Text 161] Lord Caitanya Meets Raghunatha dasa Gosvami 273

SYNONYMS

ei-mata—in this way; cintite—while he was thinking; daive—by chance; eka-
dine—one day; bahire—outside the house; devi-mandape—on the Durga plat-
form; kariyachena sayane—was sleeping; danda-cari—four dandas (ninety-six
minutes); ratri—night; yabe—when; ache avasesa—there remained; yadunan-
dana-acarya—the priest of the name Yadunandana Acarya; tabe—then; karila
pravesa—entered.

TRANSLATION

Thus Raghunatha dasa thought deeply about how to escape, and one night
while he was sleeping on the Durga-mandapa, the priest Yadunandana Acarya
entered the house when only four dandas remained until the end of the night.

TEXT 161
AACHA-KCSA CSS BH ‘AIRS’ |
TYJAUCAT “OH” CSTR AH “ACATRS’ wd

vasudeva-dattera tenpha haya ‘anugrhita’
raghunathera ‘guru’ tenho haya ‘purohita’

SYNONYMS

vasudeva-dattera—of Vasudeva Datta; tepha—he; haya anugrhita—was given
the mercy; raghunathera—of Raghunatha dasa; guru—the spiritual master;
tehho—he; haya—was; purohita—the priest.

TRANSLATION

Yadunandana Acarya was the priest and spiritual master of Raghunatha
dasa. Although born in a brahmana family, he had accepted the mercy of
Vasudeva Datta.

PURPORT

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments that although the atheists
who have deviated from the order of Sri Advaita Acarya introduce themselves as
followers of Advaita Acarya, they do not accept Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna. Yadunandana Acarya, one of the most
confidential followers of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, was the initiated disciple of
Advaita Acarya. He was not polluted by sentimental distinctions classifying
Vaisnavas according to birth. Therefore although Vasudeva Datta had not been
born in a brahmana family, Yadunandana Acarya accepted Vasudeva Datta as his
spiritual master.
