TEXT 15
bada sakha,--gadadhara pandita-gosani
tenho laksmi-rupa, tanra sama keha nai
SYNONYMS
bada sakhabig branch; gadadhara pandita-gosanithe descendants or disciplic succession of Gadadhara Pandita; tenhoGadadhara Pandita; laksmi-rupaincarnation of the pleasure potency of Lord Krsna; tanrahis; samaequal; kehaanyone; naithere is none.
TRANSLATION
Gadadhara Pandita, the fourth branch, is described as an incarnation of the pleasure potency of Sri Krsna. No one, therefore, can equal him.
PURPORT
In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verses 147 through 153, it is stated: "The pleasure potency of Sri Krsna formerly known as Vrndavanesvari is now personified in the form of Sri Gadadhara Pandita in the pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu." Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami has pointed out that in the shape of Laksmi, the pleasure potency of Krsna, she was formerly very dear to the Lord as Syamasundara-vallabha. The same Syamasundara-vallabha is now present as Gadadhara Pandita. Formerly, as Lalita-sakhi, she was always devoted to Srimati Radharani. In the Twelfth Chapter of this part of the Caitanya-caritamrta there is a description of the descendants or disciplic succession of Gadadhara Pandita.
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