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CC Antya 13 Summary

CC Antya 13.1: Let me take shelter at the lotus feet of Lord Gauracandra. His mind became exhausted and His body very thin from the pain of separation from Krishna, but when He felt ecstatic love for the Lord, He again became fully developed.

CC Antya 13.2: All glories to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu! All glories to Nityananda Prabhu! All glories to Advaita Acarya! And all glories to all the devotees of the Lord!

CC Antya 13.3: In this way, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would taste various transcendental relationships of pure love in the company of Jagadananda Pandita.

CC Antya 13.4: The unhappiness of separation from Krishna exhausted the Lord's mind and reduced the structure of His body, but when He felt emotions of ecstatic love, He again became developed and healthy.

CC Antya 13.5: Because He was very thin, when He lay down to rest on the dry bark of plantain trees, it caused Him pain in His bones.

CC Antya 13.6: All the devotees felt very unhappy to see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in pain. Indeed, they could not tolerate it. Then Jagadananda Pandita devised a remedy.

CC Antya 13.7: He acquired some fine cloth and colored it with red oxide. Then he filled it with cotton from a simula tree.

CC Antya 13.8: In this way he made a quilt and a pillow, which he then gave to Govinda, saying, "Ask the Lord to lie on this."

CC Antya 13.9: Jagadananda said to Svarupa Damodara Gosvami, "Today please personally persuade Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to lie down on the bed."

CC Antya 13.10: When it was time for the Lord to go to bed, Svarupa Damodara stayed nearby, but when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw the quilt and pillow, He was immediately very angry.

CC Antya 13.11: The Lord inquired from Govinda, "Who has made this?" When Govinda named Jagadananda Pandita, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was somewhat fearful.

CC Antya 13.12: After asking Govinda to put aside the quilt and pillow, the Lord lay down on the dry plantain bark.

CC Antya 13.13: Svarupa Damodara said to the Lord, "I cannot contradict Your supreme will, my Lord, but if You do not accept the bedding, Jagadananda Pandita will feel great unhappiness."

CC Antya 13.14: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied, "You might as well bring a bedstead here for Me to lie on. Jagadananda wants Me to enjoy material happiness.

CC Antya 13.15: "I am in the renounced order, and therefore I must lie on the floor. For Me to use a bedstead, quilt or pillow would be very shameful."

CC Antya 13.16: When Svarupa Damodara returned and related all these incidents, Jagadananda Pandita felt very unhappy.

CC Antya 13.17: Then Svarupa Damodara Gosvami devised another method. First he secured a large quantity of dry banana leaves.

CC Antya 13.18: He then tore the leaves into very fine fibers with his nails and filled two of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's outer garments with the fibers.

CC Antya 13.19: In this way, Svarupa Damodara made some bedding and a pillow, and after much endeavor by the devotees, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted them.

CC Antya 13.20: Everyone was happy to see the Lord lie down on that bed, but Jagadananda was inwardly angry, and externally he appeared very unhappy.

CC Antya 13.21: Formerly, when Jagadananda Pandita had desired to go to Vrindavana, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had not given His permission, and therefore he could not go.

CC Antya 13.22: Now, concealing his anger and unhappiness, Jagadananda Pandita again asked Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu for permission to go to Mathura.

CC Antya 13.23: With great affection, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "If you are angry with Me when you go to Mathura, you will merely become a beggar and criticize Me."

CC Antya 13.24: Grasping the Lord's feet, Jagadananda Pandita then said, "For a long time I have desired to go to Vrindavana.

CC Antya 13.25: "I could not go without Your Lordship's permission. Now You must give me permission, and I shall certainly go there."

CC Antya 13.26: Because of affection for Jagadananda Pandita, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would not permit him to depart, but Jagadananda Pandita repeatedly insisted that the Lord give him permission to go.

CC Antya 13.27: Jagadananda then submitted a plea to Svarupa Damodara Gosvami. "For a very long time," he said, "I have wanted to go to Vrindavana.

CC Antya 13.28: "I cannot go there, however, without the Lord's permission, which at present He denies me. He says, 'You are going because you are angry at Me.'

CC Antya 13.29: "Naturally I have a desire to go to Vrindavana; therefore please humbly request Him to grant His permission."

CC Antya 13.30: Thereafter, Svarupa Damodara Gosvami submitted this appeal at the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu: "Jagadananda Pandita intensely desires to go to Vrindavana.

CC Antya 13.31: "He begs for Your permission again and again. Therefore, please permit him to go to Mathura and then return.

