CC Adi 12.58 (1975)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 58
- bhāgavatācārya, āra viṣṇudāsācārya
- cakrapāṇi ācārya, āra ananta ācārya
SYNONYMS
bhāgavata-ācārya—of the name Bhāgavata Ācārya; āra—and; viṣṇudāsa-ācārya—of the name Viṣṇudāsa Ācārya; cakrapāṇi ācārya—of the name Cakrapāṇi Ācārya; āra—and; ananta ācārya—of the name Ananta Ācārya.
TRANSLATION
Bhāgavata Ācārya, Viṣṇudāsa Ācārya, Cakrapāṇi Ācārya and Ananta Ācārya were the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth branches of Advaita Ācārya.
PURPORT
In his Anubhāṣya Śrī Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Prabhupāda says that Bhāgavata Ācārya was formerly among the followers of Advaita Ācārya but was later counted among the followers of Gadādhara Paṇḍita. The sixth verse of Śākhā-nirṇayāmṛta, a book written by Yadunandana dāsa, states that Bhāgavata Ācārya compiled a famous book of the name Prema-taraṅgiṇī. According to the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā, verse 195, Bhāgavata Ācārya formerly lived in Vṛndāvana as Śveta-mañjarī. Viṣṇudāsa Ācārya was present during the Khetari-mahotsava. He went there with Acyutānanda, as stated in the Bhakti-ratnākara, Tenth Taraṅga. Ananta Ācārya was one of the eight principal gopīs. His former name was Sudevī. Although he was among Advaita Ācārya's followers, he later became an important devotee of Gadādhara Gosvāmī.