548 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta

TRANSLATION
Sri Nityananda, the wandering mendicant, is the foremost of all the associates of
Lord Caitanya. He became mad in the ecstasy of service to Lord Caitanya.

TEXTS 49-50

Gara, afar, arya, state |
Ratha, TSM, AMINA, ACEP TT Ut Bd I
Gra HeySTHTS AAV |

COSI HCD HAH SATA Baw li co ti

Srivasa, hariddsa, ramaddsa, gadaddhara
murari, mukunda, candrasekhara, vakreSvara

e-saba pandita-loka parama-mahattva
caitanyera ddsye sabdya karaye unmatta

SYNONYMS

$rivasa—Srivasa JThakura; Aarida@sa—Haridasa Thakura; ramaddsa—Ramadasa;
gadaddhara—Gadadhara; murari— Murari; mukunda—Mukunda; candrasekhara—
Candrasekhara; vakresvara—Vakre$vara; e-saba—all of them; pandita-loka—very
learned scholars; parama-mahattva—very much glorified; caitanyera—of Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu; ddsye—the servitude; sabdya—all of them; karaye unmatta—makes mad.

TRANSLATION

Srivasa, Haridasa, Ramadasa, Gadadhara, Murari, Mukunda, Candragekhara and
VakreSvara are all glorious and are all learned scholars, but the sentiment of servi-
tude to Lord Caitanya makes them mad in ecstasy.

TEXT 51

GE AS WAH, ALS, SCA SHSM |
CCS Bricacsl, —Se COSLIA WH’ Wed

ei mata gaya, nace, kare attahdsa
loke upadese, ——‘hao caitanyera dasa’

SYNONYMS

ei mata—in this way; g@ya—chant; ndce—dance; kare—do; attahdsa—laughing like
madmen; /oke—unto the people in general; upadese—instruct; Aao—just become;
caitanyera dasa—servants of Sri Caitanya.
