CC Adi 11.42 (1975)
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 42
- ācārya vaiṣṇavānanda bhakti-adhikārī
- pūrve nāma chila yāṅra ‘raghunātha purī’
SYNONYMS
ācārya—teacher; vaiṣṇavānanda—Vaiṣṇavānanda; bhakti—devotional service; adhikārī—fit candidate; pūrve—previously; nāma—name; chila—was; yāṅra—whose; raghunātha purī—Raghunātha Purī.
TRANSLATION
The twenty-seventh prominent devotee of Nityānanda Prabhu was Ācārya Vaiṣṇavānanda, a great personality in devotional service. He was formerly known as Raghunātha Purī.
PURPORT
In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (97) it is said that Raghunātha Purī was previously very powerful in the eight mystic successes. He was an incarnation of one of the successes.