Adi-lila, Chapter 10 287

PURPORT

In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipikd (74) it is said that Nakula Brahmacari displayed
the prowess (Gvesa) and Pradyumna Brahmacari the appearance (Gvirbhava) of Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu. There are many hundreds and thousands of devotees of
Lord Caitanya among whom there are no special symptoms, but when a devotee of
Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu functions with specific prowess, he displays the
feature called Gvesa. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally spread the safkirtana
movement, and He advised all the inhabitants of Bharata-varsa to take up His cult
and preach it all over the world. The visible bodily symptoms of devotees who
follow such instructions are called dvesa. Srila Sivananda Sena observed such avesa
symptoms in Nakula Brahmacari, who displayed symptoms exactly like those of Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The Cajitanya-caritamrta states that in this age of Kali the
only spiritual function is to broadcast the holy name of the Lord, but this function
can be performed only by one who is actually empowered by Lord Krsna. The
process by which a devotee is thus empowered is called dvesa, or sometimes it is
called saktydvesa.

Pradyumna Brahmacari was formerly a resident of a village known as Piydrigafija
in Kalna. There is a.description of him in the Antya-lila of Caitanya-caritamsta,
Second Chapter, and in the Antya-lila of Caitanya-bhdagavata, Chapters Three and
Nine.

TEXT 60°

wyratiorey 6 1a aH CHM faratare |
faestfa’ ef STH GAs TAH I ve II

dsvadila e saba rasa sena Sivananda
vistari’ Rahiba Gge esaba Gnanda

SYNONYMS

dsvadila—tasted; e—these; saba—all; rasa—mellows; sena $ivananda—Sivananda
Sena; vistdri’—describing vividly; kahiba—Ii shall speak; Gge—later on; esaba—all this;
Gnanda—transcendental bliss.

TRANSLATION

Srila Sivananda Sena experienced the three features saksat, avesa and avirbhava.
Later f shall vividly describe this transcendentally blissful subject.

PURPORT

Srila Sivananda Sena has been described by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Maha-
raja as follows. He was a resident of Kumarahatta, which is also known as Halisahara,
and was a great devotee of the Lord. About one and a half miles from Kumarahatta
is another village, known as Kancadapada, in which there are Gaura-Gopala Deities
installed by Sivananda Sena, who also established a temple of Krsnaraya that is still
