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sarva-sastre pravina, kavya-prakasa-adhyapaka

parama-vaisnava, raghunatha-upasaka

SYNONYMS

sarva-sastre—in all revealed scriptures; pravina—very learned scholar; kavya-prakasa—of the famous book Kavya-prakasa; adhyapaka—a teacher; parama-vaisnava—highly advanced devotee; raghunatha-upasaka—worshiper of Lord Ramacandra.

Ramadasa Visvasa was very learned in all the revealed scriptures.

He was a teacher of the famous book Kavya-prakasa and was known as an advanced devotee and worshiper of Raghunatha (Lord Ramacandra).

PURPORT

Commenting on the word parama-vaisnava, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura says that anyone who desires to merge into the existence of the Lord cannot be a pure Vaisnava, but because Ramadasa Visvasa was a great devotee of Lord Ramacandra, he was almost a Vaisnava.

In those days, no one could distinguish between a pure Vaisnava and a pseudo Vaisnava.

Therefore Ramadasa Visvasa was known as a Vaisnava because he worshiped Lord Ramacandra.