Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 11.45

paramānanda gupta — kṛṣṇa-bhakta mahāmatī

pūrve yāńra ghare nityānandera vasati

SYNONYMS

paramānanda gupta — Paramānanda Gupta; kṛṣṇa-bhakta — a great devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa; mahā-mati — advanced in spiritual consciousness; pūrve — formerly; yāńra — whose; ghare — in the house; nityānandera — of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu; vasati — residence.

TRANSLATION

The thirty-first devotee of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu was Paramānanda Gupta, who was greatly devoted to Lord Kṛṣṇa and highly advanced in spiritual consciousness. Formerly Nityānanda Prabhu also resided at his house for some time.

PURPORT

Paramānanda Gupta composed a prayer to Lord Kṛṣṇa known as Kṛṣṇa-stavāvalī. In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (194 and 199) it is stated that he was formerly the gopī named Mañjumedhā.

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