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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter 12: The Expansions of Advaita Acārya and Gadādhara Paṇḍita

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 57

vāsudeva dattera teṅho kṛpāra bhājana
sarva-bhāve āśriyāche caitanya-caraṇa

SYNONYMS

vāsudeva dattera—of Vāsudeva Datta; teṅho—he was; kṛpāra—of the mercy; bhājana—competent to receive; sarva-bhāve—in all respects; āśriyāche—took shelter; caitanya-caraṇa—of the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Yadunandana Ācārya was a student of Vāsudeva Datta, and he received all his mercy. Therefore he could accept Lord Caitanya’s lotus feet, from all angles of vision, as the supreme shelter.

PURPORT

The Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (140) describes that Vāsudeva Datta was formerly Madhuvrata, a singer in Vṛndāvana.