Adi-lila, Chapter 10 333

TRANSLATION

All the devotees who resided in Bengal used to visit Jagannatha Puri to see the
Lord.

TEXT 129
aletibcHl arene siety fama |
CAS SSAA GTA SATA HHA | SAH Nl

nilacale prabhu-saha prathama milana
sei bhakta-ganera ebe kariye ganana

SYNONYMS

nilacale—at Jagannatha Puri; prabhu-saha—with the Lord; prathama—first; milana
—meeting; sei—that; bhakta-ganera—of the devotees; ebe—now; kariye—| do; ganana
—count.

TRANSLATION
Now let me enumerate the devotees of Bengal who first came to see the Lord at
Jagannatha Puri.
TEXT 130
AVN OF, —mMAcSe SHS |
Sra STS Hest Atreator4 0 soe
bada-sakha eka, —sarvabhauma bhattdcarya
tanra bhagni-pati sri-gopinathacarya
SYNONYMS

bada-sakha eka—one of the biggest branches; sarvabhauma bhattdcarya—of the
name Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya; tafra bhagni-pati—his brother-in-law (the husband
of Sarvabhauma's sister); §r7-gopinathacarya—of the name Sri Gopinathacarya.

TRANSLATION

There was Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, one of the biggest branches of the tree of
the Lord, and his sister’s husband, Sri Gopinathacarya.

PURPORT

The original name of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya was Vasudeva Bhattacarya. His
place of birth, which is known as Vidyanagara, is about two and a half miles away
from the Navadvipa railway station, or Canpahati railway station. His father was a
very celebrated man of the name Mahesvara Visarada. It is said that Sarvabhauma
Bhattacarya was the greatest logician of his time in India. At Mithila in Bihar he
became a student of a great professor named Paksadhara Misra, who did not allow
