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CC Ādi 10.108

Bengali

জগন্নাথ আচার্য প্রভুর প্রিয় দাস ।
প্রভুর আজ্ঞাতে তেঁহো কৈল গঙ্গাবাস ॥ ১০৮ ॥

Text

jagannātha ācārya prabhura priya dāsa
prabhura ājñāte teṅho kaila gaṅgā-vāsa

Synonyms

jagannātha ācārya — Jagannātha Ācārya; prabhura — of the Lord; priya dāsa — very dear servant; prabhura ājñāte — by the order of the Lord; teṅho — he; kaila — agreed; gaṅgā-vāsa — living on the bank of the Ganges.

Translation

Jagannātha Ācārya, the fiftieth branch of the Caitanya tree, was an extremely dear servant of the Lord, by whose order he decided to live on the bank of the Ganges.

Purport

Jagannātha Ācārya is stated in the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (111) to have formerly been Durvāsā of Nidhuvana.