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Thakur Bhaktivinode was not official Spiritual Master of Gour Kishore das

Babaji Maharaj.. So officially Bhaktivinode Thakur was like siksha guru of

Gour Kishore das Babaji Maharaj." (SPL 69-5-1)

 

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viçwanätha-bhakta-sätha, baladeva jagannätha,

tära priya çré-bhaktivinoda

mahä-bhägavata-bara, çré-gaurakiçora-bara,

hari-bhajanete jä'ra moda

SYNONYMS

viçvanätha-bhakta-sätha-Viçvanätha Cakravarté, along with the assembled

devotees; baladeva-Çré Baladeva Vidyäbhünaëa; jagannätha-then Jagannätha

däsa Bäbäjé; tära priya-his dear student; çré-bhaktivinoda-Çré Bhaktivinoda

Öhäkura; mahä-bhägavata-bara-the topmost among great devotees;

sré-gaurakiçora-bara-the eminent Çré Gaurakiçora däsa Bäbäjé;

hari-bhajanete-in unalloyed worship of Lord Hari; jä'ra moda-whose sole joy

was found.

TRANSLATION

Viçvanätha Cakravarté Öhäkura was the çiknä-guru [instructing spiritual

master] of Baladeva Vidyäbhünaëa, to whom he taught the precepts of

Çrémad-Bhägavatam. Jagannätha däsa Bäbäjé was a very prominent äcärya after

Çré Baladeva Vidyäbhünaëa and was the beloved çiknä-guru of Çréla

Bhaktivinoda Öhäkura. Bhaktivinoda Öhäkura's intimate friend and associate

was the eminent mahä-bhägavata Çréla Gaurakiçora däsa Bäbäjé, whose sole joy

was found in hari-bhajana.