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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 11.47
হোড় কৃষ্ণদাস—নিত্যানন্দপ্রভু–প্রাণ ।
নিত্যানন্দ–পদ বিনু নাহি জানে আন ॥ ৪৭ ॥
hoḍa kṛṣṇadāsa — nityānanda-prabhu-prāṇa
nityānanda-pada vinu nāhi jāne āna
The thirty-sixth devotee of Lord Nityānanda was Hoḍa Kṛṣṇadāsa, whose life and soul was Nityānanda Prabhu. He was always dedicated to the lotus feet of Nityānanda, and he knew no one else but Him.
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Hoḍa Kṛṣṇadāsa was the thirty-sixth devotee of Lord Nityānanda. Nityānanda Prabhu was his life and soul.
He was always dedicated to Nityānanda’s lotus feet and knew no one else but Him.
Kṛṣṇadāsa Hoḍa lived in Baḍagāchi, which the purport identifies as now being in Bangladesh.
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.
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In this verse: “lotus feet”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Hoḍa Kṛṣṇadāsa’s dedication help you understand about making the Lord your life and soul?
Spend one quiet minute remembering Hoḍa Kṛṣṇadāsa’s dedication to Nityānanda Prabhu’s lotus feet.
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