Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 11.33

navadvīpe puruṣottama paṇḍita mahāśaya

nityānanda-nāme yāńra mahonmāda haya

SYNONYMS

navadvīpe puruṣottama — Puruṣottama of Navadvīpa; paṇḍita mahāśaya — a very learned scholar; nityānanda-nāme — in the name of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu; yāńra — whose; mahā-unmāda — great ecstasy; haya — becomes.

TRANSLATION

Puruṣottama Paṇḍita, a resident of Navadvīpa, was the eighth gopāla. He would become almost mad as soon as he heard the holy name of Nityānanda Prabhu.

PURPORT

It is stated in the Caitanya-bhāgavata that Puruṣottama Paṇḍita was born in Navadvīpa and was a great devotee of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu. As one of the twelve gopālas, his former name was Stokakṛṣṇa.

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