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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter 10: The Trunk, Branches and Subbranches of the Caitanya Tree

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 76

gopīnātha siṁha—eka caitanyera dāsa
akrūra bali’ prabhu yāṅre kailā parihāsa

SYNONYMS

gopīnātha siṁha—Gopīnātha Siṁha; eka—one; caitanyera dāsa—servant of Lord Caitanya; akrūra bali’—famous as Akrūra; prabhu—the Lord; yāṅre—whom; kaila—did; parihāsa—joking.

TRANSLATION

Gopīnātha Siṁha, the thirty-eighth branch of the tree, was a faithful servant of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The Lord jokingly addressed him as Akrūra.

PURPORT

Actually he was Akrūra, as stated in text 117 of the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā.