gopīnātha siṁha — eka caitanyera dāsa
akrūra bali' prabhu yāṅre kailā parihāsa

 gopīnātha siṁha - Gopīnātha Siṁha; eka - one; caitanyera dāsa - servant of Lord Caitanya; akrūra bali' - famous as Akrūra; prabhu - the Lord; yāṅre - whom; kaila - did; parihāsa - joking.


Text

Gopīnātha Siṁha, the thirty-eighth branch of the tree, was a faithful servant of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The Lord jokingly addressed him as Akrūra.

Purport

Actually he was Akrūra, as stated in text 117 of the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā.