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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 11.44
নিত্যানন্দভৃত্য পরমানন্দ উপাধ্যায় ।
শ্রীজীব পণ্ডিত নিত্যানন্দ–গুণ গায় ॥ ৪৪ ॥
nityānanda-bhṛtya — paramānanda upādhyāya
śrī-jīva paṇḍita nityānanda-guṇa gāya
Paramānanda Upādhyāya was Nityānanda Prabhu’s great servitor. Śrī Jīva Paṇḍita glorified the qualities of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu.
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Paramānanda Upādhyāya was an advanced devotee and a great servitor of Nityānanda Prabhu.
Śrī Jīva Paṇḍita glorified Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu’s qualities. He was the second son of Ratnagarbha Ācārya and a childhood friend of Hāḍāi Ojhā, Nityānanda Prabhu’s father.
The Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā says that Śrī Jīva Paṇḍita was formerly the gopī named Indirā.
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: “gopī”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do service and glorification each appear in this verse?
Take a moment today to remember Śrī Jīva Paṇḍita’s dedication to glorifying Nityānanda Prabhu.
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