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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.56
শ্রীহট্ট–নিবাসী শ্রীউপেন্দ্ৰমিশ্র–নাম ।
বৈষ্ণব, পণ্ডিত, ধনী, সদ্গুণ–প্রধান ॥ ৫৬ ॥
śrīhaṭṭa-nivāsī śrī-upendra-miśra-nāma
vaiṣṇava, paṇḍita, dhanī, sad-guṇa-pradhāna
There was also Śrī Upendra Miśra, a resident of the district of Śrīhaṭṭa. He was a great devotee of Lord Viṣṇu, a learned scholar, a rich man and a reservoir of all good qualities.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Upendra Miśra was a great devotee of Lord Viṣṇu, a learned scholar, a rich man and a reservoir of all good qualities.
The purport identifies him as the gopāla named Parjanya, formerly the grandfather of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Appearing as Upendra Miśra, he begot seven sons.
He lived in Dhākā-dakṣiṇa-grāma in the district of Śrīhaṭṭa. The purport notes that many residents of that area still identify themselves as belonging to the Miśra family of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Jubilation and hope. The Lord appears in Navadvīpa; the theological promise becomes a lived story.
The mood of Ādi 13 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:
A learned brāhmaṇa named Upendra Miśra, who resided in the district of Śrīhaṭṭa, was the father of Jagannātha Miśra, who came to Navadvīpa to study under the direction of Nīlāmbara Cakravartī and then settled there after marrying Nīlāmbara Cakravartī’s daughter, Śacīdevī. Śrī Śacīdevī gave birth to eight children, all daughters, who died one after another immediately after birth.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 13
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