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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 11.38
শ্রীসদাশিব কবিরাজ—বড় মহাশয় ।
শ্রীপুরুষোত্তম দাস—তাঁহার তনয় ॥ ৩৮ ॥
śrī-sadāśiva kavirāja — baḍa mahāśaya
śrī-puruṣottama-dāsa — tāṅhāra tanaya
The twenty-third and twenty-fourth prominent devotees of Nityānanda Prabhu were Sadāśiva Kavirāja and his son Puruṣottama dāsa, who was the tenth gopāla.
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Sadāśiva Kavirāja was the twenty-third prominent devotee of Nityānanda Prabhu.
His son, Puruṣottama dāsa, was the twenty-fourth prominent devotee.
Puruṣottama dāsa was the tenth gopāla.
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 do you notice about father and son both being honored as prominent devotees?
Write down Sadāśiva Kavirāja and Puruṣottama dāsa’s names, noting their relationship and their devotion to Nityānanda Prabhu.
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