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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 11.49
শ্ৰীমন্ত, গোকুলদাস, হরিহরানন্দ ।
শিবাই, নন্দাই, অবধূত পরমানন্দ ॥ ৪৯ ॥
śrīmanta, gokula-dāsa hariharānanda
śivāi, nandāi, avadhūta paramānanda
Śrīmanta was the forty-fifth, Gokula dāsa the forty-sixth, Hariharānanda the forty-seventh, Śivāi the forty-eighth, Nandāi the forty-ninth and Paramānanda the fiftieth.
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Śrīmanta was the forty-fifth, and Gokula dāsa was the forty-sixth.
Hariharānanda was the forty-seventh, and Śivāi was the forty-eighth.
Nandāi was the forty-ninth, and Paramānanda was the fiftieth.
Affectionate inclusiveness. Nityānanda’s branches show devotion multiplying through relationships.
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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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Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “hariharānanda”
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: “nandāi”
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