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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 11.41
মহাভাগবত–শ্রেষ্ঠ দত্ত উদ্ধারণ ।
সর্বভাবে সেবে নিত্যানন্দের চরণ ॥ ৪১ ॥
mahā-bhāgavata-śreṣṭha datta uddhāraṇa
sarva-bhāve seve nityānandera caraṇa
Uddhāraṇa Datta Ṭhākura, the eleventh among the twelve cowherd boys, was an exalted devotee of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu. He worshiped the lotus feet of Lord Nityānanda in all respects.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Uddhāraṇa Datta Ṭhākura was an exalted devotee who worshiped the lotus feet of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu in all respects.
He was the eleventh among the twelve cowherd boys. He was formerly the cowherd boy of Vṛndāvana named Subāhu.
He lived in Saptagrāma, on the bank of the Sarasvatī River. In his time, Saptagrāma was a very big town encompassing several other places.
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.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “cowherd”, “vṛndāvana”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lotus feet”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does worshiping Nityānanda Prabhu “in all respects” lead you to consider about your own devotion?
Offer a brief prayer of respect to the lotus feet of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu today.
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