Ādi-īlā, Chapter 11
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PURPORT
Murāri Caitanya dāsa was born in the village of Sarvṛndāvana-pura, which is situated about two miles from the Galaśī station on the Burdwan line. When Murāri Caitanya dāsa came to Navadvīpa, he settled in the village of Modadruma, or Māugāchi-grāma. At that time he became known as Śārṅga or Śāraṅga Murāri Caitanya dāsa. The descendants of his family still reside in Śarer Pāṭa. In the  Caitanya-bhāgavata ,  Antya-īlā , Chapter Five, there is the following statement: “Murāri Caitanya dāsa had no material bodily features, for he was completely spiritual. Thus he would sometimes chase after tigers in the jungle and treat them just like cats and dogs. He would slap the cheek of a tiger and take a venomous snake on his lap. He had no fear for his external body, of which he was completely forgetful. He could spend all twenty-four hours of the day chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mahā-mantra  or speaking about Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda. Sometimes he would remain submerged in water for two or three days, but he would feel no bodily inconvenience. Thus he behaved almost like stone or wood, but he always used his energy in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mahā-mantra . No one can describe his specific characteristics, but it is understood that wherever Murāri Caitanya dāsa passed, whoever was present would be enlightened in Kṛṣṇa consciousness simply by the atmosphere he created.”
TEXT 21
नित्यानय्येय गण यत्,—सव क्षयस्था ।
शृण्व-वेक्ष-गोपवेम, मिरे मिथिपाथा ॥ २३ ॥
nityānandera gaṇa yata—saba vraja-sakhā śṛṅga-vetra-gopaveśa, śire śikhi-pākhā
SYNONYMS
nityānandera —of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu;  gaṇa —followers;  yata —all;  saba —all;  vraja-sakhā —residents of Vṛndāvana;  śṛṅga —horn;  vetra —cane stick;  gopa-veśa —dressed like a cowherd boy;  śire —on the head;  śikhi-pākhā —the plume of a peacock.
TRANSLATION
All the associates of Lord Nityānanda were formerly cowherd boys in Vrajabhūmi. Their symbolic representations were the horns and sticks they carried, their cowherd dress and the peacock plumes on their heads.
PURPORT
Jāhnavā-mātā is also within the list of Lord Nityānanda’s followers. She is described in the  Gaura-ganoddeśa-dīpikā , verse 66, as Anaṅga-mañjarī of Vṛndāvana. All the devotees who are followers of Jāhnavā-mātā are counted within the list of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu’s devotees.