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CC 2.20.141

eka eka paricchedera kathā--aneka-prakāra



mukhya-mukhya kahiluṅ, kathā nā yāya vistāra
eka eka paricchedera-of every chapter; kathā-description; aneka-prakāra-different varieties; mukhya-mukhya kahiluṅ-I have repeated only the principal ones; kathā-discussions; nā yāya-not possible; vistāra-expansion.
In every chapter there are various topics, but I have selected only those that are principal, for not all of them could be described again. TEXTS 142-143 śrī-rādhā-saha 'śrī-madana-mohana' śrī-rādhā-saha 'śrī-govinda'-caraṇa śrī-rādhā-saha śrīla 'śrī-gopīnātha' ei tina ṭhākura haya 'gauḍiyāra nātha' SYNONYMS *śrī*-rādhā-saha-with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; *śrī-madana-mohana*-the Deity Madana-mohanajī; *śrī*-rādhā-saha-with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; *śrī-govinda-caraṇa*-the lotus feet of Śrī Govindajī; *śrī*-rādhā-saha-with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; *śrīla śrī-gopīnātha*-the all-beautiful and opulent Gopīnāthajī; *ei tina*-all these three; *ṭhākura*-Deities; *haya*-are; *gauḍiyāra nātha*-worshipable by all the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas. TRANSLATION The Vṛndāvana Deities of Madana-mohana with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Govinda with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, and Gopīnātha with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī are the life and soul of the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas. TEXTS 144-146 śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya, śrī-yuta nityānanda śrī-advaita-ācārya, śrī-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda śrī-svarūpa, śrī-rūpa, śrī-sanātana śrī-guru śrī-raghunātha, śrī-jīva-caraṇa nija-śire dhari' ei sabāra caraṇa yāhā haite haya saba vāñchita-pūraṇa SYNONYMS *śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya*-Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; *śrī-yuta nityānanda*-Lord Nityānanda; *śrī-advaita-ācārya*-Śrī Advaita Prabhu; *śrī-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda*-the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; *śrī*-svarūpa-Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī; *śrī-rūpa*-Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī; *śrī*-sanātana-Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī; *śrī-guru*-the spiritual master; *śrī*-raghunātha-Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī; *śrī-jīva-caraṇa*-the lotus feet of Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī; *nija-śire dhari'*-catching on my head; *ei sabāra caraṇa*-the lotus feet of all of them; *yāhā haite*-by which action; *haya*-there is; *saba*-all; *vāñchita-pūraṇa*-the fulfilling of desires. TRANSLATION So that my desires may be fulfilled, I place the lotus feet of these personalities on my head: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, with Lord Nityānanda, Advaita Ācārya and Their devotees, as well as Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, who is my spiritual master, and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī.

Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī was the instructing spiritual master of Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī and has therefore been described as śrī-guru.