Text 58] Expansions of Advaita Acarya 33

SYNONYMS

vdsudeva dattera—of Vasudeva Datta; teho—he was; krpdra—of the mercy;
bhajana—competent to receive; sarva-bhave—in all respects; asriyache—took shelter;
caitanya-carana—of the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya.

TRANSLATION

Sri Yadunandana Acarya was a student of Vasudeva Datta, and he received all his
mercy. Therefore he could accept Lord Caitanya’s lotus feet, from all angles of
vision, as the supreme shelter.

PURPORT

The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipikd, verse 140, describes that Vasudeva Datta was for-
merly Madhuvrata, a singer in Vrndavana.

TEXT 58

Sitas org, aia faparrwers |
Baie VSTs, GA BAB SiSyg ev ti

bhagavatacarya, Gra visnudasacarya
cakrapani acarya, Gra ananta dcarya

SYNONYMS

bhdgavatacarya—of the name Bhagavata Acarya; dra—and; visnudasdcarya—of the
name Visnudasa Acarya; cakrapdani dGcarya—of the name Cakrapani Acarya; ara—and;
ananta dcarya—of the name Ananta Acarya.

TRANSLATION

Bhagavata Acarya, Visnudasa Acarya, Cakrapani Acarya and Ananta Acarya were
the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth branches of Advaita Acarya.

PURPORT

In his Anubhdsya Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatt Gosvami Prabhupada says that
Bhagavata Acarya was formerly among the followers of Advaita Acarya but was later
counted among the followers of Gadadhara Pandita. The sixth verse of Sakhd-
nirnayamrta, abook written by Yadunandana dasa, states that Bhagavata Acarya com-
piled a famous book of the name Prema-tarangin’. According to the Gaura-ganoddesa-
dipika, verse 195, Bhagavata Acarya formerly lived in Vcndavana as Sveta-majijari.
Visnudasa Acarya was present during the Khetari-mahotsava. He went there with
Acyutananda, as stated in the Bhakti-ratndkara, Tenth Taranga. Ananta Acarya was
one of the eight principal gopis. His former name was Sudevi. Although he was
