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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 11.33
নবদ্বীপে পুরুষোত্তম পণ্ডিত মহাশয় ।
নিত্যানন্দ–নামে যাঁর মহোন্মাদ হয় ॥ ৩৩ ॥
navadvīpe puruṣottama paṇḍita mahāśaya
nityānanda-nāme yāṅra mahonmāda haya
Puruṣottama Paṇḍita, a resident of Navadvīpa, was the eighth gopāla. He would become almost mad as soon as he heard the holy name of Nityānanda Prabhu.
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Puruṣottama Paṇḍita was born in Navadvīpa and was a great devotee of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu.
He was the eighth gopāla. His former name was Stokakṛṣṇa.
As soon as he heard the holy name of Nityānanda Prabhu, he would become almost mad.
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.
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “holy name”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does Puruṣottama Paṇḍita’s response invite you to hear Nityānanda Prabhu’s name more attentively?
Say the holy name of Nityānanda Prabhu slowly today and listen attentively.
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