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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 11.28
নিত্যানন্দ প্রভুর প্রিয়—পণ্ডিত পুরন্দর ।
প্রেমার্ণব–মধ্যে ফিরে যৈছন মন্দর ॥ ২৮ ॥
nityānanda prabhura priya — paṇḍita purandara
premārṇava-madhye phire yaichana mandara
The thirteenth important devotee of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu was Paṇḍita Purandara, who moved in the ocean of love of Godhead just like the Mandara Hill.
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Paṇḍita Purandara was the thirteenth important devotee of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu. He moved in the ocean of love of Godhead like the Mandara Hill.
He met Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu at Khaḍadaha, where the Lord’s uncommon dancing captivated him.
Seeing the dancing from a tree, he jumped to the ground and proclaimed himself Aṅgada, a devotee in Hanumān’s camp during Lord Rāmacandra’s pastimes.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Affectionate inclusiveness. Nityānanda’s branches show devotion multiplying through relationships.
The mood of Ādi 11 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:
As the branches and subbranches of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu were described in the tenth chapter, in this eleventh chapter the branches and subbranches of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu are similarly listed.Back to this verse in Ādi 11
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Purandara Paṇḍita’s response show you about his love for Nityānanda Prabhu?
Spend a quiet minute remembering how Nityānanda Prabhu’s dancing captivated Purandara Paṇḍita.
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