Puri Das

Puri Das

   Paramananda Sena was the youngest of Shivananda Sena’s three sons. He accumulated spiritual power from Mahaprabhu when he placed the Lord’s big toe in his mouth and was given the name Puri Das

   CC Antya 12.44: Shivananda Sena introduced his three sons to Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Because they were his sons, the Lord showed the boys great mercy.

   CC Antya 12.45: Lord Chaitanya asked the youngest son's name, and Shivananda Sena informed the Lord that his name was Paramananda dasa.

   CC Antya 12.46-47: Once before when Shivananda Sena had visited Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu at His residence, the Lord had told him, "When this son is born, give him the name Puri dasa."

   CC Antya 12.48: The son was in the womb of Shivananda's wife, and when Shivananda returned home the son was born.

   CC Antya 12.49: The child was named Paramananda dasa in accordance with the Lord's order, and the Lord jokingly called him Puri dasa.

   CC Antya 12.50: When Shivananda Sena introduced the child to Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Lord put His toe in the child's mouth.

   CC Antya 12.51: No one can cross over the ocean of Shivananda Sena's good fortune, for the Lord considered Shivananda's whole family His own.

   He was latter called Kavi Karnapura. He was very dear to the Lord and became a writer of books in which he revealed the Lord’s blessings on Sanatan Goswami.    (Bhakti-ratnakara 1.657)

   He was Gunachuda Sakhi in Vraja.