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<div id="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" class="section" sec_index="2" parent="compilation" text="Sri Caitanya-caritamrta"><h2>Sri Caitanya-caritamrta</h2>
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<div id="CC_Adi-lila" class="sub_section" sec_index="1" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Adi-lila"><h3>CC Adi-lila</h3>
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<div id="CCAdi4105_0" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="438" link="CC Adi 4.105" link_text="CC Adi 4.105">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.105|CC Adi 4.105, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">text 160 of Kavi-karṇapūra's  authoritative Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā describes Svarūpa Dāmodara as the same Viśākhā-devī who serves the Lord in Goloka Vṛndāvana.</p>
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<div id="CCAdi841_1" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="1156" link="CC Adi 8.41" link_text="CC Adi 8.41">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 8.41|CC Adi 8.41, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">In text 43 of the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā, a book written by Kavi-karṇapūra that describes all the associates of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and who they previously were, there is the following statement regarding Nārāyaṇī:</p>
:ambikāyāḥ svasā yāsīn nāmnā śrīla-kilimbikā
:kṛṣṇocchiṣṭaṁ prabhuñjānā seyaṁ nārāyaṇī matā
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<div id="CCAdi1060_2" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="1315" link="CC Adi 10.60" link_text="CC Adi 10.60">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 10.60|CC Adi 10.60, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">Śivānanda Sena was the father of Paramānanda Sena, who was also known as Purī dāsa or Kavi-karṇapūra. Paramānanda Sena wrote in his Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (176) that two of the gopīs of Vṛndāvana, whose former names were Vīrā and Dūtī, combined to become his father. Śrīla Śivānanda Sena guided all the devotees of Lord Caitanya who went from Bengal to Jagannātha Purī, and he personally bore all the expenses for their journey. This is described in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter Sixteen, verses 19 through 27. Śrīla Śivānanda Sena had three sons, named Caitanya dāsa, Rāmadāsa and Paramānanda. As mentioned above, this last son later became Kavi-karṇapūra and wrote the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā. His spiritual master was Śrīnātha Paṇḍita, who was Śivānanda Sena's priest. Due to Vāsudeva Datta's lavish spending, Śivānanda Sena was engaged to supervise his expenditures.”</p>
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<div id="CCAdi1060_3" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="1315" link="CC Adi 10.60" link_text="CC Adi 10.60">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 10.60|CC Adi 10.60, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">A nephew of Śivānanda Sena's named Śrīkānta left the company in protest of Nityānanda Prabhu's curse and went directly to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī, where the Lord pacified him. On that occasion, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu allowed His toe to be sucked by Purī dāsa, who was then a child. It is by the order of Caitanya Mahāprabhu that he could immediately compose Sanskrit verses.</p>
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<div id="CCAdi1062_5" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="1317" link="CC Adi 10.62" link_text="CC Adi 10.62">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 10.62|CC Adi 10.62, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">The three sons of Śivānanda Sena, named Caitanya dāsa, Rāmadāsa and Karṇapūra, were all heroic devotees of Lord Caitanya.</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>Caitanya dāsa, the eldest son of Śivānanda Sena, wrote a commentary on Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta that was later translated by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his paper Sajjana-toṣaṇī. According to expert opinion, Caitanya dāsa was the author of the book Caitanya-carita (also known as Caitanya-caritāmṛta), which was written in Sanskrit. The author was not Kavi-karṇapūra, as is generally supposed. This is the opinion of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura. Śrī Rāmadāsa was the second son of Śivānanda Sena. It is stated in the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (145) that the two famous parrots named Dakṣa and Vicakṣaṇa in kṛṣṇa-līlā became the elder brothers of Kavi-karṇapūra, namely Caitanya dāsa and Rāmadāsa. Karṇapūra, the third son, who was also known as Paramānanda dāsa or Purī dāsa, was initiated by Śrīnātha Paṇḍita, who was a disciple of Śrī Advaita Prabhu. Karṇapūra wrote many books that are important in Vaiṣṇava literature, such as the Ānanda-vṛndāvana-campū, Alaṅkāra-kaustubha, Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā and the great epic Caitanya-candrodaya-nāṭaka. He was born in the year 1448 Śakābda (A.D. 1526). He continually wrote books for ten years, from 1488 until 1498.</p>
