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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
balabhadra bhaṭṭācārya—bhakti adhikārī mathurā-gamane prabhura yeṅho brahmacārī
SYNONYMS
ballabhadra bhaṭṭācārya —of the name Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya;  bhakti adhikārī —bona fide devotee;  mathurā-gamane —while touring Mathurā;  prabhura —of the Lord;  yeṅho —who;  brahmacārī —acted as a  brahmacārī .
TRANSLATION
As a bona fide devotee, Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya, the twenty-third principal associate, acted as the  brahmacārī  of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu when He toured Mathurā.
PURPORT
Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya acted as a  brahmacārī , or personal assistant of a  sannyāsī . A  sannyāsī  is not supposed to cook. Generally a  sannyāsī  takes  prasāda  at the house of a  gṛhastha , and a  brahmacārī  helps in this connection. A  sannyāsī  is supposed to be a spiritual master and a  brahmacārī  his disciple. Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya acted as a  brahmacārī  for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu when the Lord toured Mathurā and Vṛndāvana.
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বড় হরিদাস, আর ছোট হরিদাস। দুই কীর্তনীয়া রহে মহাপ্রভুর পাশ ॥ ১৪৭ ॥
baḍa haridāsa, āra choṭa haridāsa dui kīrtanīyā rahe mahāprabhura pāśa
SYNONYMS
baḍa haridāsa —of the name Baḍa Haridāsa;  āra —and;  choṭa haridāsa —of the name Choṭa Haridāsa;  dui kīrtanīyā —both of them were good singers;  rahe —stay;  mahāprabhura —Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  pāśa —with.
TRANSLATION
Baḍa Haridāsa and Choṭa Haridāsa, the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth devotees in Nīlācala, were good singers who always accompanied Lord Caitanya.
PURPORT
Choṭa Haridāsa was later banished from the company of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, as stated in the  Antya-līlā , Chapter Two.