Adi-lila, Chapter 8 203
TRANSLATION
Govinda Gosani, the priest engaged in the service of Lord Govinda in Vrndavana,
was a disciple of Kasisvara Gosani. There was no servant more dear to the Govinda
Deity.
PURPORT
Kasigvara Gosafi, also known as Kasisvara Pandita, was a disciple of Isvara Puri
and son of Vasudeva Bhattacarya, who belonged to the dynasty of Kafijilala Kanu.
His surname was Caudhuri. His nephew, his sister’s son, who was named Rudra
Pandita, was the original priest of Vallabhapura, which is situated about one mile
from the Sriramapura railway station in the village of Catara. Installed there are the
Deities of Radha-Govinda and Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Kasisvara Gosafi
was a very strong man, and therefore when Lord Caitanya visited the temple of
Jagannatha, he used to protect the Lord from the crowds. Another of his duties was
to distribute prasada to the devotees after kirtana. He was also one of the con-
temporaries of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu who was with the Lord in Jagannatha Puri.
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura also visited this temple at Vallabhapura.
At that time the person in charge was a Saivite, Sri Sivacandra Caudhuri, who was
a descendant of Kasisvara Gosani’s brother. In Vallabhapura there was a permanent
arrangement to cook nine kilos of rice, vegetables and other foodstuffs, and near
thevillage there is sufficient land, which belongs to the Deity, on which this rice was
grown. Unfortunately, the descendants of Kasisvara Gosani’s brother have sold a
major portion of this land, and therefore the Deity worship has now been hampered.
It is said in the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika that the servant of Krsna in Vrndavana
named Bhrngara descended as Kasisvara Gosafi during the pastimes of Lord Caitanya
Mahaprabhu. In our householder life we also sometimes visited this temple of
Vallabhapura and took prasada there at noon. The Deities of this temple, Sri Sri
Radha-Govinda and the Gauranga vigraha, are extremely beautiful. Near Vallabha-
pura is another beautiful temple of Jagannatha. We sometimes used to take prasadda
in this Jagannatha Temple also. These two temples are situated within a one-
mile radius of the Sriramapura railway station near Calcutta.
TEXT 67
aiwarerg catimntfias Giaxcoia ney |
CoBATBAACS CErEl MTS aw AAT | v9 I
yadavacarya gosani sri-rupera sangi
caitanya-carite tenho ati bada rangi
SYNONYMS
_ yadavacarya—of the name Yadavacarya; gosafi—spiritual master; sri-rupera—of
Srila Ripa Gosvami; sarigi—associate; caitanya-carite—in the pastimes of Lord
Caitanya; tenho—he; ati—very much; bada—great; rangi—enthusiastic.
