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śrī-hari ācārya, sādi-puriyā gopāla
kṛṣṇadāsa brahmacārī, puṣpa-gopāla

Synonyms

sri-hari ācārya—of the name Śrī Hari Ācārya; sadi-puriya gopāla—of the name Sādipuriyā Gopāla; kṛṣṇadāsa brahmacari—of the name Kṛṣṇadāsa Brahmacārī; puṣpa-gopāla—of the name Puṣpagopāla. 

Translation

The nineteenth branch was Śrī Hari Ācārya; the twentieth, Sādipuriyā Gopāla; the twenty-first, Kṛṣṇadāsa Brahmacārī; and the twenty-second, Puṣpagopāla. 

Purport

The Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā, verses 196 and 207, mentions that Hari Ācārya was formerly the gopī named Kālākṣī. Sādipuriyā Gopāla is celebrated as a preacher of the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement in Vikramapura, in East Bengal. Kṛṣṇadāsa Brahmacārī was formerly among the group of sakhīs known as the aṣṭa-sakhīs. His name was Indulekhā. Kṛṣṇadāsa Brahmacārī lived in Vṛndāvana. There is a tomb in the Rādhā-Dāmodara temple known as Kṛṣṇadāsa’s tomb. Some say that this is the tomb of Kṛṣṇadāsa Brahmacārī and others Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī. In either case we offer our respects because both of them were expert in distributing love of Godhead to the fallen souls of this age. The Śākhā-nirṇaya mentions that Puṣpagopāla was formerly known as Svarṇagrāmaka. 

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