Ādi 10.115

TEXT 115
 
TEXT
গোবিন্দ, মাধব, বাসুদেব,-তিন ভাই ।
যাঁ-সবার কীর্তনে নাচে চৈতন্য-নিতাই ॥ ১১৫ ॥
govinda, madhava, vasudeva-tina bhai
yaṅ-sabara kirtane nace caitanya-nitai
SYNONYMS
govinda-of the name Govinda; madhava-of the name Madhava; vasudeva-of the name Vasudeva; tina bhai-three brothers; yaṅ-sabara-all of whom; kirtane-in the performance of saṅkirtana; nace-dance; caitanya-nitai-Lord Caitanya and Nityananda Prabhu.
TRANSLATION
The three brothers Govinda, Madhava and Vasudeva were the eighty-second, eighty-third and eighty-fourth branches of the tree. Lord Caitanya and Nityananda used to dance in their kirtana performances.
PURPORT
The three brothers Govinda, Madhava and Vasudeva Ghosh all belonged to a kayastha family. Govinda established the Gopinatha temple in Agradvipa, where he resided. Madhava Ghosh was expert in performing kirtana. No one within this world could compete with him. He was known as the singer of Vrndavana and was very dear to Sri Nityananda Prabhu. It is said that when the three brothers performed saṅkirtana, immediately Lord Caitanya and Nityananda would dance in ecstasy. According to the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (188), the three brothers were formerly Kalavati, Rasollasa and Gunatuṅga, who recited the songs composed by Sri Visakha-gopi. The three brothers were among one of the seven parties that performed kirtana when Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu attended the Rathayatra festival at Jagannatha Puri. Vakresvara Pandita was the chief dancer in their party. This is vividly described in the Madhya-lila, Chapter Thirteen, verses 42 and 43.

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