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brahmana-samaja saba--vaisnava-carita

vaisnava sakala pade ’krsna-karnamrta’

SYNONYMS

brahmana-samaja—the community of brahmanas; saba—all; vaisnava-carita—pure devotees; vaisnava sakala—all the Vaisnavas; pade—study; krsna-karnamrta—the Krsna-karnamrta of Bilvamangala Thakura.

The brahmana community there was composed of pure devotees, who regularly studied a book entitled Krsna-karnamrta, which was composed by Bilvamangala Thakura.

PURPORT

This book was composed by Bilvamangala Thakura in 112 verses.

There are two or three other books bearing the same name, and there are also two commentaries on Bilvamangala’s book.

One commentary was written by Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami and the other by Caitanya dasa Gosvami.