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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.86
শ্রীহর্ষ, রঘুমিশ্র, পণ্ডিত লক্ষ্মীনাথ ।
বঙ্গবাটী–চৈতন্যদাস, শ্রীরঘুনাথ ॥ ৮৬ ॥
śrīharṣa, raghu-miśra, paṇḍita lakṣmīnātha
baṅgavāṭī-caitanya-dāsa, śrī-raghunātha
The twenty-third branch was Śrīharṣa; the twenty-fourth, Raghu Miśra; the twenty-fifth, Lakṣmīnātha Paṇḍita; the twenty-sixth, Baṅgavāṭī Caitanya dāsa; and the twenty-seventh, Raghunātha.
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The translation names Śrīharṣa, Raghu Miśra, Lakṣmīnātha Paṇḍita, Baṅgavāṭī Caitanya dāsa, and Raghunātha as the twenty-third through twenty-seventh branches.
The Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā identifies Raghu Miśra as Karpūra-mañjarī, Lakṣmīnātha Paṇḍita as Rasonmādā, Baṅgavāṭī Caitanya dāsa as Kālī, and Raghunātha as Varāṅgadā.
The Śākhā-nirṇaya states that Baṅgavāṭī Caitanya dāsa was always seen with eyes full of tears. His descendants included Lālamohana, a great merchant in Dacca.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Loyalty and discernment. The narrative distinguishes fidelity to the ācārya from deviation.
The mood of Ādi 12 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Kamalākānta Viśvāsa was then purified by the request of Śrī Advaita Ācārya. After describing the descendants of Advaita Ācārya, the chapter concludes by describing the followers of Gadādhara Paṇḍita Gosvāmī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 12
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In this verse: “branch”, “branches”
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