CC Adi 13.74 (1975)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 74
- tabe putra janamilā 'viśvarūpa' nāma
- mahā-guṇavān teṅha--'baladeva'-dhāma
SYNONYMS
tabe—thereafter; putra—son; janamilā—took birth; viśvarūpa—Viśvarūpa; nāma—named; mahā-guṇavān—highly qualified; teṅha—He; baladeva—of Lord Baladeva; dhāma—incarnation.
TRANSLATION
After this, Jagannātha Miśra got a son of the name Viśvarūpa, who was most powerful and highly qualified because He was an incarnation of Baladeva.
PURPORT
Viśvarūpa was the elder brother of Gaurahari, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. When arrangements were being made for His marriage, He took sannyāsa and left home. He took the sannyāsa name of Śaṅkarāraṇya. In 1431 Śakābda Era (A.D. 1510), He disappeared in Pāṇḍerapura in the district of Sholapur. As an incarnation of Saṅkarṣaṇa, He is both the ingredient and immediate cause of the creation of this material world. He is nondifferent from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, as aṁśa and aṁśī, or the part and the whole, are not different. He belongs to the quadruple manifestation of catur-vyūha as an incarnation of Saṅkarṣaṇa. In the Gaura-candrodaya it is said that Viśvarūpa, after His so-called demise, remained mixed within Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu.