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GE aa ae frainey THACA |
OR aa IT gw Ble FHT HSE |

paramananda puri, ara kesava bharati
brahmananda puri, ara brahmananda bharati

visnu-puri, Resava-puri, puri Rrsnananda
sri-nrsimhatirtha, ara puri sukhananda

ei nava mula nikasila vrksa-mule
ei nava mule vrksa karila niscale

SYNONYMS

paramananda puri—of the name Paramananda Puri; agra—and; kesava bharati—of
the name Kesava Bharati; brahmananda puri—of the name Brahmananda Puri; ara—
and; brahmananda bharati—of the name Brahmananda Bharati; visnu-puri—of the
name Visnu Puri; kesava-puri—of the name Kesava Puri; puri krsnananda—of the
name Krsnananda Purt; sri-nrsimhatirtha—of the name St Nrsimhatirtha; gra—and;
puri sukhGnanda—of the name Sukhananda Puri; e/ nava—of these nine; ma/a—roots;
nikasila—fructified; vrksa-miile—in the trunk of the tree; ei nava ma/e—in these nine
roots; vrksa—the tree; karila niscale—became very steadfast.

TRANSLATION

Paramananda Puri, Kesava Bharati, Brahmananda Puri and Brahmananda Bharati,
Sri Visnu Puri, Kesava Puri, Krsnananda Puri, Sri Nesimhatirtha and Sukhananda
Puri—these nine sannyasi roots all sprouted from the trunk of the tree. Thus the
tree stood steadfastly on the strength of these nine roots.

PURPORT

Paramananda Puri. Paramananda Pur? belonged to a brahmana family of the
Trihut district in Uttara Pradesh. Madhavendra Puri was his spiritual master. !n
relationship with Madhavendra Puri, Paramananda Puri was very dear to Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu. In the Caitanya-bhagavata, Antya-/ila, Chapter Eleven, there is the
following statement:

sannyasira madhye isvarera priya-patra
ara nahi eka puri gosafii se matra
damodara-svarupa paramananda-puri
sannyasi-parsade ei dui adhikari
niravadhi nikate thakena dui-jana
prabhura sannyase kare dandera grahana
puri dhyana-para damoaarera kirtana
