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The Confidential Reasons for Lord Caitanya's Appearance

Cc Ādi 4.105
Text
svarūpa-gosāñi--prabhura ati antaraṅga
tāhāte jānena prabhura e-saba prasaṅga
Synonyms

svarūpa-gosāñi-Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosāñi; prabhura-of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; ati-very; antaraṅga-confidential associate; tāhāte-by that; jānena-he knows; prabhura-of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; e-saba-all these; prasaṅga-topics.

Translation

Svarūpa Gosāñi is the most intimate associate of the Lord. He, therefore, knows all these topics well.

Purport

Svarūpa Dāmodara has been identified as Lalitā-devī, the second expansion of Rādhārāṇī. However, the authoritative Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā of Kavi-karṇapūra describes Svarūpa Dāmodara as the same Viśākhā-devī who serves the Lord in Goloka Vṛndāvana. Therefore it is to be understood that Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara is a direct expansion of Rādhārāṇī who helps the Lord experience the attitude of Rādhārāṇī.