CC Antya 13.92
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 92
- sarva-śāstre pravīṇa, kāvya-prakāśa-adhyāpaka
- parama-vaiṣṇava, raghunātha-upāsaka
SYNONYMS
sarva-śāstre — in all revealed scriptures; pravīṇa — very learned scholar; kāvya-prakāśa — of the famous book Kāvya-prakāśa; adhyāpaka — a teacher; parama-vaiṣṇava — highly advanced devotee; raghunātha-upāsaka — worshiper of Lord Rāmacandra.
TRANSLATION
Rāmadāsa Viśvāsa was very learned in all the revealed scriptures. He was a teacher of the famous book Kāvya-prakāśa and was known as an advanced devotee and worshiper of Raghunātha [Lord Rāmacandra].
PURPORT
Commenting on the word parama-vaiṣṇava, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says that anyone who desires to merge into the existence of the Lord cannot be a pure Vaiṣṇava, but because Rāmadāsa Viśvāsa was a great devotee of Lord Rāmacandra, he was almost a Vaiṣṇava. In those days, no one could distinguish between a pure Vaiṣṇava and a pseudo Vaiṣṇava. Therefore Rāmadāsa Viśvāsa was known as a Vaiṣṇava because he worshiped Lord Rāmacandra.