CC Adi 12.57 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 12: The Expansions of Advaita Acārya and Gadādhara Paṇḍita
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
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.