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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 11.35
মহাভাগবত যদুনাথ কবিচন্দ্র ।
যাঁহার হৃদয়ে নৃত্য করে নিত্যানন্দ ॥ ৩৫ ॥
mahā-bhāgavata yadunātha kavicandra
yāṅhāra hṛdaye nṛtya kare nityānanda
Yadunātha Kavicandra was a great devotee. Lord Nityānanda Prabhu always danced in his heart.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Yadunātha Kavicandra was a great devotee, and Lord Nityānanda Prabhu always danced in his heart.
His father, Ratnagarbha Ācārya, was a friend of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s father. They had lived in the same village.
Ratnagarbha Ācārya had three sons: Kṛṣṇānanda, Jīva and Yadunātha Kavicandra.
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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What does the description of Nityānanda Prabhu dancing in Yadunātha Kavicandra’s heart invite you to reflect on?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the words “Lord Nityānanda Prabhu always danced in his heart.”
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