Adi-lila, Chapter 11 371
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nityananda-priyabhrtya pandita dhanafijaya
atyanta virakta, sada krsna-premamaya
SYNONYMS
nityGnanda-priya-bhrtya—another dear servant of Nityananda Prabhu; pandita
dhanafijaya—of the name Pandita Dhanafijaya; atyanta—very much; virakta—re-
nounced; sada—always; krsna-premamaya—merged in love of Krsna.
TRANSLATION
The sixteenth dear servant of Nityananda Prabhu was Dhanafijaya Pandita. He was
very much renounced and always merged in love of Krsna.
PURPORT
Pandita Dhananjaya was a resident of the village in Katwa named Sitala. He was
one of the twelve gopa/as. His former name, according to Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika,
was Vasudama. Sitala-grama is situated near the Marigalakota police station and
Kaicara post office in the district of Burdwan. On the narrow railway from Burdwan
to Katwa is a railway station about nine miles from Kutwa known as Kaicara. One
has to go about a mile northeast of this station to reach Sitala. The temple was a
thached house with walls made of dirt. Some time ago, the Zamindars of Bajaravana
Kabast, the Mulliks, constructed a big house for the purpose of a temple, but for the
last sixty-five years the temple has been broken down and abandoned. The founda-
tion of the old temple is still visible. There is a tu/as7 pillar near the temple, and
every year during the month of January the disappearance day of Dhanafijaya is
observed. It is said that for some time Pandita Dhanafijaya was in a safkirtana party
under the direction of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and then he went to Vrndavana.
Before going to Vrndavana, he lived for some time ina village named Sancadapancada,
which is six miles south of the Memari railway station. Sometimes this village is also
known as the “‘place of Dhanafijaya” (Dhanafijayera Pata). After some time, he left
the responsibility for worship with a disciple and went back to Vrndavana. After
returning from Vrndavana to Sitala-grama, he established a Deity of Gaurasundara
in the temple. The descendants of Pandita Dhanafijaya still live in Sitala-grama and
look after the temple worship.
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