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tanra pita ’visayi’ bada satananda-khanna

’visaya-vimukha’ acarya--’vairagya-pradhana’

SYNONYMS

tanra pita—his father; visayi—a statesman; bada—expert; satananda-khanna—named Satananda Khan; visaya-vimukha—not interested in state management; acarya—Bhagavan Acarya; vairagya-pradhana—mostly in the renounced order of life.

TRANSLATION Bhagavan Acarya’s father, whose name was Satananda Khan, was an expert statesman, whereas Bhagavan Acarya was not at all interested in the management of the state.

Indeed, he was almost in the renounced order of life.