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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.18
নদীয়া-নিবাসী, বিশারদের জামাতা ।
মহাপ্রভুর ভক্ত তেঁহো প্রভুতত্ত্বজ্ঞাতা ॥ ১৮ ॥
nadīyā-nivāsī, viśāradera jāmātā
mahāprabhura bhakta teṅho prabhu-tattva-jñātā
Gopīnātha Ācārya was a resident of Nadia, the son-in-law of Viśārada and a devotee of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He knew the true identity of His Lordship.
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Gopīnātha Ācārya was a resident of Nadia and a devotee of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He knew the true identity of His Lordship.
He was the son-in-law of Maheśvara Viśārada, who was a classmate of Nīlāmbara Cakravartī.
Maheśvara Viśārada lived in Vidyānagara in the Nadia district. His two sons were Madhusūdana Vācaspati and Vāsudeva Sārvabhauma.
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Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Meanwhile, Gopīnātha Ācārya, the brother-in-law of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, met Mukunda Datta and talked to him about Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s acceptance of sannyāsa and His journey to Jagannātha Purī. After hearing about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s fainting and His being carried to the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, people crowded there to see the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gopīnātha”
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What stands out to me about Gopīnātha Ācārya’s relationship with Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Write down the two details about Gopīnātha Ācārya’s devotion and knowledge of the Lord.
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