kṛṣṇadÄsa nÄma Å›uddha kulÄ«na brÄhmaṇa
yÄre saá¹…ge laiyÄ kailÄ daká¹£iṇa gamana
kṛṣṇadÄsa - KṛṣṇadÄsa; nÄma - named; Å›uddha - pure; kulÄ«na - respectable; brÄhmaṇa - the brÄhmaṇa; yÄre - whom; saá¹…ge - with; laiyÄ - taking; kailÄ - did; daká¹£iṇa - southern India; gamana - touring.
The twenty-second devotee, KṛṣṇadÄsa, was born of a pure and respectable brÄhmaṇa family. While touring southern India, Lord Caitanya took KṛṣṇadÄsa with Him.
KṛṣṇadÄsa is described in the Madhya-lÄ«lÄ, chapters seven and nine. He went with ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu to carry His waterpot. In the Malabar state, members of the Bhaá¹á¹athÄri cult tried to captivate KṛṣṇadÄsa by supplying a woman to seduce him, but although ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu saved him from being harmed, when they returned to JagannÄtha PurÄ« He ordered that KṛṣṇadÄsa remain separate from Him, for the Lord was never favorably disposed toward an associate who was attracted by a woman. Thus KṛṣṇadÄsa lost the personal association of Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu.
