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CC Madhya 6.18

Bengali

নদীয়া-নিবাসী, বিশারদের জামাতা ।
মহাপ্রভুর ভক্ত তেঁহো প্রভুতত্ত্বজ্ঞাতা ॥ ১৮ ॥

Text

nadīyā-nivāsī, viśāradera jāmātā
mahāprabhura bhakta teṅho prabhu-tattva-jñātā

Synonyms

nadīyā-nivāsī — an inhabitant of Nadia; viśāradera — of Viśārada; jāmātā — the son-in-law; mahāprabhura bhakta — a devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; teṅho — he; prabhu-tattva-jñātā — a knower of the true identity of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Translation

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.

Purport

Maheśvara Viśārada was a classmate of Nīlāmbara Cakravartī’s. He lived in the Nadia, district in a village called Vidyānagara, and had two sons named Madhusūdana Vācaspati and Vāsudeva Sārvabhauma. His son-in-law was Gopīnātha Ācārya.