### CC Adi 11.25

> সূর্যদাস সরখেল, তাঁর ভাই কৃষ্ণদাস ।\
> নিত্যানন্দে দৃঢ় বিশ্বাস, প্রেমের নিবাস ॥২৫॥

> sūryadāsa sarakhela, tāṅra bhāi kṛṣṇadāsa\
> nityānande dṛḍha viśvāsa, premera nivāsa

*sūryadāsa sarakhela*—of the name Sūryadāsa Sarakhela; *tāṅra bhāi*—his brother; *kṛṣṇadāsa*—of the name Kṛṣṇadāsa; *nityānande*—unto Lord Nityānanda; *dṛḍha viśvāsa*—firm faith; *premera nivāsa*—the reservoir of all love of Godhead.

**Sūryadāsa Sarakhela and his younger brother Kṛṣṇadāsa Sarakhela both possessed firm faith in Nityānanda Prabhu. They were a reservoir of love of Godhead.**

In the *Bhakti-ratnākara*, Chapter Twelve, it is stated that a few miles from Navadvīpa is a place called Śāligrāma that was the residence of Sūryadāsa Sarakhela. He was employed as a secretary of the Mohammedan government of that time, and thus he amassed a good fortune. Sūryadāsa had four brothers, all of whom were pure Vaiṣṇavas. Vasudhā and Jāhnavā were two daughters of Sūryadāsa Sarakhela.