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Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta
TEXT 22
রঘুনাথ বৈদ্য উপাখ্যায় মহাশয় । যাঁহার দর্শনে কৃষ্ণপ্রেমভক্তি হয় ॥ ২২ ॥
raghunātha vaidya upādhyāya mahāśaya yāṅhāra darśane kṛṣṇa-prema-bhakti haya
SYNONYMS
raghunātha vaidya —the physician Raghunātha;  upādhyāya mahāśaya —a great personality with the title “Upādhyāya”;  yāṅhāra —whose;  darśane —by visiting;  kṛṣṇa-prema —love of Kṛṣṇa;  bhakti —devotional service;  haya —awakened;
TRANSLATION
The physician Raghunātha, also known as Upādhyāya, was so great a devotee that simply seeing him would awaken one’s dormant love of Godhead.
TEXT 23
সুব্বরানন্দ—নিত্যানন্দের শাখা, ভূত্য মর্ম । যাঁর সঙ্গে নিত্যানন্দ করে অজনর্ম ॥ ২৩ ॥
sundarānanda—nityānandera śākhā, bhṛtya marma yāṅra saṅge nityānanda kare vraja-narma
SYNONYMS
sundarānanda —of the name Sundarānanda;  nityānandera śākhā —a branch of Nityānanda Prabhu;  bhṛtya marma —very intimate servant;  yāṅra saṅge —with whom;  nityānanda —Lord Nityānanda;  kare —performs;  vraja-narma —activities of Vṛndāvana.
TRANSLATION
Sundarānanda, another branch of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, was Lord Nityānanda’s most intimate servant. Lord Nityānanda Prabhu perceived the life of Vrajabhūmi in his company.
PURPORT
In the  Caitanya-bhāgavata ,  Antya-līlā , Chapter Six, it is stated that Sundarānanda was an ocean of love of Godhead and the chief associate of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu. In the  Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā  he is stated to have been Sudāma in  kṛṣṇa-līlā . Thus he was one of the twelve cowherd boys who came down with Balarāma when He descended as Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu. The holy place where Sundarānanda lived is situated in the village known as Maheśapura, which is about fourteen miles east of the Mājadiyā railway station of the eastern railway from Calcutta to Burdwan. This