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sri-vaisnava eka,--’vyenkata bhatta’ nama
prabhure nimantrana kaila kariya sammana
SYNONYMS
sri-vaisnava eka—a devotee belonging to the Ramanuja-sampradaya; vyenkata bhatta—Venkata Bhatta; nama—named; prabhure—unto Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; nimantrana—invitation; kaila—did; kariya—offering; sammana—great respect.
One Vaisnava known as Venkata Bhatta then invited Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to his home with great respect.
PURPORT
Sri Venkata Bhatta was a Vaisnava brahmana and an inhabitant of Sri Ranga-ksetra.
He belonged to the disciplic succession of Sri Ramanujacarya.
Sri Ranga is one of the places of pilgrimage in the province of Tamil Nadus.
The inhabitants of that province do not retain the name Venkata.
It is therefore supposed that Venkata Bhatta did not belong to that province, although he may have been residing there for a very long time.
Venkata Bhatta was in a branch of the Ramanuja-sampradaya known as Badagala-i.
He had a brother in the Ramanuja-sampradaya known as Sripada Prabodhananda Sarasvati.
The son of Venkata Bhatta was later known in the Gaudiya-sampradaya as Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, and he established the Radharamana temple in Vrndavana.
More information about him may be found in a book known as Bhakti-ratnakara, by Narahari Cakravarti.