Adi-Lilā
CHAPTER 11
As the branches and sub-branches of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu were described in the Tenth Chapter, in this Eleventh Chapter the branches and sub-branches of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu are similarly listed.
TEXT 1
বিত্যানব্দণ্ডাস্তোত্ত-ভৃদান্ প্রেমমধুম্মদান্ । নদ্বাখিলান্ তেমু মুখ্যা লিখ্যন্তে কতিচিক্ষয়া ॥ ১ ॥
nityānanda-padāmbhoja-bhṛṅgān prema-madhūnmadān natvākhilān teṣu mukhyā likhyante katicin mayā
SYNONYMS
nityānanda —of Lord Śrī Nityānanda;  pada-ambhoja —lotus feet;  bhṛṅgān —the bumblebees;  prema —of love of Godhead;  madhu —by the honey;  unmadān —maddened;  natvā —offering obeisances;  akhilān —to all of them;  teṣu —out of them;  mukhyāḥ —the chief;  likhyante —being described;  katicit —a few of them;  mayā —by me.
TRANSLATION
After offering my obeisances unto all of the devotees of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, who are like bumblebees collecting honey from His lotus feet, I shall try to describe those who are the most prominent.
TEXT 2
জয় জয় মহাপ্রভু শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য । তাঁহার চরণাপ্রিত যেই, সেই ধন্ম ॥ ২ ॥
jaya jaya mahāprabhu śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya tāṅhāra caraṇāśrita yei, sei dhanya
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