CC Adi 11.44 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 11: The Expansions of Lord Nityānanda

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 44

nityānanda-bhṛtya--paramānanda upādhyāya

śrī-jīva paṇḍita nityānanda-guṇa gāya

SYNONYMS

nityānanda-bhṛtya—servant of Nityānanda Prabhu; paramānanda upādhyāya—of the name Paramānanda Upādhyāya; śrī-jīva paṇḍita—of the name Śrī Jīva Paṇḍita; nityānanda—Lord Nityānanda Prabhu; guṇa—qualities; gāya—glorified.

TRANSLATION

Paramānanda Upādhyāya was Nityānanda Prabhu's great servitor. Śrī Jīva Paṇḍita glorified the qualities of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu.

PURPORT

Śrī Paramānanda Upādhyāya was an advanced devotee. His name is mentioned in the Caitanya-bhāgavata, where Śrī Jīva Paṇḍita is also mentioned as the second son of Ratnagarbha Ācārya and a childhood friend of Hāḍāi Ojhā, the father of Nityānanda Prabhu. In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā, verse 169, it is said that Śrī Jīva Paṇḍita was formerly the gopī named Indirā.

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