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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 10.144
bāiśa ghaḍā jala dine bharena rāmāi
govinda-ājñāya sevā karena nandāi
SYNONYMS
bāiśa — twenty-two; ghaḍā — big waterpots; jala — water; dine — daily; bharena — fills; rāmāi — Rāmāi; govinda-ājñāya — by the order of Govinda; sevā — service; karena — renders; nandāi — Nandāi.
TRANSLATION
Every day Rāmāi filled twenty-two big waterpots, whereas Nandāi personally assisted Govinda.
PURPORT
In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (139) it is stated that two servants who formerly supplied milk and water to Lord Kṛṣṇa became Rāmāi and Nandāi in the pastimes of Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness