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Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta
maheśa paṇḍita—vrajera udāra gopāla ḍhakkā-vādye nṛtya kare preme mātoyāla
SYNONYMS
maheśa paṇḍita —of the name Maheśa  Paṇḍita ;  vrajera —of Vṛndāvana;  udāra —very liberal;  gopāla —cowherd boy;  ḍhakkā-vādye —with the beating of a kettledrum;  nṛtya kare —used to dance;  preme —in love;  mātoyāla —as if a madman.
TRANSLATION
Maheśa Paṇḍita, the seventh of the twelve gopālas, was very liberal. In great love of Kṛṣṇa he danced to the beating of a kettledrum like a madman.
PURPORT
The village of Maheśa Paṇḍita, which is known as Pālapāḍā, is situated in the district of Nadia within a forest about one mile south of the Cākadaha railway station. The Ganges flows nearby. It is said that formerly Maheśa Paṇḍita lived on the eastern side of Jirāṭ in the village known as Masipura or Yaśīpura, and when Masipura merged in the riverbed of the Ganges, the Deities there were brought to Pālapāḍā, which is situated in the midst of various villages such as Beleḍāṅgā, Berigrāma, Sukhasāgara, Cānduḍe and Manasāpotā. (There are about fourteen villages, and the entire neighborhood is known as Pāñcanagara Paragaṇa.) It is mentioned that Maheśa Paṇḍita joined the festival performed by Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu at Pāṇihāṭī. Narottama dāsa Thākura also joined in the festival, and Maheśa Paṇḍita saw him on that occasion. In the temple of Maheśa Paṇḍita there are Deities of Gaura-Nityānanda, Śrī Gopīnātha, Śrī Madana-mohana and Rādhā-Govinda as well as a  śālagrāma-śilā .
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नवद्वीपे पूरुषोत्तम पण्डित महानगर । नित्यानन्द-नामे यां महान्मान हर ॥ ७७ ॥
navadvīpe puruṣottama paṇḍita mahāśaya nityānanda-nāme yāṅra mahonmāda haya
SYNONYMS
navadvīpe puruṣottama —Puruṣottama of Navadvīpa;  paṇḍita mahāśaya —a very learned scholar;  nityānanda-nāme —in the name of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu;  yāṅra —whose;  mahā-unmāda —great ecstasy;  haya —becomes.
TRANSLATION
Puruṣottama Paṇḍita, a resident of Navadvīpa, was the eighth gopāla. He would become almost mad as soon as he heard the holy name of Nityānanda Prabhu.