Text 161] Lord Caitanya Meets Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī
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SYNONYMS
ei-mata —in this way;  cintite —while he was thinking;  daive —by chance;  eka-dine —one day;  bāhire —outside the house;  devī-maṇḍape —on the Durgā platform;  kariyāchena śayane —was sleeping;  daṇḍa-cāri —four  daṇḍas  (ninety-six minutes);  rātri —night;  yabe —when;  āche avaśeṣa —there remained;  yadunan-dana-ācārya —the priest of the name Yadunandana Ācārya;  tabe —then;  karilā praveśa —entered.
TRANSLATION
Thus Raghunātha dāsa thought deeply about how to escape, and one night while he was sleeping on the Durgā-maṇḍapa, the priest Yadunandana Ācārya entered the house when only four daṇḍas remained until the end of the night.
TEXT 161
বাস্তুদেব-দত্তের তেঁহ হয় ‘অনুগৃহীত’।
রঘুনাথের ‘গুরু’ তেঁহো হয় ‘পুরোহিত’ ॥ ১৬১ ॥
vāsudeva-dattera teṅha haya ‘anugṛhīta’ raghunāthera ‘guru’ teṅho haya ‘purohita’
SYNONYMS
vāsudeva-dattera —of Vāsudeva Datta;  teṅha —he;  haya anugṛhīta —was given the mercy;  raghunāthera —of Raghunātha dāsa;  guru —the spiritual master;  teṅho —he;  haya —was;  purohita —the priest.
TRANSLATION
Yadunandana Ācārya was the priest and spiritual master of Raghunātha dāsa. Although born in a brāhmaṇa family, he had accepted the mercy of Vāsudeva Datta.
PURPORT
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura comments that although the atheists who have deviated from the order of Śrī Advaita Ācārya introduce themselves as followers of Advaita Ācārya, they do not accept Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. Yadunandana Ācārya, one of the most confidential followers of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, was the initiated disciple of Advaita Ācārya. He was not polluted by sentimental distinctions classifying Vaiṣṇavas according to birth. Therefore although Vāsudeva Datta had not been born in a  brāhmaṇa  family, Yadunandana Ācārya accepted Vāsudeva Datta as his spiritual master.