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CC Adi 11.36



His Divine Grace
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.