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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.58
‘প্রদ্যুম্ন ব্রহ্মচারী’ তাঁর আগে নাম ছিল ।
‘নৃসিংহানন্দ’ নাম প্রভু পাছে ত’ রাখিল ॥ ৫৮ ॥
‘pradyumna brahmacārī’ tāṅra āge nāma chila
‘nṛsiṁhānanda’ nāma prabhu pāche ta’ rākhila
The former Pradyumna Brahmacārī was given the name Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
This devotee was formerly known as Pradyumna Brahmacārī.
He received the name Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself gave him this name.
Belonging and gratitude. Many devotees become branches of one living network of devotion.
The mood of Ādi 10 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:
This chapter describes the branches of the tree named Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Back to this verse in Ādi 10
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the verse tell me about who gave Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī his name?
Read both names aloud once, remembering that they refer to the same devotee.
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