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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.295
সেই নন্দসুত—ইহঁ চৈতন্য–গোসাঞি ।
সেই বলদেব— ইহঁ নিত্যানন্দ ভাই ॥ ২৯৫ ॥
sei nanda-suta — ihaṅ caitanya-gosāñi
sei baladeva — ihaṅ nityānanda bhāi
The former son of Nanda Mahārāja is now Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and the former Baladeva, Kṛṣṇa’s brother, is now Nityānanda Prabhu, the brother of Lord Caitanya.
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The former son of Nanda Mahārāja is now Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Lord Caitanya is Kṛṣṇa Himself.
Baladeva, Kṛṣṇa’s brother, is now Nityānanda Prabhu.
Nityānanda Prabhu is the brother of Lord Caitanya, just as Baladeva is Kṛṣṇa’s brother.
Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The King of Vrajabhūmi is Nanda Mahārāja, and the same person in Navadvīpa is Jagannātha Miśra, the father of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Similarly, mother Yaśodā is the Queen of Vrajabhūmi, and in the pastimes of Lord Caitanya she is Śacīmātā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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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: “nanda”
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