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home of Nandana Acarya, for Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu could understand that He
was hiding. Similarly, Lord Caitanya also sometimes hid in the home of Nandana
Acarya. In this connection one may refer to Caitanya-bhagavata, Madhya-lila,
Chapters Six and Seventeen.

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$ritmukunda-datta sakha—prabhura samadh yayi
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SYNONYMS
sri-mukunda-datta—of the name Sri Mukunda Datta; sakha—another branch;
prabhura—of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; samadhyayi—class friend; yanhara—
whose; kirtane—in sankirtana; nace—dances; caitanya-gosani—Sri Caitanya Maha-
{Prabhu.
TRANSLATION
Mukunda Datta, a class friend of Lord Caitanya’s, was another branch of the
Caitanya tree. Lord Caitanya danced while he sang.
PURPORT
Sri Mukunda Datta was born in the Cattagrama district in the village of Chanhora,
which is under the jurisdiction of the police station named Patiya. This village is
situated ten krosas, or about twenty miles, from the home of Pundarika Vidyanidhi.
In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipikd (140) it is said:
vraje sthitau gayakau yau madhukantha-madhuvratau
mukunda-vasudevau tau dattau gauranga-gayakau
“In Vraja there were two very nice singers named Madhukantha and Madhuvrata.
They appeared in caitanya-filé as Mukunda and Vasudeva Datta, who were singers
in the society of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.” When Lord Caitanya was a student,
Mukunda Datta was His class friend, and they frequently engaged in logical argu-
ments. Sometimes Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu would fight with Mukunda Datta,:
using tricks of logic. This is described in Caitanya-bhagavata, Adi-fila, Chapters
Seven and Eight. When Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu returned from Gaya, Mukunda
Datta gave Him pleasure by reciting verses from Srimad-Bhagavatam about krsna-
fila. \t was by his endeavor that Gadadhara Pandita Gosvami became a disciple of
Pundarika Vidyanidhi, as stated in Madhya-/ila, Chapter Seven. When Mukunda
Datta sang in the courtyard of Srivasa Prabhu, Mahaprabhu danced with His singing,
and when Lord Caitanya for twenty-one hours exhibited an ecstatic manifestation
known as sata-prahariya, Mukunda Datta inaugurated the function by singing.
