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TEXT 42
acarya vaisnavananda bhakti-adhikari
purve nama chila yanra 'raghunatha puri'
SYNONYMS
acaryateacher; vaisnavanandaof the name Vaisnavananda; bhaktidevotional service; adhikarifit candidate; purvepreviously; namaname; chilawas; yanrawhose; raghunatha puriof 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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