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were both residents of the same village, known as Ekacakra-grāma. He had four sons—Kṛṣṇada-makaranda, Kṛṣṇānanda, Jīva and Yadunātha Kavicandra.
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রাঢ়ে যাঁর জন্ম কৃষ্ণদাস দ্বিজবর । শ্রীনিত্যানন্দের তেঁহো পরম কিষ্কর ॥ ৩৬ ॥
rāḍhe yāṅra janma kṛṣṇadāsa dvijavara śrī-nityānandera teṅho parama kiṅkara
SYNONYMS
rāḍhe —in West Bengal;  yāṅra —whose;  janma —birth;  kṛṣṇadāsa —of the name Kṛṣṇadāsa;  dvijavara —the best  brāhmaṇa ;  śrī-nityānandera —of Nityānanda Prabhu;  teṅho —he;  parama —first-class;  kiṅkara —servant.
TRANSLATION
The twenty-first devotee of Śrī Nityānanda in Bengal was Kṛṣṇadāsa Brāhmaṇa, who was a first-class servant of the Lord.
PURPORT
Rāḍha-deśa refers to the part of Bengal where the Ganges does not flow.
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কালা-কৃষ্ণদাস বড় বৈষ্ণবপ্রধান । নিত্যানন্দ-চন্দ্র বিন্দু নাহি জানে আন ॥ ৩৭ ॥
kālā-kṛṣṇadāsa baḍa vaiṣṇava-pradhāna nityānanda-candra vinu nāhi jāne āna
SYNONYMS
kālā-kṛṣṇadāsa —of the name Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa;  baḍa —great;  vaiṣṇava-pradhāna —first-class Vaiṣṇava;  nityānanda-candra —Lord Nityānanda;  vinu —except;  nāhi jāne —he did not know;  āna —of anything else.
TRANSLATION
The twenty-second devotee of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu was Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa, who was the ninth cowherd boy. He was a first-class Vaiṣṇava and did not know anything beyond Nityānanda Prabhu.
PURPORT
In the  Caitanya-bhāgavata ,  Antya-khaṇḍa , Chapter Six, it is said that Kṛṣṇadāsa, who was known as Kāliyā Kṛṣṇadāsa, was formerly a  gopāla  (cowherd boy) of the