Text 29] Expansions of Advaita Acarya 17

title gosv@mi upon a householder. Although all the sannydsis we have initiated in
ISKCON are young, we have awarded them the titles of the renounced order of life,
svami and gosvami, because they have completely dedicated their lives to preach the
cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura mentions
that not only do the householder caste gosvamis disrespect the title gosvami, but
also, following the principles of the smdrta Raghunandana, they exhibit great foolish-
ness by burning a straw image of Advaita Acarya in a sradddha ceremony, thus
acting as Raksasas and disrespecting the cause of Hari-bhakti-vildsa, which is the guide
for Vaisnavas. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura says that sometimes these
smarta caste gosvamis write books on Vaisnava philosophy or commentaries on the
original scriptures, but a pure devotee should cautiously avoid reading them.

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‘samtaty fauna eiordfaea |
CST S-Ayqara WA — SRA CHA i we i

‘kamalakanta visvasa’-ndma dcarya-kinkara
acarya-vyavahara saba—tanhara gocara

SYNONYMS

kamalakanta visvasa—of the name Kamalakanta Visvasa; ndma—name; dcdrya-
kinkara—servant of Advaita Acarya; dcdrya-vyavahdra—the dealings of Advaita
Acarya; saba—all; tanhara—his; gocara—within the knowledge.

TRANSLATION

Advaita Acarya’s very confidential servant named Kamalakanta Visvasa knew all
the dealings of Advaita Acarya.

PURPORT

The name Kamalananda mentioned in the Adji-lilg (10.149) and the name
Kamalakanta mentioned in the Madhya-lila (10.94) both refer to the same man.
Kamalakanta, a very confidential servant of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu born in a
brahmana family, engaged in the service of Sri Advaita Acarya as His secretary.
When Paramananda Puri went from Navadvipa to Jagannatha Puri, he took
Kamalakanta Visvasa with him, and they both went to see Lord Caitanya at
Jagannatha Puri. It is mentioned in the Madhya-lilad (10.94) that one of the devotees
of Lord Caitanya, a brdhmana, Kamalakanta, went with Paramananda Puri to
Jagannatha Puri.

TEXT 29

Teriscm cScel ws fae finfew |
ROCs Att firey HST al aot
