CC Adi 11.25
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 25
- sūryadāsa sarakhela, tāṅra bhāi kṛṣṇadāsa
- nityānande dṛḍha viśvāsa, premera nivāsa
SYNONYMS
sūryadāsa sarakhela — Sūryadāsa Sarakhela; tāṅra bhāi — his brother; kṛṣṇadāsa — Kṛṣṇadāsa; nityānande — unto Lord Nityānanda; dṛḍha viśvāsa — firm faith; premera nivāsa — the reservoir of all love of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
Sūryadāsa Sarakhela and his younger brother Kṛṣṇadāsa Sarakhela both possessed firm faith in Nityānanda Prabhu. They were a reservoir of love of Godhead.
PURPORT
In the Bhakti-ratnākara (Twelfth Wave), it is stated that a few miles from Navadvīpa is a place called Śāligrāma that was the residence of Sūryadāsa Sarakhela. He was employed as a secretary in the Muslim government of that time, and thus he amassed a good fortune. Sūryadāsa had four brothers, all of whom were pure Vaiṣṇavas. Vasudhā and Jāhnavā were two daughters of Sūryadāsa Sarakhela.