# Cc. Ādi 11.21 ## Text > nityānandera gaṇa yata—saba vraja-sakhā > śṛṅga-vetra-gopaveśa, śire śikhi-pākhā ## Synonyms *nityānandera*—of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu; *gaṇa*—followers; *yata*—all; *saba*—all; *vraja*-*sakhā*—residents of Vṛndāvana; *śṛṅga*—horn; *vetra*—cane stick; *gopa*-*veśa*—dressed like a cowherd boy; *śire*—on the head; *śikhi*-*pākhā*—the plume of a peacock. ## Translation **All the associates of Lord Nityānanda were formerly cowherd boys in Vrajabhūmi. Their symbolic representations were the horns and sticks they carried, their cowherd dress and the peacock plumes on their heads.** ## Purport Jāhnavā-mātā is also within the list of Lord Nityānanda's followers. She is described in the *Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā,* verse 66, as Anaṅga-mañjarī of Vṛndāvana. All the devotees who are followers of Jāhnavā-mātā are counted within the list of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu's devotees.