10.108

jagannatha acarya prabhura priya dasa

prabhura ajnate tenho kaila ganga-vasa

SYNONYMS

jagannatha acarya—of the name Jagannatha Acarya; prabhura—of the Lord; priya dasa—very dear servant; prabhura ajnate—by the order of the Lord; tenho—he; kaila—agreed; ganga-vasa—living on the bank of the Ganges.

Jagannatha Acarya, the fiftieth branch of the Caitanya tree, was an extremely dear servant of the Lord, by whose order he decided to live on the bank of the Ganges.

PURPORT

Jagannatha Acarya is stated in the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (111) to have formerly been Durvasa of Nidhuvana.