Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 12.85

śrī-hari ācārya, sādi-puriyā gopāla

kṛṣṇadāsa brahmacārī, puṣpa-gopāla

SYNONYMS

śrī-hari ācārya — Śrī Hari Ācārya; sādi-puriyā gopāla — Sādipuriyā Gopāla; kṛṣṇadāsa brahmacārī — Kṛṣṇadāsa Brahmacārī; puṣpa-gopāla — Puṣpagopāla.

TRANSLATION

The nineteenth branch was Śrī Hari Ācārya; the twentieth, Sādipuriyā Gopāla; the twenty-first, Kṛṣṇadāsa Brahmacārī; and the twenty-second, Puṣpagopāla.

PURPORT

The Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (196 and 207) mentions that Hari Ācārya was formerly the gopī named Kālākṣī. Sādipuriyā Gopāla is celebrated as a preacher of the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement in Vikramapura, in East Bengal (now Bangladesh). Kṛṣṇadāsa Brahmacārī was formerly among the group of sakhīs known as the aṣṭa-sakhīs. His name was Indulekhā. Kṛṣṇadāsa Brahmacārī lived in Vṛndāvana. There is a tomb in the Rādhā-Dāmodara temple known as Kṛṣṇadāsa's tomb. Some say that this is the tomb of Kṛṣṇadāsa Brahmacārī, and others say it is that of Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī. In either case we offer our respects because both of them were expert in distributing love of Godhead to the fallen souls of this age. The Śākhā-nirṇaya mentions that Puṣpagopāla was formerly known as Svarṇagrāmaka.

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