Verse 1.7.73

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.7.73:

জগতে বিদিত নাম ‘শ্রী-শঙ্করারণ্য’ চলিলা অনন্ত-পথে বৈষ্ণবাগ্রগণ্য ॥ ৭৩ ॥

जगते विदित नाम ‘श्री-शङ्करारण्य’ चलिला अनन्त-पथे वैष्णवाग्रगण्य ॥ ७३ ॥

jagate vidita nāma ‘śrī-śaṅkarāraṇya’ calilā ananta-pathe vaiṣṇavāgragaṇya || 73 ||

jagate vidita nama ‘sri-sankararanya’ calila ananta-pathe vaisnavagraganya (73)

English translation:

(73) He then became known throughout the world as “Śrī Śaṅkarāraṇya.” As He traversed the path of devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa, He became celebrated as the topmost Vaiṣṇava.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Viśvarūpa accepted sannyāsa in the Śrī Śaṅkara-sampradāya and became famous by the name Śrī Śaṅkarāraṇya. At that time there were ten names for sannyāsīs being used in the Śaṅkara-sampradāya. The name Araṇya is one of those ten names. These ten names for sannyāsīs were previously used in the Viṣṇusvāmī-sampradāya. After these Viṣṇusvāmī sannyāsīs had a quarrel with the ekadaṇḍi-sannyāsīs from the Śivasvāmi- sampradāya, they entered into the Śaṅkara-sampradāya. In the original Viṣṇusvāmī-sampradāya, however, there were 108 names used for sannyāsīs. By the influence of the Śivasvāmi-sampradāya, the Vedic sannyāsī names were reduced to ten after the time of Śaṅkarācārya.

After traveling throughout the country, Śrī Śaṅkarāraṇya arrived at Pāṇḍarapura, in the district of Sholapur, near Bombay, and took samādhi on the bank of the Bhīmā River. It is said that Śrī Śaṅkarāraṇya, the king of sannyāsīs, entered the Deity of Śrī Viṭhṭhalanātha, or Śrī Viṭhobā.

While traveling to South India many years later (in 1511), Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to Pāṇḍarapura and heard from Śrī Raṅga Purī about Śrī Viśvarūpa’s disappearance. At that time Pāṇḍarapura was a famous place of pilgrimage and populated by many sadhus and Vaiṣṇavas.