Text 56] The Advent of Lord Caitanya 831

SYNONYMS

dge—first of all; avatdri/a—allowed to descend; ye ye—ail those; guru-parivara—
family of spiritual masters; sarksepe—in brief; Rahive—| describe; kahd—to describe;
né—not; ydya—possible; vistara—expansively.

TRANSLATION

Lord Krsna therefore first allowed His family of superiors to descend on the
earth. | shall try to describe them in brief because it is not possible to describe them
fully.

TEXTS 54-55

Sapi-wsia, Baayz |

coma Stas), cia Sleraa YH ii cs
SUS SBS, Bia mHfos Hair |
wiry, fawifafe, sa afta nce i

$r¥-Saci-jagannatha, sri-madhava puri
keSava bharati, dra $ri-isvara purt

advaita acarya, ara pandite srivasa
dcoryaratna, vidyanidhi, thakura hariddsa

SYNONYMS

$ri-Sac¥-jagannatha—Srimati Sacidevi and Jagannatha Misra; $7-madhava puri—Srt
Madhavendra Puri; kesava bharati—of the name Kesava Bharati; dra—and; $ri-$vara
puri— of the name Sri Isvara Puri; advoita acarya—of the name Advaita Acarya; Gra—
and; pandita srivasa—of the name Srivasa Pandita; Gcérya-ratna—of the name
Acaryaratna; vidyanidhi—of the name Vidyanidhi; th@kura haridasa—of the name
Thakura Haridasa.

TRANSLATION

Lord Sri Krsna, before appearing as Lord Caitanya, requested these devotees to
precede Him: Sri Sacidevi, Jagannatha Misra, Madhavendra Puri, Kesava Bharati,
isvara Puri, Advaita Acarya, Srivasa Pandita, Acaryaratna, Vidyanidhi and Thakura
Haridasa.

TEXT 56

Gai-faarn Adcienfae-are |
CAMS, AHS, Vay, AHBA-Liata cy tl
