CC Adi 11.36
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 36
- rāḍhe yāṅra janma kṛṣṇadāsa dvijavara
- śrī-nityānandera teṅho parama kiṅkara
SYNONYMS
rāḍhe—in West Bengal; yāṅra—whose; janma—birth; kṛṣṇadāsa—Kṛṣṇadāsa; dvija-vara—the best brāhmaṇa; śrī-nityānandera—of Nityānanda Prabhu; teṅho—he; parama—first-class; kiṅkara—servant.
TRANSLATION
The twenty-first devotee of Śrī Nityānanda in Bengal was Kṛṣṇadāsa Brāhmaṇa, who was a first-class servant of the Lord.
PURPORT
In this verse the word rāḍhe refers to Rāḍhadeśa, the part of Bengal where the Ganges does not flow.