ kari’ gaṇana yāṅhāra
SYNONYMS
gadādhara —of the name Gadādhara;  paṇḍita —of the learned scholar;  ādi —headed by;  prabhura —of the Lord;  śakti —potency;  avatāra —incarnation;  antaraṅga —very confidential;  bhakta —devotee;  kari’ —accepting;  gaṇana —counting;  yāṅhāra —of whom.
TRANSLATION
The devotees headed by Gadādhara Paṇḍita are to be considered incarnations of the potency of the Lord. They are internal potential devotees engaged in the service of the Lord.
PURPORT
In connection with verses sixteen and seventeen, Śrī Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Țhākura explains in his  Anubhāṣya : “There are specific symptoms by which the internal devotees and the unalloyed or pure devotees are to be known. All unalloyed devotees are  śakti-tattvas , or potencies of the Lord. Some of them are situated in conjugal love and others in filial affection, fraternity and servitude. Certainly all of them are devotees, but by making a comparative study it is found that the devotees or potencies who are engaged in conjugal love are better situated than the others. Thus devotees who are in a relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead in conjugal love are considered to be the most confidential devotees of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Those who engage in the service of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu and Lord Advaita Prabhu generally have relationships of parental love, fraternity, servitude and neutrality. When such devotees develop great attachment for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, they too become situated within the intimate circle of devo-