Guest guest Posted October 23, 2001 Report Share Posted October 23, 2001 > It remains unclear to me, though, why did Kavi Karnapura mention Madhva's > accepting diksa from Srila Vyasadeva in his Gauda Gannodesa Dipika. Could > anyone please explain? Does he say it? Do you have the sanskrit available? The translation at the file area states: "Vyasa then transmitted transcendental knowledge to his disciple Sukadeva. Sukadeva taught the same knowledge to his many disciples and grand-disciples in this world. The famous Madhvacarya received initiation from Vyasa personally." Is this an exact translation? >From the following quote, you may note that "initiate" is used in many ways by Prabhupada. Perhaps the translator of GGD was just equally liberal in his rendering of the sanskrit? "Back to Godhead", 1960, Vol. 3, part 16: "From Goswami Krishna Das Kaviraj the direct disciple is Srila Narottam Das Thakur who accepted Viswanath Chakrabarty as his servitor. Viswanath Chakrabarty accepted Jagannath Das Babajee from whom Srila Bhaktivinode Thakore was initiated and Srila Gour Kishore Das Babajee the spiritual master of Om Vishnupada Bhak-tisiddhanta Saraswati Prabhupad - the Divine spiritual Master of our humbleself. The above is the chain of disciplic succession from Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu down to our humbleself." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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