Ādi 11.42

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আচার্য বৈষ্ণবানন্দ ভক্তি-অধিকারী ।
পূর্বে নাম ছিল যাঁর 'রঘুনাথ পুরী' ॥ ৪২ ॥

acarya vaisnavananda bhakti-adhikari

purve nama chila yaṅra 'raghunatha puri'

SYNONYMS

acarya-teacher; vaisnavananda-of the name Vaisnavananda; bhakti-devotional service; adhikari-fit candidate; purve-previously; nama-name; chila-was; yaṅra-whose; raghunatha puri-of the name Raghunatha Puri.

TRANSLATION

The twenty-seventh prominent devotee of Nityananda Prabhu was Acarya Vaisnavananda, a great personality in devotional service. He was formerly known as Raghunatha Puri.

PURPORT

In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verse 97, it is said that Raghunatha Puri was previously very powerful in the eight mystic successes. He was an incarnation of one of the successes.

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