vÄsudeva dattera teá¹…ho ká¹›pÄra bhÄjana
sarva-bhÄve ÄÅ›riyÄche caitanya-caraṇa

 vÄsudeva dattera - of VÄsudeva Datta; teá¹…ho - he was; ká¹›pÄra - of the mercy; bhÄjana - competent to receive; sarva-bhÄve - in all respects; ÄÅ›riyÄche - took shelter; caitanya-caraṇa - of the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya.


Text

ÅšrÄ« Yadunandana Ä€cÄrya was a student of VÄsudeva 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.

Purport

The Gaura-gaṇoddeÅ›a-dÄ«pikÄ (140) describes that VÄsudeva Datta was formerly Madhuvrata, a singer in Vá¹›ndÄvana.