372 Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta

mahesa pandita—vrajera udara gopala
dhakka-vadye nrtya kare preme matoyala

SYNONYMS

mahesa pandita—of the name Mahesa Pandita; vrajera—of Vrndavana; udara—very
liberal; gopala—cowherd boy; dhakka-vadye—with the beating of a kettledrum; nrtya
kare—used to dance; preme—in love; matoyala—as if a madman.

TRANSLATION

MaheSa Pandita, the seventh of the twelve gopalas, was very liberal. In great love
of Krsna he danced to the beating of a kettledrum like a madman.

PURPORT

The village of Mahesa Pandita, which is known as Palapada, is situated in the
district of Nadia within a forest about one mile south of the Cakadaha railway sta-
tion. The Ganges flows nearby. It is said that formerly Mahesa Pandita lived on the
eastern side of Jirat in the village known as Masipura or Yasipura, and when Masi-
pura merged in the riverbed of the Ganges, the Deities there were brought to
Palapada, which is situated in the midst of various villages such as Beledariga,
Berigrama, Sukhasagara, Candude and Manasapota. (There are about fourteen
villages, and the entire neighborhood is known as Paficanagara Paragana.) It is men-
tioned that Mahesa Pandita joined the festival performed by Sri Nityananda Prabhu
at Panihati. Narottama dasa Thakura also joined in the festival, and Mahesa Pandita
saw him on that occasion. In the temple of MaheSa Pandita there are Deities of
Gaura-Nityananda, Sri Gopinatha, Sri Madana-mohana and Radha-Govinda as well
as a Sdlagrama-sila..

TEXT 33

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FST AeHATA TWA ACM SF li OO |i

navadvipe purusottama pandita mahdsaya
nitydnanda-name yanra mahonmdada haya
SYNONYMS

navadvipe purusottama—Purusottama of Navadvipa; pandita mahdsaya—a very
learned scholar; nityGnanda-nadme—in the name of Lord Nityananda Prabhu; yajra—
whose; smahda-unmdda-—great ecstasy ; haya—becomes.

TRANSLATION

Purusottama Pandita, a resident of Navadvfpa, was the eighth gopala. He would
become almost mad as soon as he heard the holy name of Nityananda Prabhu.
