10.102
ara dine aila svarupa damodara
prabhura atyanta marmi, rasera sagara
SYNONYMS
ara dine—next day; aila—came; svarupa damodara—Svarupa Damodara; prabhura—of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; atyanta—very; marmi—intimate friend; rasera—of transcendental mellows; sagara—ocean.
Svarupa Damodara also arrived the next day.
He was a very intimate friend of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and he was an ocean of transcendental mellows.
PURPORT
“Svarupa” is one of the names of a brahmacari in Sankaracarya’s disciplic succession.
In the Vedic discipline there are ten names for sannyasis, and it is customary for a brahmacari assisting a sannyasi of the designation Tirtha or Asrama to receive the title Svarupa.
Damodara Svarupa was formerly a resident of Navadvipa, and his name was Purusottama Acarya.
When he went to Varanasi, he took sannyasa from a sannyasi designated Tirtha.
Although he received the title Svarupa in his brahmacari stage, he did not change his name when he took sannyasa.
Actually as a sannyasi he should have been called Tirtha, but he chose to retain his original brahmacari title as Svarupa.