Ādi-līlāChapter 10: The Trunk, Branches and Subbranches of the Caitanya Tree

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 10.36

nārāyaṇa-paṇḍita eka baḍa-i udāra

caitanya-caraṇa vinu nāhi jāne āra

SYNONYMS

nārāyaṇa-paṇḍitaNārāyaṇa Paṇḍita; eka — one; baḍai — very; udāra — liberal; caitanya-caraṇa — the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya; vinu — except; nāhi — not; jāne — know; āra — anything else.

TRANSLATION

Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita, the fourteenth branch, a great and liberal devotee, did not know any shelter but Lord Caitanya's lotus feet.

PURPORT

Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita was one of the associates of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura. It is mentioned in the Caitanya-bhāgavata, Antya-khaṇḍa, Eighth Chapter, verse 36, that he went to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī with the Ṭhākura's brother Śrī Rāma Paṇḍita.

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