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TEXT 48
tabe rupa gosani saba nija-gana lana
eka-masa darasana kaila mathuraya rahiya
SYNONYMS
tabethereupon; rupa gosaniSrila Rupa Gosvami; sabaall; nija-gana lanataking his associates with him; eka-masafor one month; darasana kailasaw the Deity; mathuraya rahiyastaying at the city of Mathura.
TRANSLATION
PURPORT
The following description of the temple of Viththalesvara is given in Bhakti-ratnakara (Fifth Wave):
viththalera seva krsna-caitanya-vigraha
tahara darsane haila parama agraha sri-viththalanatha--bhatta-vallabha-tanaya
karila yateka priti kahile na haya gatholi-grame gopala aila 'chala' kari'
tanre dekhi' nrtya-gite magna gaurahari sri-dasa-gosvami adi paramarsa kari'
sri-viththalesvare kaila seva-adhikari pita sri-vallabha-bhatta tanra adarsane
kata-dina mathuraya chilena nirjane Sri Vallabha Bhatta had two sons. The elder, Gopinatha, was born in 1432 Sakabda Era, and the younger, Viththalanatha, was born in 1437 and died in 1507. Viththala had seven sons: Giridhara, Govinda, Balakrsna, Gokulesa, Raghunatha, Yadunatha and Ghanasyama. Viththala completed many of his father's unfinished books, including his commentary on Vedanta-sutra, the Subodhini commentary on Srimad-Bhagavatam, Vidvan-mandana, Srngara-rasa-mandana and Nyasadesa-vivarana. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to Vrndavana before the birth of Viththala. Srila Rupa Gosvami was very old at the time Gopala stayed at the house of Viththalanatha.
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