{"id":64730,"date":"2025-04-12T01:26:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T19:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=64730"},"modified":"2025-04-11T16:45:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T11:15:17","slug":"krishnas-dearest-friend-subala-appeared-as-gauridasa-pandita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/krishnas-dearest-friend-subala-appeared-as-gauridasa-pandita\/","title":{"rendered":"Krishna&#8217;s Dearest Friend Subala Appeared as Gauridasa Pandita"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_64731\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 225px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gauridasa-Pandit.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-64731 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gauridasa-Pandit-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gauridasa-Pandit-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gauridasa-Pandit.jpeg 384w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">The Nitai-Gaura Deities of Gauridasa Pandita<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ol start=\"125\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Now, as far as I am able, I shall describe the devotees who had previously appeared with the Lord in His Vraja pastimes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"126\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">The cowherd boy named Sridama appeared in Lord Caitanya&#8217;s pastimes as Ramadasa Abhirama dasa, who carried a flute made of a bamboo stick with sixteen knots.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"127\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Krishna&#8217;s cowherd friend Sudama appeared in Caitanya&#8217;s pastimes as Sundara Thakura.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Krishna&#8217;s cowherd friend Vasudama appeared in Caitanya Mahaprabhu&#8217;s pastimes as Dhananjaya Pandita.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"128\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Krishna&#8217;s dearest friend Subala appeared in Caitanya&#8217;s pastimes as Gauridasa Pandita.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">The cowherd boy Mahabala appeared in Lord Caitanya&#8217;s pastimes as Kamalakara Pippalai.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">This is a section of the book \u201cGaura Ganoddesa Dipika\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">To buy the complete book,<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kadachaeditions.com\/art\/sri-gaura-ganoddesa-dipika-english\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click above<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Now, as far as I am able, I shall describe the devotees who had previously appeared with the Lord in His Vraja pastimes. &nbsp; 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