Adi-lila, Chapter 10 299
ei saba mahasakha—caitanya-kpadhama
prema-phala-phula kare yahah tahah dana
SYNONYMS

khandavasi mukunda-ddésa—of the name Mukunda dasa; $ri-raghunandana—of the
name Raghunandana; narahari-dasa—of the name Narahari dasa; ciranmjiva—of the
name Ciranjiva; sulocana—of the name Sulocana; ei saba—all of them; mahasakha—
great branches; caitanya-krpadhGma—of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the reservoir
of mercy; prema—love of God; phala—fruit; phula—flower; Rare—does; yahadn—any-
where; tahan—everywhere; dana—distribution.

TRANSLATION

Sti Khandavasi Mukunda and his son Raghunandana were the thirty-ninth branch
of the tree, Narahari was the fortieth, Cirafjiva the forty-first and Sulocana the
forty-second. They were all big branches of the all-merciful tree of Caitanya
Mahaprabhu. They distributed the fruits and flowers of love of Godhead anywhere
and everywhere.

PURPORT

Sri Mukunda dasa was the son of Narayana dasa and eldest brother of Narahari
Sarakara. His second brother’s name was Madhava dasa, and his son was named
Raghunandana dasa. Descendants of Raghunandana dasa still live four miles west of
Katwa in the village named Srikhanda, where Raghunandana dasa used to live.
Raghunandana had one son named Kanai, who had two sons—Madana Raya, who was
a disciple of Narahari Thakura, and VamsSivadana. It is estimated that at least four
hundred men descended in this dynasty. All their names are recorded in the village
known as Srikhanda. In the Gaura-ganoddeSsa-dipika it is stated that the gop? whose
name was Vrndadevi became Mukunda dasa, lived in Srikhanda village and was very
dear to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. His wonderful devotion and love for Krsna are des-
cribed in the Madhya-lila, Chapter Fifteen. It is stated in the Bhakti-ratndkara, Chap-
ter Eight, that Raghunandana used to serve a Deity of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

Narahari dasa Sarakara was a very famous devotee. Locana dasa Thakura, the
celebrated author of Caitanya-mangala, was his disciple. In Caitanya-mangala it is
stated that Sri Gadadhara dasa and Narahari Sarakara were extremely dear to Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu, but there is no specific statement regarding the inhabitants
of the village of Srikhanda.

Cirafijiva and Sulocana were both residents of Srikhanda, where their descendants
are still living. Of Cirafijiva’s two sons, the elder, Ramacandra Kaviraja, was a
disciple of Srinivasacarya and an intimate associate of Narottama dasa Thakura.
The younger son was Govinda dasa Kaviraja, the famous Vaisnava poet. Cirafijiva’s
wife was Sunanda, and his father-in-law was Damodara Sena Kaviraja. Cirafijiva
previously lived on the bank of the Ganges River in the village of Kumaranagara.
The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipikd (verses 187 and 207) states that he was formerly
Candrika in Vendavana.
