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were both residents of the same village, known as Ekacakra-grama. He had four sons—
Krsnapada-makaranda, Krsnananda, Jiva and Yadunatha Kavicandra.
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radhe yanra janma krsnadasa dvijavara
$ri-nityGnandera tefho parama kinkara

SYNONYMS
radhe—in West Bengal; yafra—whose; janma—birth; krsnadadsa—of the name
Krsnadasa; dvijavara—the best brahmana; sri-nityanandera—of Nityananda Prabhu;
tenho—he; parama—first-class; kinkara—servant.
TRANSLATION
The twenty-first devotee of Sri Nityananda in Bengal was Krsnadasa Brahmana,
who was a first-class servant of the Lord.
PURPORT

Radha-deSa refers to the part of Bengal where the Ganges does not flow.

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kald-krsnadasa bada vaisnava-pradhana
nityGnanda-candra vinu nahi jane Gna
SYNONYMS

kala-krsnadasa—of the name Kala Krsnadasa; bada—great; vaisnava-pradhana—
first-class Vaisnava; nityGnanda-candra—Lord Nityananda; vinu—except; nahi jane—
he did not know; dna—of anything else.

TRANSLATION

The twenty-second devotee of Lord Nityananda Prabhu was Kala Krsnadasa,
who was the ninth cowherd boy. He was a first-class Vaisnava and did not know
anything beyond. Nityananda Prabhu.

PURPORT

In the Caitanya-bhagavata, Antya-khanda, Chapter Six, it is said that Krsnadasa,
who was known as Kaliya Krsnadasa, was formerly a gopdla (cowherd boy) of the
