Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 11.48
Remembering Lord Nityānanda’s Devotees
“Among Lord Nityānanda’s devotees, Nakaḍi was the thirty-seventh, Mukunda the thirty-eighth, Sūrya the thirty-ninth, Mādhava the fortieth, Śrīdhara the forty-first, Rāmānanda the forty-second, Jagannātha the forty-third and Mahīdhara the forty-fourth.”
What the purport teaches
- Among Lord Nityānanda’s devotees, Nakaḍi was the thirty-seventh, Mukunda the thirty-eighth, Sūrya the thirty-ninth and Mādhava the fortieth.
- Śrīdhara was the forty-first, Rāmānanda the forty-second, Jagannātha the forty-third and Mahīdhara the forty-fourth.
- The purport identifies Śrīdhara as the twelfth gopāla.
Try this today
Read the eight names aloud once, then recall the purport’s detail about Śrīdhara.
Ask yourself
Which of these devotees’ names can you recall after reading the verse?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.