320 Sri-Caitanya-carita mrta

TEXT 106

META — Siois-qrez as «Tel |
AFM, FAA, BH, — BMA CoA Wow 4

Sahkararanya—dcarya-vrksera eka sakha
mukunda, kasinatha, rudra—upasakhda lekha

SYNONYMS

Sankaréranya—of the name Sankararanya; Gcarya-vrksera—of the tree of dcaryas;
eka—one; $akha—branch; mukunda—of the name Mukunda; kdsindtha—of the name
Kasinatha; rudra—of the name Rudra; upasdkhd lekha—they are known as sub-
branches.

TRANSLATION

The acarya Sankararanya was considered the forty-eighth branch of the origina!
tree. From him proceeded sub-branches known as Mukunda, Kasinatha and Rudra.

PURPORT

It is said that Sankararanya was the sannydsa name of Srila Visvartipa, who was
the elder brother of Visvambhara (the original name of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu).
Sankararanya expired in 1432 Sakdbdo at Solapura, where there is a place of pilgri-
mage known as Panderapura. This is referred to in the Madhya-/ila, Chapter Nine,
verses 299 and 300.

Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu opened a primary school in the house of Mukunda,
or Mukunda Safijaya, and Mukunda’s son, whose name was Purusottama, became
the Lord’s student. Kasinatha arranged the marriage of Lord Caitanya in His
previous dsrama, when His name was Visvambhara. He induced the court-pandgita,
Sanatana, to offer Visvambhara his daughter. In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verse
50, it is mentioned that Kasinatha was an incarnation of Satrajit, who arranged the
marriage of Krsna and Satya, and it is mentioned in verse 135 that Rudra, or Sri
Rudrarama Pandita, was formerly a friend of Lord Krsna named Vardthapa. Sri
Rudrarama Pandita constructed a big temple at Vallabhapura, which is one mile
north of Mahesa, for the Deities named Radhavallabha. The descendants of his
brother, Yadunandana Bandyopadhyaya, are known as Cakravarti Thakuras, and
they are in charge of the maintenance of this temple as sevdits. Formerly the
Jagannatha Deity used to come to the temple of Radhavallabha from Mahesa
during the Rathayatra festival, but in the Bengali year 1262, due. to a misunder-
standing between the priests of the two temples, the Jagannatha Deity stopped
coming.

TEXT 107

Gaie rifes—etga sora oer |
Ha Sacral cole’ ae faa 909
