Adi-fila, Chapter 11 363

PURPORT

Murari Caitanya dasa was born in the village of Sarvrndavana-pura, which is
situated about two miles from the Galasi station on the Burdwan line. When Murari
Caitanya dasa came to Navadvipa, he settled in the village of Modadruma, or
Maugachi-grama. At that time he became known as Sarnga or Saranga Murari
Caitanya dasa. The descendants of his family still reside in Sarer Pata In the
Caitanya-bhagavata, Antya-lila, Chapter Five, there is the following statement:
“Murari Caitanya dasa 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 Krsna
mahé-mantra or speaking about Lord Caitanya and Nityananda. 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 Krsna mahd-mantra. No one can describe his specific
characteristics, but it is understood that wherever Murari Caitanya dasa passed,
whoever was present would be enlightened in Krsna consciousness simply by the
atmosphere he created.”

TEXT 21

FHSHTATHS te TS,— AZ SHA |
ga-caactistcas, fatca Pafertrey nase

nityanandera gana yata—saba vraja-sakha
$rfhiga-vetra-gopavesa, sire Sikhi-pakha

SYNONYMS

nityanandera—of Lord Nityananda Prabhu; gana—followers; yata—all; saba—all;
vraja-sakhG—residents of Wrndavana; srmga—horn; vetra—cane stick; gopa-vesa—
dressed like a cowherd boy; Sire—on the head; Sikhi-pakha—the plume of a peacock.

TRANSLATION

All the associates of Lord Nityananda were formerly cowherd boysin Vrajabhimi.
Their symbolic representations were the horns and sticks they carried, their cowherd
dress and the peacock plumes on their heads.

PURPORT

Jahnava-mata is also within the list of Lord Nityananda’s followers. She is de-
scribed in the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, verse 66, as Ananga-manijari of Vendavana.
All the devotees who are followers of Jahnava-mata are counted within the list of
Sri Nityananda Prabhu’s devotees.
