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| Ādi-līlā | Chapter 10: The Trunk, Branches and Subbranches of the Caitanya Tree |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 10.145
kṛṣṇadāsa nāma śuddha kulīna brāhmaṇa
yāre sańge laiyā kailā dakṣiṇa gamana
SYNONYMS
kṛṣṇadāsa — Kṛṣṇadāsa; nāma — named; śuddha — pure; kulīna — respectable; brāhmaṇa — the brāhmaṇa; yāre — whom; sańge — with; laiyā — taking; kailā — did; dakṣiṇa — southern India; gamana — touring.
TRANSLATION
The twenty-second devotee, Kṛṣṇadāsa, was born of a pure and respectable brāhmaṇa family. While touring southern India, Lord Caitanya took Kṛṣṇadāsa with Him.
PURPORT
Kṛṣṇadāsa is described in the Madhya-līlā, chapters Seven and Nine. He went with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to carry His waterpot. In the Malabar state, members of the Bhaṭṭathāri cult tried to captivate Kṛṣṇadāsa by supplying a woman to seduce him, but although Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saved him from being harmed, when they returned to Jagannātha Purī He ordered that Kṛṣṇadāsa remain separate from Him, for the Lord was never favorably disposed toward an associate who was attracted by a woman. Thus Kṛṣṇadāsa lost the personal association of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Copyright © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness