Verse 1.11.96

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.11.96:

মাস-কত গোপীনাথ আচার্যের ঘরে রহিলা ঈশ্বর-পুরী নবদ্বীপ-পুরে ॥ ৯৬ ॥

मास-कत गोपीनाथ आचार्येर घरे रहिला ईश्वर-पुरी नवद्वीप-पुरे ॥ ९६ ॥

māsa-kata gopīnātha ācāryera ghare rahilā īśvara-purī navadvīpa-pure || 96 ||

masa-kata gopinatha acaryera ghare rahila isvara-puri navadvipa-pure (96)

English translation:

(96) Īśvara Purī stayed for a few months in Navadvīpa at the home of Śrī Gopīnātha Ācārya.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Gopīnātha Ācārya was a resident of Navadvīpa, the son-in-law of Maheśvara Viśārada, who lived in Vidyānagara, and the brother-in-law of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and Madhusūdana Vācaspati. In the opinion of some, he was the incarnation of Lord Brahmā. As described in Gaura- gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (75):

gopīnāthācārya-nāmā brahmā jñeyo jagat-patiḥ nava-vyūhe tu gaṇito yas tantre tantra vidibhiḥ

“Gopīnātha Ācārya was the incarnation of Lord Brahmā, the creator of the universe. He was one of the Nava Vyuhas and a knower of the Tantras.” In the opinion of others, he was Ratnāvalī-sakhī of Vraja. As

stated in the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (178):

purā prāṇa-sakhī yāsīn nāmnā ratnāvalī vraje gopīnāthākhyakācāryo nirmalatvena viśrutaḥ

“Ratnāvalī, the prāṇa-sakhī of Vraja, has now appeared as the pure, learned Gopīnātha Ācārya.” Since Purīpāda came in the disciplic succession of the senior Vaiṣṇava Śrī Madhva Muni, he is included in the Brahma-sampradāya, which is one of the four authorized sampradāyas.

As a subordinate Vaiṣṇava lives in the home of his guru, Purīpāda lived a few months in Navadvīpa in the house of Gopīnātha Bhaṭṭācārya, the incarnation of Lord Brahmā.