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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter 12: The Expansions of Advaita Acārya and Gadādhara Paṇḍita

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 80

śākhā-śreṣṭha dhruvānanda, śrīdhara brahmacārī
bhāgavatācārya, haridāsa brahmacārī

SYNONYMS

śākhā-śreṣṭha—the chief branch; dhruvānanda—Dhruvānanda; śrīdhara brahmacārī—Śrīdhara Brahmacārī; bhāgavatācārya—Bhāgavata Ācārya; haridāsa brahmacārī—Haridāsa Brahmacārī.

TRANSLATION

The chief branches of Śrī Gadādhara Paṇḍita were (1) Śrī Dhruvānanda, (2) Śrīdhara Brahmacārī, (3) Haridāsa Brahmacārī and (4) Bhāgavata Ācārya.

PURPORT

Text 152 of the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā describes Śrī Dhruvānanda Brahmacārī as an incarnation of Lalitā, and texts 194 and 199 describe Śrīdhara Brahmacārī as the gopī known as Candralatikā.