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<div id="CCAdi1067_6" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="1322" link="CC Adi 10.67" link_text="CC Adi 10.67">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 10.67|CC Adi 10.67, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">According to Kavi-karṇapūra, Śrīdhara was a cowherd boy of Vṛndāvana whose name was Kusumāsava. In his Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (133) it is stated:</p>
:kholā-vecātayā khyātaḥ paṇḍitaḥ śrīdharo dvijaḥ
:āsīd vraje hāsya-karo yo nāmnā kusumāsavaḥ
<p>“The cowherd boy known as Kusumāsava in kṛṣṇa-līlā later became Kholāvecā Śrīdhara during Caitanya Mahāprabhu's līlā at Navadvīpa.”</p>
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<div id="CCAdi10107_7" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="1361" link="CC Adi 10.107" link_text="CC Adi 10.107">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 10.107|CC Adi 10.107, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">Śrīnātha Paṇḍita, one of the disciples of Advaita Prabhu, was the spiritual master of the third son of Śivānanda Sena, who was known as Paramānanda Kavi-karṇapūra. It is said that the Kṛṣṇa Rāya Deity was installed during the time of Kavi-karṇapūra. According to hearsay, Vīrabhadra Prabhu, the son of Nityānanda Prabhu, brought a big stone from Murśidābād from which three Deities were carved—namely, the Rādhāvallabha vigraha of Vallabhapura, the Śyāmasundara vigraha of Khaḍadaha and the Śrī Kṛṣṇa Rāya vigraha of Kāṅcaḍāpāḍā.</p>
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<div id="CCAdi10113_8" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="1367" link="CC Adi 10.113" link_text="CC Adi 10.113">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 10.113|CC Adi 10.113, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (172) it is stated that Sāraṅga Ṭhākura was formerly a gopī named Nāndīmukhī. Some devotees say that he was formerly Prahlāda Mahārāja, but Śrī Kavi-karṇapūra says that his father, Śivānanda Sena, does not accept this proposition.”</p>
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<div id="CCAdi1217_9" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="1492" link="CC Adi 12.17" link_text="CC Adi 12.17">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 12.17|CC Adi 12.17, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">It is stated that in the party of Advaita Ācārya from Śāntipura, Acyutānanda was dancing and others were singing. At that time the boy was only six years old. Text 87 of the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā, compiled by Śrī Kavi-karṇapūra, describes Acyutānanda as a disciple of Gadādhara Paṇḍita and a great and dear devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. According to the opinion of some, he was an incarnation of Kārttikeya, the son of Lord Śiva, and according to others he was formerly the gopī named Acyutā. The Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (88) supports both these opinions.</p>
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<div id="CC_Madhya-lila" class="sub_section" sec_index="2" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Madhya-lila"><h3>CC Madhya-lila</h3>
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<div id="CCMadhya328_0" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="409" link="CC Madhya 3.28" link_text="CC Madhya 3.28">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 3.28|CC Madhya 3.28, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">"O river Yamunā, you are the blissful spiritual water that gives love to the son of Nanda Mahārāja. You are the same as the water of the spiritual world, for you can vanquish all our offenses and the sinful reactions incurred in life. You are the creator of all auspicious things for the world. O daughter of the sun-god, kindly purify us by your pious activities."</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>This verse is recorded in the Caitanya-candrodaya-nāṭaka (5.13), by Kavi-karṇapūra.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya6142_1" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="1112" link="CC Madhya 6.142" link_text="CC Madhya 6.142">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 6.142|CC Madhya 6.142, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “"Whatever Vedic mantras describe the Absolute Truth impersonally only prove in the end that the Absolute Truth is a person. The Supreme Lord is understood in two features—impersonal and personal. If one considers the Supreme Personality of Godhead in both features, he can actually understand the Absolute Truth. He knows that the personal understanding is stronger because we see that everything is full of variety. No one can see anything that is not full of variety."</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>This is a quotation from Śrī Caitanya-candrodaya-nāṭaka (6.67), by Kavi-karṇapūra.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya6254_2" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="1223" link="CC Madhya 6.254" link_text="CC Madhya 6.254">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 6.254|CC Madhya 6.254, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“Let me take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who has descended in the form of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu to teach us real knowledge, His devotional service and detachment from whatever does not foster Kṛṣṇa consciousness. He has descended because He is an ocean of transcendental mercy. Let me surrender unto His lotus feet.