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raghunatha vaidya upddhydya mahdsaya
yanhara darsane krsna-prema-bhakti haya
SYNONYMS
raghunatha vaidya—the physician Raghunatha; upddhydya mahdsaya—a great
personality with the title “Upadhyaya”; ydAhdra—whose; darsane—by visiting;
krsna-prema—love of Krsna; bhakti—devotional service; haya—awakened;
TRANSLATION
The physician Raghunatha, also known as Upadhyaya, was so great a devotee that
simply seeing him would awaken one’s dormant love of Godhead.
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sundarGnanda—nitydnandera sdkhd, bhrtya marma
yanra sange nityananda kare vraja-narma
SYNONYMS
sundardnanda—of the name Sundarananda; nityGnandera sdkha—a branch of
Nityananda Prabhu; bArtya marma—very intimate servant; yadnra safige—with whom;
nitydnanda—Lord Nityananda; kare— performs; vraja-narma—activities of Vrndavana.
TRANSLATION
Sundarananda, another branch of Sri Nityananda Prabhu, was Lord Nityananda’s
most intimate servant. Lord Nityananda Prabhu perceived the life of Vrajabhimi in
his company.
PURPORT
In the Caitanya-bhagavata, Antya-liia, Chapter Six, it is stated that Sundarananda
was an ocean of love of Godhead and the chief associate of Sri Nityananda Prabhu.
In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika he is stated to have been Sudama in krsna-lila. Thus
he was one of thé twelve cowherd boys who came down with Balarama when He
descended as Sri Nityananda Prabhu. The holy place where Sundarananda lived is
situated in the village Known as Mahesapura, which is about fourteen miles east of
the Majadiya railway station of the eastern railway from Calcutta to Burdwan. This
