CC Madhya 18.49
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 49
- saṅge gopāla-bhaṭṭa, dāsa-raghunātha
- raghunātha-bhaṭṭa-gosāñi, āra lokanātha
SYNONYMS
saṅge — with Rūpa Gosvāmī; gopāla-bhaṭṭa — Gopāla Bhaṭṭa; dāsa-raghunātha — Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī; raghunātha-bhaṭṭa-gosāñi — Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī; āra — and; lokanātha — Lokanātha dāsa Gosvāmī.
TRANSLATION
When Rūpa Gosvāmī stayed at Mathurā, he was accompanied by Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī and Lokanātha dāsa Gosvāmī.
PURPORT
Śrī Lokanātha Gosvāmī was a personal associate of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and a great devotee of the Lord. He was a resident of a village named Tālakhaḍi in the district of Yaśohara (Jessore), in Bengal. Previously he lived in Kācnāpāḍā. His father’s name was Padmanābha, and his only sibling was a younger brother named Pragalbha. Following the orders of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrī Lokanātha went to Vṛndāvana to live. He established a temple named Gokulānanda. Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura selected Lokanātha dāsa Gosvāmī to be his spiritual master, and Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura was his only disciple. Because Lokanātha dāsa Gosvāmī did not want his name mentioned in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, we do not often see it in this celebrated book. On the E.B.R. Railroad, the Yaśohara station is located in Bangladesh. From the railway station one has to go by bus to the village of Sonākhāli and from there to Khejurā. From there one has to walk or, during the rainy season, go by boat to the village of Tālakhaḍi. In this village there are still descendants of Lokanātha Gosvāmī’s younger brother.