384 Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta
karhsari sena, ramasena, ramacandra kavirdja
govinda, sriranga, mukunda, tina kavirdja
SYNONYMS
kamsari sena—of the name Kamsari Sena; rdmasena—of the name Ramasena;
ramacandra kavirdja—of the name Ramacandra Kaviraja; govinda—of the name
Govinda; Sriranga—of the name Sriranga; mukunda—of the name Mukunda; tina
kaviradja—all three are Kavirajas, or physicians.
TRANSLATION
The fifty-eighth great devotee of Lord Nityananda Prabhu was Kamsari Sena, the
fifty-ninth was Ramasena, the sixtieth was Ramacandra Kaviraja, and the sixty-first,
sixty-second and sixty-third were Govinda, Sriranga and Mukunda, who were all
physicians.
PURPORT
Sri Ramacandra Kaviraja, the son of Khandavasi Cirafjiva and Sunanda, was a
disciple of Srinivasa Acarya and the most intimate friend of Narottama dasa Thakura,
who prayed several times for his association. His youngest brother was Govinda
Kaviraja. Srila Jiva Gosvami very much appreciated Sri Ramacandra Kaviraja’s great
devotion to Lord Krsna and therefore gave him the title kavirdja. Sri Ramacandra
Kaviraja, who was perpetually disinterested in family life, greatly assisted in the
preaching work of Srinivasa Acarya and Narottama dasa Thakura. He resided at first
in Srikhanda but later in the village of Kumara-nagara on the bank of the Ganges.
Govinda Kaviraja was the brother of Ramacandra Kaviraja and youngest son of
Cirafijiva of Srikhanda, Although at first a Sakta, or worshiper of goddess Durga, he
was later initiated by Srinivasa Acarya Prabhu. Govinda Kaviraja also resided first in
Srikhanda and then in Kumara-nagara, but later he moved to the village known as
Teliya Budhari on the southern bank of the River Padma. Since Govinda Kaviraja,
the author of two books, Safgita-madhava and Gitamrta, was a great Vaisnava Ravi,
or poet, Srila Jiva Gosvami gave him the title kavirdja. He is described in the Bhakti-
ratnadkara, Ninth Taranga.
Kamsari Sena was formerly Ratnavali in Vraja, as described in the Gaura-
ganoddesa-dipikd, verses 194 and 200.
TEXT 52
Horwa, Arerater4, HH aca
ASA, FH, BAIA, ACANSA Wer i
pitambara, maddhavdcarya, dadsa ddmodara
Sankara, mukunda, jridna-dasa, manohara
