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CC Adi 11.45 (1975)



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 45

paramānanda gupta--kṛṣṇa-bhakta mahāmatī
pūrve yāṅra ghare nityānandera vasati


SYNONYMS

paramānanda gupta—of the name Paramānanda Gupta; kṛṣṇa-bhakta—a great devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa; mahā-mati—advanced in spiritual consciousness; pūrve—formerly; yāṅra—whose; ghare—in the house; nityānandera—of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu; vasati—residence.


TRANSLATION

The thirty-first devotee of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu was Paramānanda Gupta, who was greatly devoted to Lord Kṛṣṇa and highly advanced in spiritual consciousness. Formerly Nityānanda Prabhu also resided at his house for some time.


PURPORT

Paramānanda Gupta composed a prayer to Lord Kṛṣṇa known as Kṛṣṇa-stavāvalī. In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā, verses 194 and 199, it is stated that he was formerly the gopī named Mañjumedhā.