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Herself. Caitanya Mahaprabhu is sometimes explained to «be :radhadbhava-dyuti-
savalita, or characterized by the emotions and bodily luster of Srimatt Radharant.

Gadadhara dasa is this dyuti, or luster. In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika he is described

to be the expansion potency of Srimati Radharani. He counts among the associates

of both Srila Gaurahari and Nityananda Prabhu; as a devotee of Sri Caitanya Maha-

prabhu he was one of the associates of Lord Krsna in conjugal love, and as a devotee

of Lord Nityananda he is considered to have been one of the friends of Krsna in

pure devotional service. Even though he was an associate of Lord Nityananda

Prabhu, he was not among the cowherd boys but was situated in the transcendental

mellow of conjugal love. He established a temple of Sri Gaurasundara in Katwa.

In 1434 sgakabda (1534 A.D.) when Lord Nityananda Prabhu was empowered
by Lord Caitanya to preach the safkirtana movement in Bengal, Sri Gadadhara
dasa was one of Lord Nityananda’s chief assistants. He preached the sankirtana
movement by requesting everyone to chant the Hare Krsna mahd-mantra.This simple
preaching method of Srila Gadadhara dasa can be followed by anyone and everyone
in any position of society. One must simply be a sincere and serious servant of
Nityananda Prabhu and preach this cult door to door.

When Srila Gadadhara dasa Prabhu was preaching the cult of Aari-kirtana, there
was a magistrate who was very much against his sankirtana movement. Following
in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Srila Gadadhara dasa one night
went to the house of the Kazi and requested him to chant the Hare Krsna mahda-
mantra. The Kazi replied, “‘All right, | shall chant Hare Krsna tomorrow.” On
hearing this, Srila Gadadhara dasa Prabhu began to dance, and he said, “Why
tomorrow? You have already chanted the Hare Krsna mantra, so simply ‘continue.”’

In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika it is said:

radha-vibhiti-rapa ya candrakantih pura vraje

sa Sri-gauranga-nikate dasa-varnsyo gadadharah
purnananda vraje yastd baladeva-priyagrant

sapi karya-vasad eva pravisat tam gadadharam

Srila Gadadhara dasa is considered to be a united form of Candrakanti, who
is the effulgence of Srimati Radharani, and Parnananda, who is an expansion of
Lord Balarama’s very dear girl friend. Thus Srila Gadadhara dasa Prabhu was one of
the associates of both Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu. Once while
Srila Gadadhara dasa Prabhu was returning to Bengal from Jagannatha Puri with
Nityananda Prabhu, he forgot himself and began talking very loudly as if he were a
girl of Vrajabhami selling yogurt, and Srila Nityananda Prabhu noted this. Another
time, while absorbed in the ecstasy of the gopis, he carried a jug filled with Ganges
water on his head as if he were selling milk. When Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu ap-
peared in the house of Raghava Pandita while going to Vrndavana, Gadadhara dasa
went to see Him, and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was so glad that He put His foot on
his head. When Gadadhara dasa Prabhu was present in Endiyadaha he established a
Balagopala murti for worship there. Sri Madhava Ghosh performed a drama known
as “Dana-khanga”’ with the help of Sri Nityananda Prabhu and Sri Gadadhara dasa.
