CC Adi 11.36

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter 11: The Expansions of Lord Nityānanda

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His Divine Grace
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.