Ādi 17.301

TEXT 301

TEXT

পণ্ডিত-গোসাঞি আদি যাঁর যেই রস ।
সেই সেই রসে প্রভু হন তাঁর বশ ॥ ৩০১ ॥

pandita-gosani adi yaṅra yei rasa

sei sei rase prabhu hana taṅra vasa

SYNONYMS

pandita-gosani-Gadadhara Pandita; adi-headed by; yaṅra-whose; yei-whatever; rasa-transcendental mellow; sei sei-that respective; rase-by the mellow; prabhu-the Lord; hana-is; taṅra-his; vasa-under control.

TRANSLATION

Personal associates like Gadadhara, Svarupa Damodara, Ramananda Raya, and the six Gosvamis (headed by Rupa Gosvami) are all situated in their respective transcendental humors. Thus the Lord submits to various transcendentally mellow positions.

PURPORT

In verses 296 through 301 the emotional devoted service of Sri Nityananda and Sri Advaita Prabhu has been fully described. Describing such individual service, the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verses 11 through 16, declares that although Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared as a devotee, He is none other than the son of Nanda Maharaja. Similarly, although Sri Nityananda Prabhu appeared as Lord Caitanya's assistant, He is none other than Baladeva, the carrier of the plow. Advaita Acarya is the incarnation of Sadasiva from the spiritual world. All the devotees headed by Srivasa Thakura are His marginal energy, whereas the devotees headed by Gadadhara Pandita are manifestations of His internal potency.

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Advaita Prabhu and Nityananda Prabhu all belong to the visnu-tattva category. Because Lord Caitanya is an ocean of mercy, He is addressed as mahaprabhu, whereas Nityananda and Advaita, being two great personalities who assist Lord Caitanya, are addressed as prabhu. Thus there are two prabhus and one mahaprabhu. Gadadhara Gosvami is a representative of a perfect brahmana spiritual master. Srivasa Thakura represents a perfect brahmana devotee. These five are known as the Panca-tattva.

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