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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 10.46
প্রহররাজ মহাপাত্র ইঁহ মহামতি ।
পরমানন্দ মহাপাত্র ইঁহার সংহতি ॥ ৪৬ ॥
prahararāja mahāpātra iṅha mahā-mati
paramānanda mahāpātra iṅhāra saṁhati
“This is Paramānanda Prahararāja, who is also known as Mahāpātra. He is very, very intelligent.
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Paramānanda Prahararāja, also known as Mahāpātra, is described as very, very intelligent.
Prahararāja is a designation for a brāhmaṇa who represents the king while the throne is vacant. In Orissa, this representative sits on the throne between a king’s death and another king’s enthronement.
The Prahararāja is generally selected from a family of priests close to the king. During Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s time, this representative was Paramānanda Prahararāja.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Relief and affectionate reunion. Devotees gather as the Lord returns; separation is temporarily relieved.
The mood of Madhya 10 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:
At this time Paramānanda Purī was at Navadvīpa, and immediately upon hearing news of the Lord’s return, he started for Jagannātha Purī accompanied by a brāhmaṇa named Kamalākānta. Puruṣottama Bhaṭṭācārya, a resident of Navadvīpa, was educated at Vārāṇasī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 10
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