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initiator spiritual master in Vṛndāvana. From these
two perspectives, Prabodhānanda holds indeed a very
distinguished position in the pastimes of Lord Caitanya.
At the end of his commentary on the Gopāla-tāpany-
upaniṣad, Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī states:
viśveśvaraka-janārdana-bhaṭṭābhyāṁ vaidikācāryābhyām |
tadvat prabodha-yatinā likhitaṁ citram atra tāratamyena ||
śrī-sanātana-rūpasya caraṇābja-sudhepsunā |
pūritā ṭippaṇī ceyaṁ jīvena sukha-bodhinī ||
“Previously, the Vedic preceptors named Viśveśvara and
Janārdana Bhaṭṭa, as well as the sannyāsī Prabodha have
written commentaries on this text, each more interesting
than the previous one. Now this commentary called
Sukha-bodhinī has been completed by Jīva, desiring to
obtain the nectarean water from the feet of Śrīla Rūpa
and Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmīs.”
There is a work attributed to Jīva Gosvāmī named
Vaiṣṇava-vandanā, where we find the following verse (71) :
prabodhānanda-sarasvatīṁ vande vimalāṁ yayā mudā |
candrāmṛtaṁ racitaṁ yac-chiṣyo gopāla-bhaṭṭakaḥ ||
“I offer my humble obeisances unto the spotless Śrīla
Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī, who joyfully compiled the
Caitanya-candrāmṛta, and whose disciple is Śrīla Gopāla
Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī.”
In the compilation Vyāsajī kī Vāṇī, we find the following
verses by Harirāma Vyāsa (16th century):
