Adi-lila, Chapter 7 13
SYNONYMS
$rivasa-adi—devotees headed by Srivasa Thakura; yata—all others; koti koti—in-
numerable; bhakta-gana—devotees; Suddha-bhakta—pure devotees; tattva-madhye—
in the truth; tan-sabara—all of them; ganana—accounted.
TRANSLATION
There are innumerable pure devotees of the Lord, headed by Srivasa Thakura,
who are known as unalloyed devotees.
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gadadhara-panditadi prabhura ‘sakti’-avatara
‘antaranga-bhakta’ kari’ ganana yanhara
SYNONYMS
gadadhara—of the name Gadadhara; pandita—of the learned scholar; adi—headed
by; prabhura—of the Lord; sakti—potency; avatara—incarnation; antaranga—very
confidential; bhakta—devotee; kari’—accepting; ganana—counting; yanhara—of
whom.
TRANSLATION
The devotees headed by Gadadhara Pandita are to be considered incarnations of
the potency of the Lord. They are internal potential devotees engaged in the service
of the Lord.
PURPORT
In connection with verses sixteen and seventeen, Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
Thakura explains in his Anubhasya: ‘‘There are specific symptoms by which the
internal devotees and the unalloyed or pure devotees are to be known. All unalloyed
devotees are Sakti-tattvas, or potencies of the Lord. Some of them are situated in
conjugal love and others in filial affection, fraternity and servitude. Certainly all of
them are devotees, but by making a comparative study it is found that the devotees
or potencies who are engaged in conjugal love are better situated than the others.
Thus devotees who are in a relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead
in conjugal love are considered to be the most confidential devotees of Lord Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Those who engage in the service of Lord Nityananda Prabhu
and Lord Advaita Prabhu generally have relationships of parental love, fraternity,
servitude and neutrality. When such devotees develop great attachment for Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu, they too become situated within the intimate circle of devo-
