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Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta
SYNONYMS
asaṅkhya —innumerable;  ananta —unlimited;  gaṇa —devotees;  ke —who;  karu —can;  gaṇana —count;  āpanā —the self;  śodhite —to purify;  kahi —I speak;  mukhya mukhya —only the chief;  jana —persons.
TRANSLATION
These branches and sub-branches of devotees are innumerable and unlimited. Who could count them? For my personal purification I shall try to enumerate only the most prominent among them.
PURPORT
One should not write books or essays on transcendental subject matter for material name, fame or profit. Transcendental literature must be written under the direction of a superior authority because it is not meant for material purposes. If one tries to write under superior authority, he becomes purified. All Kṛṣṇa conscious activities should be undertaken for personal purification. ( āpanā śodhite ), not for material gain.
TEXT 8
श्रीवीरच्छद्य गोसाधि — ऋक-महानाथा ।
तंर उपनाथा यत्, अस्थ्य तार लेषा ॥ ७ ॥
śrī-vīrabhadra gosāñi—skandha-mahāśākhā tāṅra upaśākhā yata, asaṅkhya tāra lekhā
SYNONYMS
śrī-vīrabhadra gosāñi —of the name Śrī Vīrabhadra Gosāñi;  skandha —of the trunk;  mahā-śākhā —the biggest branch;  tāṅra —his;  upaśākhā —sub-branches;  yata —all;  asaṅkhya —innumerable;  tāra —of that;  lekhā —the description.
TRANSLATION
After Nityānanda Prabhu, the greatest branch is Vīrabhadra Gosāñi, who also has innumerable branches and sub-branches. It is not possible to describe them all.
PURPORT
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Thākura describes Vīrabhadra Gosāñi as the direct son of Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu and disciple of Jāhnavā-devī. His real mother was Vasudhā. In the  Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā , verse 67, he is mentioned as an incarnation of Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. Therefore Vīrabhadra Gosāñi is nondifferent from Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. In a village of the name Jhāmaṭapura in the district of Hugali, Vīrabhadra Gosāñi had a disciple named Yadunāthācārya, who had two daughters—a real daughter named Śrīmatī and a foster daughter named Nārāyaṇī.