### CC Adi 6.48

> নিত্যানন্দ অবধূত সবাতে আগল ।\
> চৈতন্যের দাস্য-প্রেমে হইলা পাগল ॥৪৮॥

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

*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.

**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.**