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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 11.45
পরমানন্দ গুপ্ত—কৃষ্ণভক্ত মহামতি ।
পূর্বে যাঁর ঘরে নিত্যানন্দের বসতি ॥ ৪৫ ॥
paramānanda gupta — kṛṣṇa-bhakta mahāmatī
pūrve yāṅra ghare nityānandera vasati
The thirty-first devotee of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu was Paramānanda Gupta, who was greatly devoted to Lord Kṛṣṇa and highly advanced in spiritual consciousness. Formerly Nityānanda Prabhu also resided at his house for some time.
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Paramānanda Gupta was greatly devoted to Lord Kṛṣṇa and highly advanced in spiritual consciousness. He was the thirty-first devotee of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu.
Nityānanda Prabhu formerly resided at his house for some time.
Paramānanda Gupta composed a prayer to Lord Kṛṣṇa called Kṛṣṇa-stavāvalī. The Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā states that he was formerly the gopī named Mañjumedhā.
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 might Paramānanda Gupta’s example encourage you to express devotion through prayer?
Offer one short, sincere prayer to Lord Kṛṣṇa today.
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