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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 11.43
বিষ্ণুদাস, নন্দন, গঙ্গাদাস,—তিন ভাই ।
পূর্বে যাঁর ঘরে ছিলা ঠাকুর নিতাই ॥ ৪৩ ৷৷
viṣṇudāsa, nandana, gaṅgādāsa — tina bhāi
pūrve yāṅra ghare chilā ṭhākura nitāi
Another important devotee of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu was Viṣṇudāsa, who had two brothers, Nandana and Gaṅgādāsa. Lord Nityānanda Prabhu sometimes stayed at their house.
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Viṣṇudāsa was an important devotee of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu. His two brothers were Nandana and Gaṅgādāsa.
The three brothers lived in Navadvīpa and belonged to the Bhaṭṭācārya brāhmaṇa family.
Viṣṇudāsa and Gaṅgādāsa stayed for some time with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī. The Caitanya-bhāgavata states that Nityānanda Prabhu formerly stayed at their house.
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: “nandana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about the brothers’ association with Nityānanda Prabhu and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Write down the three brothers’ names and one detail about their association with the Lord.
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