Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 1.263

tabe ta' vallabha bhaṭṭa prabhure mililā

kṛṣṇa-nāmera artha prabhu tāńhāre kahilā

SYNONYMS

tabe ta' — thereafter; vallabha bhaṭṭa — Vallabha Bhaṭṭa; prabhure — Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; mililā — met; kṛṣṇa-nāmera — of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa; artha — import; prabhu — the Lord; tāńhāre — unto him; kahilā — explained.

TRANSLATION

Soon afterward, Vallabha Bhaṭṭa met the Lord at Jagannātha Purī, and the Lord explained to him the import of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.

PURPORT

Vallabha Bhaṭṭa is the head of the Vaiṣṇava sampradāya known as the Vallabhācārya-sampradāya in western India. There is a long story about Vallabha Ācārya narrated in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, specifically in the Seventh Chapter of the Antya-līlā and the Nineteenth Chapter of the Madhya-līlā. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the house of Vallabha Ācārya on the other side of Prayāga, in a place known as Āḍāila-grāma. Later, Vallabha Bhaṭṭa saw Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī to explain his commentary on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. He was very proud of his writings, but Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu corrected him, telling him that a Vaiṣṇava should be humble and follow in the footsteps of his predecessors. The Lord told him that his pride in being superior to Śrīdhara Svāmī was not at all befitting a Vaiṣṇava.

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