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  "label":"Text 28",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 11.28",
  "description":"The thirteenth important devotee of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu was Paṇḍita Purandara, who moved in the ocean of love of Godhead just like the Mandara Hill."

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Cc. Ādi 11.28

Text

nityānanda prabhura priya—paṇḍita purandara
premārṇava-madhye phire yaichana mandara

Synonyms

nityānanda—Lord Nityānanda Prabhu; prabhura—of the Lord; priya—very dear; paṇḍita purandara—of the name Paṇḍita Purandara; prema-arṇava-madhye—in the ocean of love of Godhead; phire—moved; yaichana—exactly like; mandara—the Mandara Hill.

Translation

The thirteenth important devotee of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu was Paṇḍita Purandara, who moved in the ocean of love of Godhead just like the Mandara Hill.

Purport

Paṇḍita Purandara met Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu at Khaḍadaha. When Nityānanda Prabhu visited this village, He danced very uncommonly, and His dancing captivated Purandara Paṇḍita.The paṇḍita was in the top of a tree, and upon seeing the dancing of Nityānanda he jumped down on the ground and proclaimed himself to be Aṅgada, one of the devotees in the camp of Hanumān during the pastimes of Lord Rāmacandra.