Adi-lila, Chapter 11 369
PURPORT
Pandita Purandara met Sri Nityananda Prabhu at Khadadaha. When Nityananda
Prabhu visited this village, He danced very uncommonly, and His dancing captivated
PurandaraPandita. The pangita was in the top of a tree, and upon seeing the dancing
of Nityananda he jumped down on the ground proclaiming himself to be Angada,
one of the devotees in the camp of Hanuman during the pastimes of Lord
Ramacandra.
TEXT 29
otacantaw ta — faresratrs—atae |
PUuSfe Ka, Sica cl BCA BA Nw I
paramesvara-dasa—nityanandaika-sarana
krsna-bhakti paya, tanre ye kare smarana
SYNONYMS
paramesvara-dasa—of the name Paramesvara dasa; nitydnanda-eka-sarana—com-
pletely surrendered to the lotus feet of Nityananda; krsna-bhakti paya—gets love of
Krsna; tamre—him; ye—anyone; kare—does; smarana—remembering.
TRANSLATION
Paramesvara dasa, said to be the fifth gopala of krsna-lila, completely surrendered
to the lotus feet of Nityananda. Anyone who remembers his name, Paramesvara
dasa, will get love of Krsna very easily.
PURPORT
The Caitanya-bhagavata states that Paramesvara dasa, known sometimes as
Paramesvart dasa, was the life and soul of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. The body of
Paramesvara dasa was the place of Lord Nityananda’s pastimes. Paramesvara dasa,
who lived for some time at Khadadaha village, was always filled with the ecstasy of
a cowherd boy. Formerly he was Arjuna, a friend of Krsna and Balarama. He was
the fifth among the twelve gopd/as. He accompanied Srimati Jahnava-devi when she
performed the festival at Kheturi. It is stated in the Bhakti-ratnakara that by the
order of Srimati Jahnava-mata, he installed Radha-Gopinatha in the temple at
Atapura in the district of Hugali. The Atapura station is on the narrow gauge railway
line between Howrah and Amata. Another temple in Atapura, established by the
Mitra family, is known as the Radha-Govinda temple. In front of the temple, ina
very attractive place among two bakula trees and a kadamba tree, is the tomb of
Paramesvari Thakura, and above it is an altar with a tu/asi bush. It is said that only
one flower a year comes out of the kadamba tree. It is offered to the Deity.
Paramesvari Thakura belonged, it is said, to a vaidya family. A descendant of his
brother is at present a worshiper in the temple. Some of their family members still
reside in the district of Hugali near the post office of Canditala. The descendants of
