326 Sri-Caitan ya-caritamrta

Gopala Acarya; Gra—and; vipra vanindtha—the brahmana of the name
Vaninatha.
TRANSLATION

The seventy-eighth branch of the original tree was J agannatha Tirtha, the seventy-
ninth was the brahmana Sri Janakinatha, the eightieth was Gopala Acarya, and the
eighty-first was the brahmana Vaninatha.

PURPORT

Jagannatha Tirtha was one of the nine principal sannydsis who were Lord
Caitanya’s associates. Vaninatha Vipra was a resident of Canpahati, a village in the
district of Burdwan near the town of Navadvipa, the police station of Purvasthalt
and the post office of Samudragada. The temple there was very much neglected,
but it was renovated in the Bengali year 1328 by Sri Paramananda Brahmacari, one
of Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura’s disciples, who reorganized the seva-puja
(worship in the temple) and placed the temple under the management of the Sri
Caitanya Matha of Sri Mayapur. In the temple as it now exists, the Deity of Sti
Gaura-Gadadhara is worshiped strictly according to the principles of the revealed
scriptures. Canpahati is two miles away from both Samudragada and the Navadvipa
station of the eastern railway.

TEXT 115

cattfaew, aia, Ahycre,— fea Ste |
Senata S1Sca- ace Cowa- FASS i d5¢ 4

govinda, madhava, vadsudeva—tina bhai
yar-sabara kirtane nace caitanya-nitai

SYNONYMS

govinda—of the name Govinda; mddhava—of the name Madhava; vdsudeva—of
the name Vasudeva; ting bhai—three brothers; yaf-sabdra—all of whom; kirtane—in
the performance of safkirtana; ndce—dance; caitanya-nitai—Lord Caitanya and
Nityananda Prabhu.

TRANSLATION

The three brothers Govinda, Madhava and Vasudeva were the eighty-second,
eighty-third and eighty-fourth branches of the tree. Lord Caitanya and Nityananda
used to dance in their kirtana performances.

PURPORT

The three brothers Govinda, Madhava and Vasudeva Ghosh all belonged to a
kayastha family. Govinda established the Gopinatha temple in Agradvipa, where he
resided. Madhava Ghosh was expert in performing kirtana. No one within this
