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Introduction
sei tīrthe vaise tailaṅga-viprarāja |
śrī-trimalla-bhaṭṭa nāma brāhmaṇa-samāja ||
tāṁhāra kaniṣṭha jyeṣṭha haye dui bhāi |
veṅkaṭa prabodhānanda bhaṭṭa bali gāi ||
veṅkaṭera kaniṣṭha prabodhānanda nāma |
gopāla-bhaṭṭera pūrve guru se pramāṇa ||
adhyayana upanayana yogya ācaraṇe |
pūrvate sakala śikṣā pitṛvyera sthāne ||
“In that holy place, Śrīraṅgam, lived Trimalla Bhaṭṭa,
the best in the Tailaṅga brāhmaṇa community. He had
an older and a younger brother named Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa
and Prabodhānanda Bhaṭṭa. Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa’s younger
brother was named Prabodhānanda, who was the first
guru of Gopāla Bhaṭṭa according to his own testimony.
By his good conduct, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa was qualified for
studying the scriptures and receiving the sacred thread.
He formerly received his whole education in the house
of his uncle.”
In the Bhakta-māla (paragraph 182), Nābhājī (16th- 17th
century AD) refers to Prabodhānanda in the following
words:
prabodhānanda, rāmabhadra, jagadānanda kali-jugga dhani
parama-dharma prati poṣakauṁ, sannyāsī e mukuṭamani
son of Śrī Kṛṣṇadāsa Caṭṭarāja and a disciple of Śrī Rāmacaraṇa
Cakravartī, both disciples of Śrīnivāsācārya, who was a disciple
of Śrīla Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī.
