Å›rÄ«-ná¹›siá¹ha-upÄsaka — pradyumna brahmacÄrÄ«
prabhu tÄá¹…ra nÄma kailÄ 'ná¹›siá¹hÄnanda' kari'

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 Å›rÄ«-ná¹›siá¹ha-upÄsaka - the worshiper of Lord Ná¹›siá¹hadeva; pradyumna brahmacÄrÄ« - Pradyumna BrahmacÄrÄ«; prabhu - the Lord; tÄá¹…ra - his; nÄma - name; kailÄ - turned into; ná¹›siá¹hÄnanda - Ná¹›siá¹hÄnanda; kari' - by such a name.


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The thirteenth branch was Pradyumna BrahmacÄrÄ«. Since he was a worshiper of Lord Ná¹›siá¹hadeva, ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu changed his name to Ná¹›siá¹hÄnanda BrahmacÄrÄ«.

Purport

Pradyumna BrahmacÄrÄ« is described in the Antya-lÄ«lÄ, second chapter, of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya-caritÄmá¹›ta. He was a great devotee of Lord Caitanya, who changed his name to Ná¹›siá¹hÄnanda. While coming from the house of RÄghava Paṇá¸ita at PÄnihÄá¹­i to the house of ÅšivÄnanda, Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu appeared in the heart of Ná¹›siá¹hÄnanda BrahmacÄrÄ«. To acknowledge this, Ná¹›siá¹hÄnanda BrahmacÄrÄ« used to accept as eatables the food of three Deities, namely JagannÄtha, Ná¹›siá¹hadeva and Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu. This is stated in the Caitanya-caritÄmá¹›ta, Antya-lÄ«lÄ, second chapter, verses 48 through 78. Upon receiving information that Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu was proceeding toward Vá¹›ndÄvana from KuliyÄ, Ná¹›siá¹hÄnanda absorbed himself in meditation and by his mental activities began constructing a very nice road from KuliyÄ to Vá¹›ndÄvana. All of a sudden, however, he broke his meditation and told the other devotees that this time Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu would not go to Vá¹›ndÄvana but would travel only as far as the place known as KÄnÄi NÄá¹­aÅ›ÄlÄ. This is described in Madhya-lÄ«lÄ, chapter one, verses 155 through 162. The Gaura-gaṇoddeÅ›a-dÄ«pikÄ (74) says, ÄveÅ›aÅ› ca tathÄjñeyo miÅ›re pradyumna-saá¹jñake: ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu changed the name of Pradyumna MiÅ›ra, or Pradyumna BrahmacÄrÄ«, to Ná¹›siá¹hÄnanda BrahmacÄrÄ«, for in his heart Lord Ná¹›siá¹hadeva was manifest. It is said that Lord Ná¹›siá¹hadeva used to talk with him directly.