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CC Ādi 12.57

Bengali

বাসুদেব দত্তের তেঁহো কৃপার ভাজন ।
সর্বভাবে আশ্রিয়াছে চৈতন্য–চরণ ॥ ৫৭ ॥

Text

vāsudeva dattera teṅho kṛpāra bhājana
sarva-bhāve āśriyāche caitanya-caraṇa

Synonyms

vāsudeva dattera — of Vāsudeva Datta; teṅho — he was; kṛpāra — of the mercy; bhājana — competent to receive; sarva-bhāve — in all respects; āśriyāche — took shelter; caitanya-caraṇa — of the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya.

Translation

Śrī Yadunandana Ācārya was a student of Vāsudeva Datta, and he received all his mercy. Therefore he could accept Lord Caitanya’s lotus feet, from all angles of vision, as the supreme shelter.

Purport

The Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (140) describes that Vāsudeva Datta was formerly Madhuvrata, a singer in Vṛndāvana.