CC Adi 12.56
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 12: The Expansions of Advaita Acārya and Gadādhara Paṇḍita
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 56
- śrī-yadunandanācārya—advaitera śākhā
- tāṅra śākhā-upaśākhāra nāhi haya lekhā
SYNONYMS
śrī-yadunandana-ācārya — Śrī Yadunandana Ācārya; advaitera — of Advaita Ācārya; śākhā — branch; tāṅra — his; śākhā — branches; upaśākhāra — subbranches; nāhi — not; haya — there is; lekhā — writing.
TRANSLATION
The fifth branch of Advaita Ācārya was Śrī Yadunandana Ācārya, who had so many branches and subbranches that it is impossible to write of them.
PURPORT
Yadunandana Ācārya was the official initiator spiritual master of Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī. In other words, when Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī was a householder, Yadunandana Ācārya initiated him at home. Later Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī took shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī.