CC Adi 11.32 (1975)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 32
- maheśa paṇḍita--vrajera udāra gopāla
- ḍhakkā-vādye nṛtya kare preme mātoyāla
SYNONYMS
maheśa paṇḍita—of the name Maheśa Paṇḍita; vrajera—of Vṛndāvana; udāra—very liberal; gopāla—cowherd boy; ḍhakkā-vādye—with the beating of a kettledrum; nṛtya kare—used to dance; preme—in love; mātoyāla—as if a madman.
TRANSLATION
Maheśa Paṇḍita, the seventh of the twelve gopālas, was very liberal. In great love of Kṛṣṇa he danced to the beating of a kettledrum like a madman.
PURPORT
The village of Maheśa Paṇḍita, which is known as Pālapāḍā, is situated in the district of Nadia within a forest about one mile south of the Cākadaha railway station. The Ganges flows nearby. It is said that formerly Maheśa Paṇḍita lived on the eastern side of Jirāṭ in the village known as Masipura or Yaśīpura, and when Masipura merged into the riverbed of the Ganges, the Deities there were brought to Pālapāḍā, wh ich is situated in the midst of various villages such as Beleḍāṅgā, Berigrāma, Sukhasāgara, Cānduḍe and Manasāpotā. (There are about fourteen villages, and the entire neighborhood is known as Pāñcanagara Paragaṇā.) It is mentioned that Maheśa Paṇḍita joined the festival performed by Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu at Pāṇihāṭī. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura also joined in the festival, and Maheśa Paṇḍita saw him on that occasion. In the temple of Maheśa Paṇḍita there are Deities of Gaura-Nityānanda, Śrī Gopīnātha, Śrī Madana-mohana and Rādhā-Govinda, as well as a śālagrāma-śilā.