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CC Ādi 11.36

Bengali

রাঢ়ে যাঁর জন্ম কৃষ্ণদাস দ্বিজবর ।
শ্রীনিত্যানন্দের তেঁহো পরম কিঙ্কর ॥ ৩৬ ॥

Text

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.