</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>This verse and the following verse are included in the Caitanya-candrodaya-nāṭaka (6.74–75), by Śrī Kavi-karṇapūra.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya19118_3" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="4357" link="CC Madhya 19.118" link_text="CC Madhya 19.118">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 19.118|CC Madhya 19.118, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">In his book Caitanya-candrodaya, Kavi-karṇapūra, the son of Śivānanda Sena, has elaborately described the meeting between Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya19119_4" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="4358" link="CC Madhya 19.119" link_text="CC Madhya 19.119">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 19.119|CC Madhya 19.119, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“In the course of time, the transcendental news of Kṛṣṇa's pastimes in Vṛndāvana was almost lost. To enunciate explicitly those transcendental pastimes, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu empowered Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī with the nectar of His mercy to carry out this work in Vṛndāvana.”</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>This verse and the following two verses are from Act Nine (38, 29, 30) of the Caitanya-candrodaya, by Śrī Kavi-karṇapūra.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya19122_5" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="4361" link="CC Madhya 19.122" link_text="CC Madhya 19.122">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 19.122|CC Madhya 19.122, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">The characteristics of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī have thus been described in various places by the poet Kavi-karṇapūra. An account has also been given of how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bestowed His causeless mercy upon Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya24347_6" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="5663" link="CC Madhya 24.347" link_text="CC Madhya 24.347">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 24.347|CC Madhya 24.347, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">The authorized poet Kavi-karṇapūra has written a book named Caitanya-candrodaya-nāṭaka. This book tells how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu blessed Sanātana Gosvāmī with His specific mercy.</p>
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<div id="CC_Antya-lila" class="sub_section" sec_index="3" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Antya-lila"><h3>CC Antya-lila</h3>
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<div id="CCAntya6262_0" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="1318" link="CC Antya 6.262" link_text="CC Antya 6.262">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 6.262|CC Antya 6.262, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Describing this incident, the great poet Śrī Kavi-karṇapūra has written extensively about the glorious activities of Raghunātha dāsa in his Śrī Caitanya-candrodaya-nāṭaka.</p>
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<div id="CCAntya6263_1" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="1319" link="CC Antya 6.263" link_text="CC Antya 6.263">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 6.263|CC Antya 6.263, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“Raghunātha dāsa is a disciple of Yadunandana Ācārya, who is very gentle and is extremely dear to Vāsudeva Datta, a resident of Kāñcanapallī. Because of Raghunātha dāsa's transcendental qualities, he is always more dear than life for all of us devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Since he has been favored by the abundant mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he is always pleasing. Vividly providing a superior example for the renounced order, this very dear follower of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī is the ocean of renunciation. Who among the residents of Nīlācala (Jagannātha Purī) does not know him very well?</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>This verse is from Śrī Caitanya-candrodaya-nāṭaka (10.3) of Kavi-karṇapūra.</p>
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<div id="CCAntya6265_2" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="1321" link="CC Antya 6.265" link_text="CC Antya 6.265">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 6.265|CC Antya 6.265, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">In these verses, the great poet Kavi-karṇapūra gives the same information that Śivānanda Sena conveyed to the messenger from Raghunātha dāsa's father.</p>
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<div id="CCAntya1245_3" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="2116" link="CC Antya 12.45" link_text="CC Antya 12.45">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 12.45|CC Antya 12.45, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Lord Caitanya asked the youngest son's name, and Śivānanda Sena informed the Lord that his name was Paramānanda dāsa.</p>
