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== Sri Caitanya-caritamrta ==

=== CC Adi-lila ===

<span class="q_heading">'''In Vraja there were two very nice singers named Madhukaṇṭha and Madhuvrata. They appeared in caitanya-līlā as Mukunda and Vāsudeva Datta.'''</span>

<span class="CC-statistics">'''[[Vanisource:CC Adi 10.40|CC Adi 10.40, Translation and Purport]]: Mukunda Datta, a class friend of Lord Caitanya’s, was another branch of the Caitanya tree. Lord Caitanya danced while he sang.'''

Śrī Mukunda Datta was born in the Caṭṭagrāma district, in the village of Chanharā, which is under the jurisdiction of the police station named Paṭiyā. This village is situated ten krośas, or about twenty miles, from the home of Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi. In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (140) it is said:

:vraje sthitau gāyakau yau madhukaṇṭha-madhuvratau
:mukunda-vāsudevau tau dattau gaurāṅga-gāyakau

“In Vraja there were two very nice singers named Madhukaṇṭha and Madhuvrata. They appeared in caitanya-līlā as Mukunda and Vāsudeva Datta, who were singers in the society of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.” When Lord Caitanya was a student, Mukunda Datta was His class friend, and they frequently engaged in logical arguments. Sometimes Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu would fight with Mukunda Datta, using tricks of logic.</span>

<span class="q_heading">'''The Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā describes that Vāsudeva Datta was formerly Madhuvrata, a singer in Vṛndāvana.'''</span>

<span class="CC-statistics">'''[[Vanisource:CC Adi 12.57|CC Adi 12.57, Translation and Purport]]: 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.'''

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