Sri Vakreshvara Pandit Appearance Day
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vakreçvara paëòita—prabhura baòa priya bhåtya
eka-bhäve cabbiça prahara yäìra nåtya
SYNONYMS
vakreçvara paëòita—Vakreçvara Paëòita; prabhura—of the Lord; baòa—very; priya—dear; bhåtya—servant; eka-bhäve—continuously in the same ecstasy; cabbiça—twenty-four; prahara—a duration of time comprising three hours; yäìra—whose; nåtya—dancing.
TRANSLATION
Vakreçvara Paëòita, the fifth branch of the tree, was a very dear servant of Lord Caitanya’s. He could dance with constant ecstasy for seventy-two hours.
PURPORT
In the Gaura-gaëoddeça-dépikä (71) it is stated that Vakreçvara Paëòita was an incarnation of Aniruddha, one of the quadruple expansions of Viñëu (Väsudeva, Saìkarñaëa, Aniruddha and Pradyumna). He could dance wonderfully for seventy-two continuous hours. When Lord Caitanya Mahäprabhu played in dramatic performances in the house of Çréväsa Paëòita, Vakreçvara Paëòita was one of the chief dancers, and he danced continuously for that length of time. Çré Govinda däsa, an Oriyä devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahäprabhu, has described the life of Vakreçvara Paëòita in his book Gaura-kåñëodaya. There are many disciples of Vakreçvara Paëòita in Orissa, and they are known as Gauòéya Vaiñëavas although they are Oriyäs. Among these disciples are Çré Gopälaguru and his disciple Çré Dhyänacandra Gosvämé.
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