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| Ādi-līlā | Chapter 10: The Trunk, Branches and Subbranches of the Caitanya Tree |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 10.76
gopīnātha siḿha — eka caitanyera dāsa
akrūra bali' prabhu yāńre kailā parihāsa
SYNONYMS
gopīnātha siḿha — Gopīnātha Siḿha; eka — one; caitanyera dāsa — servant of Lord Caitanya; akrūra bali' — famous as Akrūra; prabhu — the Lord; yāńre — whom; kaila — did; parihāsa — joking.
TRANSLATION
Gopīnātha Siḿha, the thirty-eighth branch of the tree, was a faithful servant of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The Lord jokingly addressed him as Akrūra.
PURPORT
Actually he was Akrūra, as stated in text 117 of the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness