Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 10.17

vakreśvara paṇḍita — prabhura baḍa priya bhṛtya

eka-bhāve cabbiśa prahara yāńra nṛtya

SYNONYMS

vakreśvara paṇḍita — Vakreśvara Paṇḍita; prabhura — of the Lord; baḍa — very; priya — dear; bhṛtya — servant; eka-bhāve — continuously in the same ecstasy; cabbiśa — twenty-four; prahara — a duration of time comprising three hours; yāńra — whose; nṛtya — dancing.

TRANSLATION

Vakreśvara Paṇḍita, the fifth branch of the tree, was a very dear servant of Lord Caitanya's. He could dance with constant ecstasy for seventy-two hours.

PURPORT

In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (71) it is stated that Vakreśvara Paṇḍita was an incarnation of Aniruddha, one of the quadruple expansions of Viṣṇu (Vāsudeva, Sańkarṣaṇa, Aniruddha and Pradyumna). He could dance wonderfully for seventy-two continuous hours. When Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu played in dramatic performances in the house of Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita, Vakreśvara Paṇḍita was one of the chief dancers, and he danced continuously for that length of time. Śrī Govinda dāsa, an Oriyā devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, has described the life of Vakreśvara Paṇḍita in his book Gaura-kṛṣṇodaya. There are many disciples of Vakreśvara Paṇḍita in Orissa, and they are known as Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas although they are Oriyās. Among these disciples are Śrī Gopālaguru and his disciple Śrī Dhyānacandra Gosvāmī.

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