Adi-lila, Chapter 10 261

TRANSLATION

His disciples and grand-disciples are his sub-branches. To describe them all would
be difficult.

TEXT 17
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vakresvara pandita—prabhura bada priya bhrtya
eka-bhave cabbisa prahara yanra nrtya

SYNONYMS

vakresvara pandita—of the name Vakresvara Pandita; prabhura—of the Lord;
bada—very much; priya—dear; bhrtya—servant; eka-bhave—continuously in the
same ecstasy; cabbisa—twenty-four; prahara—a duration of time comprising three
hours; yanra—whose; nrtya—dancing.

TRANSLATION

Vakresvara Pandita, the fifth branch of the tree, was a very dear servant of Lord
Caitanya’s. He could dance with constant ecstasy for seventy-two hours.

PURPORT

In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verse 71, it is stated that Vakresvara Pandita was
an incarnation of Aniruddha, one of the quadruple expansions of Visnu (Vasudeva,
Sankarsana, Aniruddha and Pradyumna). He could dance wonderfully for seventy-
two continuous hours. When Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu played in dramatic per-
formances in the house of Srivasa Pandita, Vakresvara Pandita was one of the chief
dancers, and he danced continually for that length of time. Sri Govinda dasa, an
Oriya devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, has described the life of Vakresvara
Pandita in his book Gaura-Krsnodaya. There are many disciples of Vakresvara
Pandita in Orissa, and they are known as Gaudiya Vaisnavas although they are
Oriyas. Among these disciples are Sri Gopalaguru and his disciple Sit Dhyanacandra
Gosvami.

TEXT 18

SUA RAOHG ANH THA FSTSICA |
nea oa Ufa? ACHAT ATT I Se II

apane mahaprabhu gaya yanra nrtya-kale
prabhura carana dhari’ vakresvara bale
