All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga

Sri Bhugarbha Goswami


References from Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita. Translation and purport by Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad.

Adi-lila 08: The Author Receives the Orders of Krishna and Guru
Text 8.68-72

Bhugarbha Goswami, a disciple of Gadadhar Pandit, was always engaged in topics regarding Lord Chaitanya, knowing nothing else.

Among his disciples were Chaitanya Das, who was a priest of the Govinda Deity, as well as Mukundananda Chakravarti and the great devotee Krishnadasa.

Among the disciples of Ananta Acharya was Sivananda Chakravarti, in whose heart Lord Caitanya and Nityananda constantly dwelled.

In Vrindavan there were also many other great devotees, all of whom desired to hear the last Pastimes of Lord Chaitanya.

By their mercy, all these devotees ordered me to write of the last Pastimes of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Because of their order only, although I am shameless, I have attempted to write this Chaitanya-charitamrta.

Adi-lila 12: The Expansions of Advaita Acharya and Gadadhar Pandit
Text 12.82

The eleventh branch of Gadadhar Goswami was Bhugarbha Goswami, and the twelfth was Bhagavat Das. Both of them went to Vrindavan and resided there for life.

Purport
Bhugarbha Goswami, formerly known as Prema-Manjari, was a great friend of Lokanath Goswami, who constructed the temple of Gokulananda, one of the seven important temples of Vrindavan - namely, Govinda, Gopinath, Madana-mohan, Radharamana, Syamasundar, Radha-Damodar and Gokulananda - that are authorized institutions of Gaudiya Vaishnavas.

Text 12.88:

Sivananda Chakravarti, the thirty-third branch, who always lived in Vrindavan with firm conviction, is considered an important branch of Gadadhar Pandit.

Purport
The Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika, verse 183, mentions that Sivananda Cakravarti was formerly Lavanga-Manjari. The Sakha-nimaya, written by Yadunandana Das, also names other branches of Gadadhar Pandit, as follows: (1) Madhava Acharya, (2) Gopal Das, (3) Hrdayananda, (4) Vallabha Bhatta (the Vallabha-sampradaya, or Pustimarga-sampradaya, is very famous), (5) Madhu Pandit (this famous devotee lived near Khadadaha in the village known as Sanibona-gram, about two miles east of the Khadadaha station, and constructed the temple of Gopinathaji in Vrindavan), (6) Achyutananda, (7) Candrashekhar, (8) Vakreshvara Pandit, (9) Damodar, (10) Bhagavan Acharya, (11) Ananta Acharyavarya, (12) Krishnadas, (13) Paramananda Bhattacharya, (14) Bhavananda Goswami, (15) Chaitanya Das, (16) Lokanath Bhatta (this devotee, who lived in the village of Talakhadi in the district of Yashohara and constructed the temple of Radhavinoda, was the spiritual master of Narottama Das Thakur and a great friend of Bhugarbha Goswami), (17) Govinda Acharya, (18) Akrura Thakur, (19) Sanketa Acharya, (20) Pratapaditya, (21) Kamalakanta Acharya, (22) Yadava Acharya and (23) Narayan Padihari (a resident of Jagannath Puri).

Madhya-lila 18
Text 18.49-52:

When Rupa Goswami stayed at Mathura, he was accompanied by Gopal Bhatta Goswami, Raghunath Das Goswami, Raghunath Bhatta Goswami and Lokanath Dasa Goswami.

Bhugarbha Goswami, Sri Jiva Goswami,Sri Yadava Acharya and Govinda Goswami also accompanied Srila Rupa Goswami.

He was also accompanied by Sri Uddhava Das, Madhava, Sri Gopal Das and Narayan Das.

The great devotee Govinda, Vani Krishnadas, Pundarikaksa, Ishan and Laghu Haridas also accompanied him.

Purport
..."The following Vaishnavas were present with Srila Rupa Goswami: the merciful Gopal Bhatta Goswami; Bhugarbha Goswami; Sri Lokanath Das Goswami, a reservoir of good qualities; Sri Madhava; Sri Paramananda Bhattacharya; Sri Madhu Pandit, whose characteristics are all wonderful; Premi Krishnadas; Krishnadas Brahmachari; Yadava Acharya; the merciful Narayan; Sri Pundarikaksa Goswami; Govinda; Ishana; Sri Govinda; the magnanimous Vani Krishnadas; Sri Uddhava, who occasionally visited Bengal; Dvija Haridas; Krishnadas Kaviraj; Sri Gopal Das, whose body is completely spiritual; Sri Gopal; Madhava; and many others."


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