ÄcÄrya vaiṣṇavÄnanda bhakti-adhikÄrÄ«
pÅ«rve nÄma chila yÄá¹…ra 'raghunÄtha purÄ«'
ÄcÄrya - teacher; vaiṣṇavÄnanda - VaiṣṇavÄnanda; bhakti - devotional service; adhikÄrÄ« - fit candidate; pÅ«rve - previously; nÄma - name; chila - was; yÄá¹…ra - whose; raghunÄtha purÄ« - RaghunÄtha PurÄ«.
The twenty-seventh prominent devotee of NityÄnanda Prabhu was Ä€cÄrya VaiṣṇavÄnanda, a great personality in devotional service. He was formerly known as RaghunÄtha PurÄ«.
In the Gaura-gaṇoddeÅ›a-dÄ«pikÄ (97) it is said that RaghunÄtha PurÄ« was previously very powerful in the eight mystic successes. He was an incarnation of one of the successes.
