nandana-ÄcÄrya-Å›ÄkhÄ jagate vidita
lukÄiyÄ dui prabhura yÄá¹…ra ghare sthita
nandana-ÄcÄrya - Nandana Ä€cÄrya; Å›ÄkhÄ - the seventeenth branch; jagate - in the world; vidita - celebrated; lukÄiyÄ - hiding; dui - two; prabhura - of the Lords; yÄá¹…ra - of whom; ghare - in the house; sthita - situated.
Nandana Ä€cÄrya, the seventeenth branch of the Caitanya tree, is celebrated within the world because the two Prabhus [Lord Caitanya and NityÄnanda] sometimes hid in his house.
Nandana Ä€cÄrya was another companion of Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu during His kÄ«rtana pastimes in NavadvÄ«pa. ÅšrÄ«la NityÄnanda Prabhu, as AvadhÅ«ta, traveled on many pilgrimages, and when He first came to ÅšrÄ« NavadvÄ«pa-dhÄma He remained hidden in the house of Nandana Ä€cÄrya. It is there that He first met all the devotees of Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu. When Caitanya MahÄprabhu exhibited His mahÄ-prakÄÅ›a, He asked RÄmÄi Paṇá¸ita to call Advaita Prabhu, who was hiding in the home of Nandana Ä€cÄrya, for ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu could understand that He was hiding. Similarly, Lord Caitanya also sometimes hid in the home of Nandana Ä€cÄrya. In this connection one may refer to ÅšrÄ« Caitanya-bhÄgavata, Madhya-khaṇá¸a, chapters six and seventeen.
