Śrīman Mahāprabhu : Mahābhāvāsvādi or Rasarāja ?
nijaprabhānirjitapuṣpaketuṁ pāṣaṇḍavidhvaṁsanadhūmaketum, vande svabhaktaprapadāmbusetuṁ caitanyacandraṁ bhavamokṣahetum. saṃsārakūpe patitān aśeṣān uddhartukāmaḥ kalikālalokān, yaḥ prādurāsīt kila gauḍadeśe caitanyacandraṃ tam ahaṃ prapadye. anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasāṁ sva-bhakti-śriyam, hariḥ puraṭa-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandīpitaḥ sadā hṛdaya-kandare sphuratu vaḥ śacī-nandanaḥ. Here we will examine the claims of Nadīyā Nāgarīs on Śrīman Mahāprabhu's characteristics. First of all, we must understand that none of the Gosvāmis have given any allegiance to Nadiyānāgarīvāda or its parent "Gaurapāramyavāda" [not Kavikarṇapura's]. Thus, those who show themselves to be the only flagbearers of the Gosvāmis especially Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmi should part their ways from this chain of thought at once. Some ask if at all this Bhāva was non-existent why then many padakartās like Śrī Locanadāsa, Śrī Naraharidāsa etc. write padas admirin...
