CC Adi 11.36 (1996)
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 36
- rāḍhe yāṅra janma kṛṣṇadāsa dvijavara
- śrī-nityānandera teṅho parama kiṅkara
SYNONYMS
rāḍhe — in West Bengal; yāṅra — whose; janma — birth; kṛṣṇadāsa — Kṛṣṇadāsa; dvija-vara — the best brāhmaṇa; śrī-nityānandera — of Nityānanda Prabhu; teṅho — he; parama — first-class; kiṅkara — servant.
TRANSLATION
The twenty-first devotee of Śrī Nityānanda in Bengal was Kṛṣṇadāsa Brāhmaṇa, who was a first-class servant of the Lord.
PURPORT
In this verse the word rāḍhe refers to Rāḍhadeśa, the part of Bengal where the Ganges does not flow.