CC Adi 12.57
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.