Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 11.52
Recognizing Lord Nityānanda Prabhu’s Devotees
“Among the devotees of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu, Pītāmbara was the sixty-fourth, Mādhavācārya the sixty-fifth, Dāmodara dāsa the sixty-sixth, Śaṅkara the sixty-seventh, Mukunda the sixty-eighth, Jñāna dāsa the sixty-ninth and Manohara the seventieth.”
What the purport teaches
- Pītāmbara and Mādhavācārya are listed as the sixty-fourth and sixty-fifth devotees of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu.
- Dāmodara dāsa, Śaṅkara and Mukunda are listed as the sixty-sixth, sixty-seventh and sixty-eighth.
- Jñāna dāsa and Manohara are listed as the sixty-ninth and seventieth devotees.
Try this today
Read the seven names aloud once, remembering that they are devotees of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu.
Ask yourself
Which of these devotees’ names can you now recognize?
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.