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  "name":"Cc. Ādi 6.48",
  "h1":"Cc. Ādi 6.48",
  "label":"Text 48",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 6.48",
  "description":"Śrī Nityānanda, the wandering mendicant, is the foremost of all the associates of Lord Caitanya. He became mad in the ecstasy of service to Lord Caitanya."

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Cc. Ādi 6.48

Text

nityānanda avadhūta sabāte āgala
caitanyera dāsya-preme ha-ilā pāgala

Synonyms

nityānanda avadhūta—the mendicant Lord Nityānanda; sabāte—among all; āgala—foremost; caitanyera dāsya-preme—in the emotional ecstatic love of being a servant of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; ha-ilā pāgala—became mad.

Translation

Śrī Nityānanda, the wandering mendicant, is the foremost of all the associates of Lord Caitanya. He became mad in the ecstasy of service to Lord Caitanya.