Ādi 8.41
TEXT 41
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নারায়ণী-চৈতন্যের উচ্ছিষ্ট-ভাজন ।
তাঁর গর্ভে জন্মিলা শ্রীদাস-বৃন্দাবন ॥ ৪১ ॥ narayani-caitanyera ucchista-bhajana
taṅra garbhe janmila sri-dasa-vrndavana
SYNONYMS
narayani-of the name Narayani; caitanyera-of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; ucchista-bhajana-eater of the remnants of foodstuff; taṅra-of her; garbhe-in the womb; janmila-took birth; sri-dasa-vrndavana-Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura.
TRANSLATION
Narayani eternally eats the remnants of the foodstuffs of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura was born of her womb.
PURPORT
In Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, a book written by Kavikarnapura that describes all the associates of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and who they previously were, there is the following statement regarding Narayani:
ambikayah svasa yasin namna srila-kilimbika
krsnocchistam prabhunjana seyam narayani mata When Lord Krsna was a child, He was nursed by a woman named Ambika who had a younger sister named Kilimbika. During the time of Lord Caitanya's incarnation, the same Kilimbika used to eat the remnants of foodstuffs left by Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. That Kilimbika was Narayani, who was a niece of Srivasa Thakura's. Later on, when she grew up and married, Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura was born from her womb. A devotee of Lord Sri Krsna is celebrated in terms of devotional service rendered to the Lord; thus we know Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura as the son of Narayani. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura notes in this connection that there is no reference to his paternal ancestry because there is no need to understand it.
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