CC Ādi 11.42
Bengali
আচার্য বৈষ্ণবানন্দ ভক্তি–অধিকারী ।
পূর্বে নাম ছিল যাঁর ‘রঘুনাথ পুরী’ ॥ ৪২ ॥
পূর্বে নাম ছিল যাঁর ‘রঘুনাথ পুরী’ ॥ ৪২ ॥
Verse text
ācārya vaiṣṇavānanda bhakti-adhikārī
pūrve nāma chila yāṅra ‘raghunātha purī’
pūrve nāma chila yāṅra ‘raghunātha purī’
Synonyms
ācārya — teacher; vaiṣṇavānanda — Vaiṣṇavānanda; bhakti — devotional service; adhikārī — fit candidate; pūrve — previously; nāma — name; chila — was; yāṅra — whose; raghunātha purī — Raghunātha Purī.
Translation
The twenty-seventh prominent devotee of Nityānanda Prabhu was Ācārya Vaiṣṇavānanda, a great personality in devotional service. He was formerly known as Raghunātha Purī.
Purport
In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (97) it is said that Raghunātha Purī was previously very powerful in the eight mystic successes. He was an incarnation of one of the successes.