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Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta
TRANSLATION
The sixteenth branch, Śuklāmbara Brahmacārī, was very fortunate because Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu jokingly or seriously begged food from him or sometimes snatched it from him forcibly and ate it.
PURPORT
It is stated that Śuklāmbara Brahmacārī, an inhabitant of Navadvīpa, was Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu's first companion in the  saṅkīrtana  movement. When Lord Caitanya returned from Gayā after initiation, He stayed with Śuklāmbara Brahmacārī because He wanted to hear from this devotee about the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Śuklāmbara Brahmacārī collected alms of rice from the inhabitants of Navadvīpa, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took pleasure in eating the rice that he cooked. It is said that Śuklāmbara Brahmacārī was one of the wives of the yajñic  brāhmaṇas  during the time of Lord Kṛṣṇa's pastimes in Vṛndāvana. Lord Kṛṣṇa begged foodstuffs from the wives of the yajñic  brāhmaṇas , and Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed a similar pastime by begging rice from Śuklāmbara Brahmacārī.
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नन्दन-आर्घाय-शाधा जगते विमित । 
    नुकाद्देशा द्रुहे प्रसूर यार घरे श्वित ॥ ७७ ॥
nandana-ācārya-śākhā jagate vidita 
    lukāiyā dui prabhura yāṅra ghāre sthita
SYNONYMS
nandana-ācārya —of the name Nandana Ācārya;  śākhā —the seventeenth branch;  jagate —in the world;  vidita —celebrated;  lukāiyā —hiding;  dui —two;  prabhura —of the Lords;  yāṅra —of whom;  ghāre —in the house;  sthita —situated.
TRANSLATION
Nandana Ācārya, the seventeenth branch of the Caitanya tree, is celebrated within the world because the two Prabhus [Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda] sometimes hid in his house.
PURPORT
Nandana Ācārya was another companion of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu during His  kīrtana  pastimes in Navadvīpa. Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu, as Avadhūta, traveled on many pilgrimages, and when He first came to Śrī Navadvīpa-dhāma He remained hidden in the house of Nandana Ācārya. It is there that He first met all the devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. When Caitanya Mahāprabhu exhibited His  mahā-prakāśa , He asked Rāmāi Paṇḍita to call Advaita Prabhu, who was hiding in the