Adi-Iila, Chapter 8 191

narayani—caitanyera ucchista-bhajana

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SYNONYMS

narayani-of the name Narayant; caitanyera—of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
ucchista-bhajana—eater of the remnants of foodstuff; tamra—of her; garbhe—in the
womb; janmila—took birth; sri-dasa-vrndavana—Srila Vendavana dasa Thakura.

TRANSLATION

_ Narayan eternally eats the remnants of the foodstuffs of Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura was born of her womb.

PURPORT

In Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, a book written by Kavikarnapira that describes all
the associates of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and who they previously were, there is
the following statement regarding Narayani:

ambikayah svasa yasin namna Srila-kilimbika
krsnocchistam prabhunhjana seyam narayani mata

When Lord Krsna was a child, He was nursed by a woman named Ambika who had
a younger sister named Kilimbika. During the time of Lord Caitanya’s incarnation,
the same Kilimbika used to eat the remnants of foodstuffs left by Lord Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu. That Kilimbika was Narayani, who was a niece of Srivasa Jhakura’s.
Later on, when she grew up and married, Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura was born
from her womb. A devotee of Lord Sri Krsna is celebrated in terms of devotional
service rendered to the Lord; thus we know Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura as the
son of Narayan. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura notes in this connection
that there is no reference to his paternal ancestry because there is no need to
understand it.

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tantra ki adbhuta caitanya-carita-varnana
yahara sSravane suddha kaila tri-bhuvana

SYNONYMS

tanra—Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura’s; k/— what; adbhuta—wonderful; caitanya-
carita—of the pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; varnana—description; yahara—
