10.62
caitanya-dasa, ramadasa, ara karnapura
tina putra sivanandera prabhura bhakta-sura
SYNONYMS
caitanya-dasa—of the name Caitanya dasa; ramadasa—of the name Ramadasa; ara—and; karnapura—of the name Karnapura; tina putra—three sons; sivanandera—of Sivananda Sena; prabhura—of the Lord; bhakta-sura—of the heroic devotees.
The three sons of Sivananda Sena, named Caitanya dasa, Ramadasa and Karnapura, were all heroic devotees of Lord Caitanya.
PURPORT
Caitanya dasa, the eldest son of Sivananda Sena, wrote a commentary on Krsna-karnamrta that was later translated by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his paper Sajjana-tosani.
According to expert opinion, Caitanya dasa was the author of the book Caitanya-carita (also known as Caitanya-caritamrta), which was written in Sanskrit.
The author was not Kavi-karnapura, as generally supposed.
This is the opinion of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura.
Sri Ramadasa was the second son of Sivananda Sena.
It is stated in the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (145) that the two famous parrots named Daksa and Vicaksana in krsna-lila became the elder brothers of Kavi-karnapura, namely, Caitanya dasa and Ramadasa.
Karnapura, the third son, who was also known as Paramananda dasa or Puri dasa, was initiated by Srinatha Pandita, who was a disciple of Sri Advaita Prabhu.
Karnapura wrote many books that are important in Vaisnava literature, such as Ananda-vrndavana-campu, Alankara-kaustubha, Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika and the great epic Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka.
He was born in the year 1448 sakabda (A.D 1527).
He continually wrote books for ten years, from 1488 until 1498.