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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta » Ādi-līlā 10.17 | 1973 Edition (All synonyms, translations, and purports by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda):

Text 17
বক্রেশ্বর পণ্ডিত—প্রভুর বড় প্রিয় ভৃত্য ।
এক–ভাবে চব্বিশ প্রহর যাঁর নৃত্য ॥ ১৭ ॥
vakreśvara paṇḍita — prabhura baḍa priya bhṛtya
eka-bhāve cabbiśa prahara yāṅra nṛtya
Synonyms
vakreśvara paṇḍita — of the name Vakreśvara Paṇḍita; prabhura — of the Lord; baḍa — very much; priya — dear; bhṛtya — servant; eka-bhāve — continuously in the same ecstasy; cabbiśa — twenty-four; prahara — a duration of time comprising three hours; yāṅra — whose; nṛtya — dancing.
Translation
Vakreśvara Paṇḍita, the fifth branch of the tree, was a very dear servant of Lord Caitanya’s. He could dance with constant ecstasy for seventy-two hours.
Purport
In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā verse 71, it is stated that Vakreśvara Paṇḍita was an incarnation of Aniruddha, one of the quadruple expansions of Viṣṇu (Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Aniruddha and Pradyumna). He could dance wonderfully for seventy-two continuous hours. When Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu played in dramatic performances in the house of Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita, Vakreśvara Paṇḍita was one of the chief dancers, and he danced continuously for that length of time. Śrī Govinda dāsa, an Oriyā devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, has described the life of Vakreśvara Paṇḍita in his book Gaura-kṛṣṇodaya. There are many disciples of Vakreśvara Paṇḍita in Orissa, and they are known as Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas although they are Oriyās. Among these disciples are Śrī Gopālaguru and his disciple Śrī Dhyānacandra Gosvāmī.

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