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navadvipe purusottama pandita mahasaya

nityananda-name yanra mahonmada haya

SYNONYMS

navadvipe purusottama—Purusottama of Navadvipa; pandita mahasaya—a very learned scholar; nityananda-name—in the name of Lord Nityananda Prabhu; yanra—whose; maha-unmada—great ecstasy; haya—becomes.

Purusottama Pandita, a resident of Navadvipa, was the eighth gopala.

He would become almost mad as soon as he heard the holy name of Nityananda Prabhu.

PURPORT

It is stated in the Caitanya-bhagavata that Purusottama Pandita was born in Navadvipa and was a great devotee of Lord Nityananda Prabhu.

As one of the twelve gopalas, his former name was Stokakrsna.