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CC Adi 12.57



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 57

vāsudeva dattera teṅho kṛpāra bhājana
sarva-bhāve āśriyāche caitanya-caraṇa


SYNONYMS

vāsudeva dattera — of Vāsudeva Datta; teṅho — he was; kṛpāra — of the mercy; bhājana — competent to receive; sarva-bhāve — in all respects; āśriyāche — took shelter; caitanya-caraṇa — of the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya.


TRANSLATION

Śrī Yadunandana Ācārya was a student of Vāsudeva Datta, and he received all his mercy. Therefore he could accept Lord Caitanya’s lotus feet, from all angles of vision, as the supreme shelter.


PURPORT

The Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (140) describes that Vāsudeva Datta was formerly Madhuvrata, a singer in Vṛndāvana.