saá¹…gÄ«te — gandharva-sama, Å›Ästre bá¹›haspati
dÄmodara-sama Ära nÄhi mahÄ-mati
saá¹…gÄ«te - in music; gandharva-sama - just like the Gandharvas; Å›Ästre - in discussions of the revealed scriptures; bá¹›haspati - like Bá¹›haspati, the priest of the heavenly demigods; dÄmodara-sama - equal to SvarÅ«pa DÄmodara; Ära - anyone else; nÄhi - there is not; mahÄ-mati - great personality.
SvarÅ«pa DÄmodara was as expert a musician as the Gandharvas, and in scriptural discussion he was just like Bá¹›haspati, the priest of the heavenly gods. Therefore it is to be concluded that there was no great personality quite like SvarÅ«pa DÄmodara.
SvarÅ«pa DÄmodara GosvÄmÄ« was very expert in music as well as the Vedic scriptures. ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu used to call him DÄmodara because of his expert singing and musical skills. The name DÄmodara was given by ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu and added to the name given by his sannyÄsa-guru. He was therefore known as SvarÅ«pa DÄmodara, or DÄmodara SvarÅ«pa. He compiled a book of music named Saá¹…gÄ«ta-dÄmodara.
