Ādi-līlā, Chapter 10
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TRANSLATION
All the devotees who resided in Bengal used to visit Jagannātha Purī to see the Lord.
TEXT 129
नीलांचले अष्टसह अथम मिलन ।
सेहे उत्कृष्टगणेर अने करियरे गणन ॥ २२ ॥
nīlācale prabhu-saha prathama milana sei bhakta-gaṇera ebe kariye gaṇana
SYNONYMS
nīlācale —at Jagannātha Purī;  prabhu-saha —with the Lord;  prathama —first;  milana —meeting;  sei —that;  bhakta-gaṇera —of the devotees;  ebe —now;  kariye —I do;  gaṇana —count.
TRANSLATION
Now let me enumerate the devotees of Bengal who first came to see the Lord at Jagannātha Purī.
TEXT 130
বড়শাখা এক,—সার্বভৌম ভট্টাচার্য ।
তাঁর ভগ্নীপতি শ্রীগোপীনাথাচার্য ॥ ১৩০ ॥
baḍa-śākhā eka,—sārvabhauma bhaṭṭācārya tāṅra bhagnī-pati śrī-gopīnāthācārya
SYNONYMS
baḍa-śākhā eka —one of the biggest branches;  sārvabhauma bhaṭṭācārya —of the name Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya;  tāṅra bhagnī-pati —his brother-in-law (the husband of Sārvabhauma's sister);  śrī-gopīnāthācārya —of the name Śrī Gopīnāthācārya.
TRANSLATION
There was Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, one of the biggest branches of the tree of the Lord, and his sister's husband, Śrī Gopīnāthācārya.
PURPORT
The original name of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya was Vāsudeva Bhaṭṭācārya. His place of birth, which is known as Vidyānagara, is about two and a half miles away from the Navadvīpa railway station, or Cāṅpāhāṭī railway station. His father was a very celebrated man of the name Maheśvara Viśārada. It is said that Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya was the greatest logician of his time in India. At Mithilā in Bihar he became a student of a great professor named Pakṣadhara Miśra, who did not allow