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<div id="CCAntya124647_4" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="2117" link="CC Antya 12.46-47" link_text="CC Antya 12.46-47">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 12.46-47|CC Antya 12.46-47, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Once before when Śivānanda Sena had visited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at His residence, the Lord had told him, "When this son is born, give him the name Purī dāsa."</p>
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<div id="CCAntya1249_5" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="2119" link="CC Antya 12.49" link_text="CC Antya 12.49">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 12.49|CC Antya 12.49, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">The child was named Paramānanda dāsa in accordance with the Lord's order, and the Lord jokingly called him Purī dāsa.</p>
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<div id="CCAntya1250_7" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="2120" link="CC Antya 12.50" link_text="CC Antya 12.50">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 12.50|CC Antya 12.50, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">When Śivānanda Sena introduced the child to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Lord put His toe in the child's mouth.</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>In this connection one may refer to Antya-līlā, Chapter Sixteen, verses 65–75 ([[Vanisource:CC Antya 16.65|CC Antya 16.65]]), for information about the later manifestations of the Lord's mercy on Purī dāsa.</p>
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<div id="CCAntya16Summary_9" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="2588" link="CC Antya 16 Summary" link_text="CC Antya 16 Summary">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 16 Summary|CC Antya 16 Summary]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">When Kavi-karṇapūra was only seven years old, he was initiated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu into the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. He later became the greatest poet among the Vaiṣṇava ācāryas.</p>
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<div id="CCAntya1665_10" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="2653" link="CC Antya 16.65" link_text="CC Antya 16.65">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 16.65|CC Antya 16.65, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">That year, Śivānanda Sena brought with him his wife and youngest son, Purī dāsa.</p>
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<div id="CCAntya1673_11" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="2661" link="CC Antya 16.73" link_text="CC Antya 16.73">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 16.73|CC Antya 16.73, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Another day, when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said to the boy, "Recite, My dear Purī dāsa," the boy composed the following verse and expressed it before everyone.</p>
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<div id="Lectures" class="section" sec_index="4" parent="compilation" text="Lectures"><h2>Lectures</h2>
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<div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="1" parent="Lectures" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures"><h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
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<div id="LectureonSB231314LosAngelesMay301972_0" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="382" link="Lecture on SB 2.3.13-14 -- Los Angeles, May 30, 1972" link_text="Lecture on SB 2.3.13-14 -- Los Angeles, May 30, 1972">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 2.3.13-14 -- Los Angeles, May 30, 1972|Lecture on SB 2.3.13-14 -- Los Angeles, May 30, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">During Caitanya Mahāprabhu's time, there were Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura, Vaiṣṇava, Locana dāsa Ṭhākura, Kavi-karṇapūra. They were all big poets.</p>
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<div id="Correspondence" class="section" sec_index="6" parent="compilation" text="Correspondence"><h2>Correspondence</h2>
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<div id="1968_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="3" parent="Correspondence" text="1968 Correspondence"><h3>1968 Correspondence</h3>
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<div id="LettertoSyamaSeattle21October1968_0" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="387" link="Letter to Syama -- Seattle 21 October, 1968" link_text="Letter to Syama -- Seattle 21 October, 1968">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Syama -- Seattle 21 October, 1968|Letter to Syama -- Seattle 21 October, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Regarding Karnapura's poetry, it is not available now. There is a book of Karnapura, and that is written in Bengali type, partly Sanskrit. When opportunity prevails, we may translate it into English then we shall get the poetry; for the time being there is no possibility of getting the poetry of Karnapura.</p>
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