6.18

nadiya-nivasi, visaradera jamata

mahaprabhura bhakta tenho prabhu-tattva-jnata

SYNONYMS

nadiya-nivasi—an inhabitant of Nadiya; visaradera—of Visarada; jamata—the son-in-law; mahaprabhura bhakta—a devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tenho—he; prabhu-tattva-jnata—a knower of the true identity of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

Gopinatha Acarya was a resident of Nadiya, the son-in-law of Visarada and a devotee of Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

He knew the true identity of His Lordship.

PURPORT

Mahesvara Visarada was a classmate of Nilambara Cakravarti’s.

He lived in the Nadiya district in a village called Vidyanagara and had two sons named Madhusudana Vacaspati and Vasudeva Sarvabhauma.

His son-in-law was Gopinatha Acarya.