Adi-lila, Chapter 10 289
TEXT 61
farararora Boretiel, Sta HAs |
a-ow-oife sha Coew-feea ius UW
Sivanandera upasakha, tanra parikara
putra-bhrtya-Gdi kari’ caitanya-kinkara
SYNONYMS
$ivanandera—of Sivananda Sena; upasakhaé—sub-branch; tdfra—his; parikara—
associates; putra—sons; bhrtya—servants; Gdi—all these; Rari’—taking together;
caitanya-kinkara—servants of Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
TRANSLATION
The sons, servants and family members of Sivananda Sena constituted a sub-
branch. They were all sincere servants of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
TEXT 62
COCOA, TAMIA, ST wef
fom xm fararacewt SEA Seely | vs i
caitanya-dasa, ramadasa, ara karpapura
tina putra siva@nandera prabhura bhakta-sira
SYNONYMS
caitanya-dasa—of the name Caitanya dasa; rdrnaddsa—of the name Ramadasa;
Gra—and; Rarpapiira—of the name Karnapira; tina putra—three sons; sivanandera—of
Sivananda Sena; prabhura—of the Lord; bhakta-sira—of the heroic devotees.
TRANSLATION
The three sons of Sivananda Sena, named Caitanya dasa, Ramadasa and Karna-
pura, were all heroic devotees of Lord Caitanya.
PURPORT
Caitanya dasa, the eldest son of Sivananda Sena, wrote a commentary on Kysria-
karnamrta which was later translated by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his paper
Sajjana-tosani. According to expert opinion, Caitanya dasa was the author of the
book Caitanya-carita, which was written in Sanskrit. The author was not Kavikarna-
pura, as generally supposed. This is the opinion of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
Thakura. Sri Ramadasa was the second son of Sivananda Sena. It is stated in the
Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (145) that two experienced servants of Lord Krsna named
