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Nandai

Sri Caitanya-caritamrta

CC Adi-lila

CC Adi 10.143, Translation:

Rāmāi and Nandāi, the twentieth and twenty-first among the important devotees in Jagannātha Purī, always assisted Govinda twenty-four hours a day in rendering service to the Lord.

CC Adi 10.144, Translation and Purport:

Every day Rāmāi filled twenty-two big waterpots, whereas Nandāi personally assisted Govinda.

In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (139) it is stated that two servants who formerly supplied milk and water to Lord Kṛṣṇa became Rāmāi and Nandāi in the pastimes of Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

CC Adi 11.49, Translation:

Śrīmanta was the forty-fifth, Gokula dāsa the forty-sixth, Hariharānanda the forty-seventh, Śivāi the forty-eighth, Nandāi the forty-ninth and Paramānanda the fiftieth.

CC Madhya-lila

CC Madhya 10.149, Translation:

Both Haridāsa senior and Haridāsa junior, who were musicians, as well as Rāmāi and Nandāi, used to stay with Govinda.

CC Madhya 16.127-129, Translation:

Paramānanda Purī Gosvāmī, Svarūpa Dāmodara, Jagadānanda, Mukunda, Govinda, Kāśīśvara, Haridāsa Ṭhākura, Vakreśvara Paṇḍita, Gopīnātha Ācārya, Dāmodara Paṇḍita, Rāmāi, Nandāi and many other devotees accompanied the Lord. I have mentioned only the chief devotees. No one can describe the total number.

CC Antya-lila

CC Antya 12.148, Translation:

Jagadānanda Paṇḍita thus distributed remnants of the Lord's food to Rāmāi, Nandāi, Govinda and Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa.

CC Antya 14.89, Translation:

Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita, Gadādhara Paṇḍita, Rāmāi, Nandāi and Śaṅkara Paṇḍita are some of the devotees who ran after Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Page Title:Nandai
Compiler:Visnu Murti
Created:13 of Oct, 2010
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=7, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:7