# Cc. Madhya 10.102 ## Text > āra dine āilā svarūpa dāmodara > prabhura atyanta marmī, rasera sāgara ## Synonyms *āra* *dine*—next day; *āilā*—came; *svarūpa* *dāmodara*—Svarūpa Dāmodara; *prabhura*—of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; *atyanta*—very; *marmī*—intimate friend; *rasera*—of transcendental mellows; *sāgara*—ocean. ## Translation **Svarūpa Dāmodara also arrived the next day. He was a very intimate friend of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and he was an ocean of transcendental mellows.** ## Purport "Svarūpa" is one of the names of a *brahmacārī* in Śaṅkarācārya's disciplic succession. In the Vedic discipline there are ten names for *sannyāsīs,* and it is customary for a *brahmacārī* assisting a *sannyāsī* of the designation Tīrtha or Āśrama to receive the title Svarūpa. Dāmodara Svarūpa was formerly a resident of Navadvīpa, and his name was Puruṣottama Ācārya. When he went to Vārāṇasī, he took *sannyāsa* from a *sannyāsī* designated Tīrtha. Although he received the title Svarūpa in his *brahmacārī* stage, he did not change his name when he took *sannyāsa.* Actually as a *sannyāsī* he should have been called Tīrtha, but he chose to retain his original *brahmacārī* title as Svarūpa.