142 Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta

PURPORT

In this connection it may be mentioned that sometimes the sahajiya class of
devotees opine that Prakasananda Sarasvati and Prabodhananda Sarasvati are the
same man. Prabodhananda Sarasvati was a great Vaisnava devotee of Lord Caitanya
Mahaprabhu, but Prakasananda Sarasvati, the head of the Mayavadi sannyasis in
Benares, was a different person. Prabodhananda Sarasvati belonged to the Ramanuja-
sampradaya, whereas Prakasananda Sarasvati belonged to the Sankaracarya-
sampradaya. Prabodhananda Sarasvati wrote a number of books, among which are
Caitanya-candramrta, Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi, Sangita-madhava, Vrndavana-sataka
and Navadvipa-sataka. While traveling in Southern India, Caitanya Mahaprabhu met
Prabodhananda Sarasvati, who had two brothers, Vyenkafa Bhatta and Tirumalaya
Bhatta, who were Vaisnavas of the Ramanuja-sampradaya. Gopala Bhatta Gosvami’
was the nephew of Prabodhananda Sarasvati. From historical records it is
found that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu traveled in South India in the year 1433
Sakabda during the Caturmasya period, and it was at that time that He met
Prabodhananda, who belonged to the Ramanuja-sampradaya. How then could
the same person meet Him as a member of the Sankara-sampradaya in 1435
Sakabda, two years later? It is to be concluded that the guess of the sahijiya-
sampradaya that Prabodhananda Sarasvati and Prakasananda Sarasvati were
the same man is a mistaken idea.

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ANNA Serta SAM SAF i seo ti

eimate tan-sabara ksami’ aparadha
sabakare krsna-nama karila prasada

SYNONYMS

ei-mate—in this way; tan-sabara—of all the sannyasis; Rsami’—excusing; aparadha—
offense; sabakare—all of them; krsma-nama—the holy name of Krsna; kari/a—gave;
prasada—as mercy.

TRANSLATION

Thus Lord Caitanya excused all the offenses of the Mayavadi sannyasis and very
mercifully blessed them with Krsna-nama.

PURPORT

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the mercy incarnation of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. He is addressed by Srila Rupa Gosvami as mahd-vadanyavatara, or the
most magnanimous incarnation. Srila Ripa Gosvami also says, karunayavatirnah
kalau: it is only by His mercy that He has descended in this age of Kali. Here this
