nityÄnandera gaṇa yata — saba vraja-sakhÄ
śṛṅga-vetra-gopaveÅ›a, Å›ire Å›ikhi-pÄkhÄ
nityÄnandera - of Lord NityÄnanda Prabhu; gaṇa - followers; yata - all; saba - all; vraja-sakhÄ - residents of Vá¹›ndÄvana; śṛṅga - horn; vetra - cane stick; gopa-veÅ›a - dressed like a cowherd boy; Å›ire - on the head; Å›ikhi-pÄkhÄ - the plume of a peacock.
All the associates of Lord NityÄnanda were formerly cowherd boys in VrajabhÅ«mi. Their symbolic representations were the horns and sticks they carried, their cowherd dress and the peacock plumes on their heads.
JÄhnavÄ-mÄtÄ is also within the list of Lord NityÄnanda’s followers. She is described in the Gaura-gaṇoddeÅ›a-dÄ«pikÄ (66) as Anaá¹…ga-mañjarÄ« of Vá¹›ndÄvana. All the devotees who are followers of JÄhnavÄ-mÄtÄ are counted within the list of ÅšrÄ« NityÄnanda Prabhu’s devotees.
