Ādi-līlā, Chapter 8
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TRANSLATION
Govinda Gosāñi, the priest engaged in the service of Lord Govinda in Vṛndāvana, was a disciple of Kāśīśvara Gosāñi. There was no servant more dear to the Govinda Deity.
PURPORT
Kāśīśvara Gosāñi, also known as Kāśīśvara Paṇḍita, was a disciple of Īśvara Purī and son of Vāsudeva Bhaṭṭācārya, who belonged to the dynasty of Kāñjilāla Kānu. His surname was Caudhurī. His nephew, his sister's son, who was named Rudra Paṇḍita, was the original priest of Vallabhapura, which is situated about one mile from the Śrīrāmapura railway station in the village of Cātarā. Installed there are the Deities of Rādhā-Govinda and Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Kāśīśvara Gosāñi was a very strong man, and therefore when Lord Caitanya visited the temple of Jagannātha, he used to protect the Lord from the crowds. Another of his duties was to distribute  prasāda  to the devotees after  kīrtana . He was also one of the contemporaries of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu who was with the Lord in Jagannātha Purī.
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Thākura also visited this temple at Vallabhapura. At that time the person in charge was a Śaivite, Śrī Śivacandra Caudhurī, who was a descendant of Kāśīśvara Gosāñi's brother. In Vallabhapura there was a permanent arrangement to cook nine kilos of rice, vegetables and other foodstuffs, and near the village there is sufficient land, which belongs to the Deity, on which this rice was grown. Unfortunately, the descendants of Kāśīśvara Gosāñi's brother have sold a major portion of this land, and therefore the Deity worship has now been hampered.
It is said in the  Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā  that the servant of Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana named Bhṛṅgāra descended as Kāśīśvara Gosāñi during the pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. In our householder life we also sometimes visited this temple of Vallabhapura and took  prasāda  there at noon. The Deities of this temple, Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Govinda and the Gaurāṅga  vigraha , are extremely beautiful. Near Vallabhapura is another beautiful temple of Jagannātha. We sometimes used to take  prasāda  in this Jagannātha Temple also. These two temples are situated within a one-mile radius of the Śrīrāmapura railway station near Calcutta.
TEXT 67
যাদবাচার্য গোসাঞ্জি শ্রীরূপের সঙ্গী ।
চৈতন্যচরিতে তেঁছো অতি বড় রঙ্গী ॥ ৬৭ ॥
yādavācārya gosāñi śrī-rūpera saṅgī caitanya-carite teṅho ati baḍa raṅgī
SYNONYMS
yādavācārya —of the name Yādavācārya;  gosāñi —spiritual master;  śrī-rūpera —of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī;  saṅgī —associate;  caitanya-carite —in the pastimes of Lord Caitanya;  teṅho —he;  ati —very much;  baḍa —great;  raṅgī —enthusiastic.