Photo: Śrī Advaita Ācārya is Rati Mañjari.
In the end of Śrīla Kavi Karṇapūra’s Śrī Caitanya Candrodaya Nāṭaka, Śrīman Mahāprabhu personally blessed Sītānātha (Advaita Prabhu), saying:
vṛndāraṇyāntarasthaḥ sarasa vilasitenātmanām ātmānam uccair ānanda syanda vandīkṛta manasam urīkṛtya nitya pramodaḥ vṛndāraṇyaika niṣṭhān svaruci sama tanūn kārayiṣyāmi yusmān ityevās te’vaśiṣṭam kim api mama mahat karma tac cātaniṣye
(Śrī Caitanya Candrodaya Nāṭaka Act X, 72)
“O Ācārya! I’m always absorbed in My blissful luscious pastimes, residing in Vṛndāvana, and I will give you all (spiritual) bodies suitable for joining Me (according to your own taste) in these Vṛndāvana-pastimes. That one remaining great duty I will swiftly perform!”
api ca—dāsye kecana kecana praṇayinaḥ sakhyaika evobhaye rādhā-mādhava-naiṣṭhikāḥ katipaye śrī-dvārakādhīśituḥ sakhyādāv ubhayatra kecana pare ye vāvatārāntare mayy ābaddha-hṛdo’khilān vitanavai vṛndāvanāsaṅginaḥ
(Śrī Caitanya Candrodaya Nāṭaka Act X, 73)
“Those of you whose hearts are bound to Me in this form of Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, even if your Rasas are friendship or servitude to Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava or Lord Dvārakādisa, or if your Rasas are friendship or servitude to any of My other incarnations, I will make into My eternally liberated associates in Goloka Vṛndāvana.”
So, is Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Sampradāya, exclusively, meant for Mañjarī-bhāva? No.
So, do we have room for other Rasas in Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism? Yes.
Are there other Gaurāṅga associates in other Rasas? Yes.
But these associates, though they are in other Rasas and because Śrī Caitanya is in the mood of Mādhurya, all propagate especially Mādhurya-mañjarī-bhāva.
What the two verses of Caitanya-candrodaya-nāṭaka quoted above refer to is that all associates of Gaurāṅga who are not in Mādhurya-rasa will develop a high regard for the Mañjarī-bhāva/Bhāvollāsa-rati though being situated in their own respective devotional positions as before.
That is, they continue in their other Rasas, but they propagate Mañjarī-bhāva/Bhāvollāsa-rati.
And also receive a Mañjarī-svarūpa simultaneously.
Proof of this is that the 5 different lineages prevalent today:
1 - Nityānanda Parivāra,
2 - Advaita Parivāra,
3 - Śrīnivāsa Parivāra,
4 - Narottama Parivāra,
5 - Śyāmānanda Parivāra.
As well as Vakreśvara Parivāra and Gadādhara Parivāra, ALL promote Mañjarī-bhāva !!!
Śrī Nityānanda is Ananga Mañjari, Śrī Advaita is Rati Mañjari, Śrī Dhanañjaya is Madana Mañjarī...
In relation to the Mañjarī-svarūpa of Śrī Advaita Ācārya:
"Advaita Dāsa - Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī is the disciple of Yadunandanācārya, who was in turn the disciple of Advaita Prabhu. He offers hommage to Yadunandana Prabhu in Vilāpa Kusumāñjali verse 4, and naturally in the sequence of respect the Guru's Guru comes before that. So in verse 3 he prays to Rati Mañjarī, that is naturally the Guru of his Guru, because the prayer comes in a preceding verse. About Viśākhā - in verse 99 of Vilāpa Kusumāñjali Raghunatha Dāsa Gosvāmī prays to Viśākhā, note that there is no prayer there to Lalitā. They are not equal to him, because Viśākhā is Advaita Prabhu, his Parama Guru."
