Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 4.105

svarūpa-gosāñi — prabhura ati antarańga

tāhāte jānena prabhura e-saba prasańga

SYNONYMS

svarūpa-gosāñi — Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosāñi; prabhura — of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; ati — very; antarańga — confidential associate; tāhāte — by that; jānena — he knows; prabhura — of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; e-saba — all these; prasańga — topics.

TRANSLATION

Svarūpa Gosāñi is the most intimate associate of the Lord. He therefore knows all these topics well.

PURPORT

Prior to the Lord's acceptance of the renounced order, Purushottama Bhattācārya, a resident of Navadvīpa, desired to enter the renounced order of life. Therefore he left home and went to Benares, where he accepted the position of brahmacarya from a Māyāvādī sannyāsī. When he became a brahmacārī, he was given the name Śrī Dāmodara Svarūpa. He left Benares shortly thereafter, without taking sannyāsa, and he came to Nilācala, Jagannātha Purī, where Lord Caitanya was staying. He met Caitanya Mahāprabhu there and dedicated his life for the service of the Lord. He became Lord Caitanya's secretary and constant companion. He used to enhance the pleasure potency of the Lord by singing appropriate songs, which were very much appreciated. Svarūpa Dāmodara could understand the secret mission of Lord Caitanya, and it was by his grace only that all the devotees of Lord Caitanya could know the real purpose of the Lord.

Svarūpa Dāmodara has been identified as Lalitā-devī, the second expansion of Rādhārānī. However, text 160 of Kavi-karnapūra's authoritative Gaura-ganoddeśa-dīpikā describes Svarūpa Dāmodara as the same Viśākhā-devī who serves the Lord in Goloka Vrindāvana. Therefore it is to be understood that Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara is a direct expansion of Rādhārānī who helps the Lord experience the attitude of Rādhārānī.

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