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Introduction
about Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī made by notable authors
between the 16th and the 18th centuries.
From his own statement, we know that Gopāla Bhaṭṭa
Gosvāmī was a disciple of Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī, the
only one we hear of, although it is not clear whether he
was his śikṣā-guru, dīkṣā-guru or both. From other sources
we also hear that they had a blood connection as uncle
and nephew. Yet in the works attributed to Gopāla Bhaṭṭa,
Prabodhānanda’s name is mentioned only once. At the
beginning of the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa (1.2) it is written:
bhakter vilāsāṁś cinute prabodhānandasya śiṣyo bhagavat-
priyasya gopāla-bhaṭṭo raghunātha-dāsaṁ santoṣayan rūpa-
sanātanau ca
“Gopāla Bhaṭṭa, disciple of Śrīla Prabodhānanda, a dear
associate of Lord Caitanya, is compiling this Hari-bhakti-
vilāsa to please Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana
Gosvāmī and Śrīla Raghunātha Dāsa Gosvāmī.”
In the commentary attributed to Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī
it is stated:
bhagavat-priyasyeti bahuvrīhiṇā tatpuruṣeṇa vā samāsena
tasya māhātmya-jātaṁ pratipāditam | evaṁ tac-chiṣyasya śrī-
gopāla-bhaṭṭasyāpi tādṛktvaṁ boddhavyam |
“By the words bhagavat-priyasya, which can be interpreted
either as a bahuvrīhi compound (to whom Lord Caitanya is
very dear) or as a tatpuruṣa compound (who is very dear to
Lord Caitanya), Śrī Prabodhānanda’s glories are expressed.