CC Antya 13.32: "You permitted him to go see mother Saci in Bengal, and You may similarly permit him to go see Vrindavana and then return here."

CC Antya 13.33: At the request of Svarupa Damodara Gosvami, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu granted Jagadananda Pandita permission to go. The Lord sent for him and instructed him as follows.

CC Antya 13.34: "You may go as far as Varanasi without encountering disturbances, but beyond Varanasi you should be very careful to travel on the path in the company of the kshatriyas.

CC Antya 13.35: "As soon as the plunderers on the road see a Bengali traveling alone, they take everything from him, arrest him and do not let him go.

CC Antya 13.36: "When you reach Mathura, you should remain with Sanatana Gosvami and offer respectful obeisances to the feet of all the leading men there.

CC Antya 13.37: "Do not mix freely with the residents of Mathura; show them respect from a distance. Because you are on a different platform of devotional service, you cannot adopt their behavior and practices.

CC Antya 13.38: "Visit all twelve forests of Vrindavana in the company of Sanatana Gosvami. Do not leave his association for even a moment.

CC Antya 13.39: "You should remain in Vrindavana for only a short time and then return here as soon as possible. Also, do not climb Govardhana Hill to see the Gopala Deity.

CC Antya 13.40: "Inform Sanatana Gosvami that I am coming to Vrindavana for a second time and that he should therefore arrange a place for Me to stay."

CC Antya 13.41: After saying this, the Lord embraced Jagadananda Pandita, who then worshiped the Lord's lotus feet and started for Vrindavana.

CC Antya 13.42: He took permission from all the devotees and then departed. Traveling on the forest path, he soon reached Varanasi.

CC Antya 13.43: When he met Tapana Misra and Candrasekhara in Varanasi, they heard from him about topics concerning Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

CC Antya 13.44: Finally Jagadananda Pandita reached Mathura, where he met Sanatana Gosvami. They were very pleased to see each other.

CC Antya 13.45: After Sanatana Gosvami had taken Jagadananda to see all twelve forests of Vrindavana, concluding with Mahavana, the two of them remained in Gokula.

CC Antya 13.46: They stayed in Sanatana Gosvami's cave, but Jagadananda Pandita would go to a nearby temple and cook for himself.

CC Antya 13.47: Sanatana Gosvami would beg alms from door to door in the vicinity of Mahavana. Sometimes he would go to a temple and sometimes to a brahmana's house.

CC Antya 13.48: Sanatana Gosvami attended to all of Jagadananda Pandita's needs. He begged in the area of Mahavana and brought Jagadananda all kinds of things to eat and drink.

CC Antya 13.49: One day Jagadananda Pandita, having invited Sanatana to the nearby temple for lunch, finished his routine duties and began to cook.

CC Antya 13.50: Previously, a great sannyasi named Mukunda Sarasvati had given Sanatana Gosvami an outer garment.

CC Antya 13.51: Sanatana Gosvami was wearing this cloth bound about his head when he came to Jagadananda Pandita's door and sat down.

CC Antya 13.52: Assuming the reddish cloth to be a gift from Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Jagadananda Pandita was overwhelmed with ecstatic love. Thus he questioned Sanatana Gosvami.

CC Antya 13.53: "Where did you get that reddish cloth on your head?" Jagadananda asked.Sanatana Gosvami replied, "Mukunda Sarasvati gave it to me."

CC Antya 13.54: Hearing this, Jagadananda Pandita immediately became very angry and took a cooking pot in his hand, intending to beat Sanatana Gosvami.

CC Antya 13.55: Sanatana Gosvami, however, knew Jagadananda Pandita very well and was consequently somewhat ashamed. Jagadananda therefore left the cooking pot on the stove and spoke as follows.

CC Antya 13.56: "You are one of the chief associates of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Indeed, no one is dearer to Him than you.

CC Antya 13.57: "Still, you have bound your head with a cloth given to you by another sannyasi. Who can tolerate such behavior?"

CC Antya 13.58: Sanatana Gosvami said, "My dear Jagadananda Pandita, you are a greatly learned saint. No one is dearer to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu than you.

CC Antya 13.59: "This faith in Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu quite befits you. Unless you demonstrate it, how could I learn such faith?

CC Antya 13.60: "My purpose in binding my head with the cloth has now been fulfilled because I have personally seen your uncommon love for Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

CC Antya 13.61: "This saffron cloth is unfit for a Vaishnava to wear; therefore I have no use for it. I shall give it to a stranger."

CC Antya 13.62: When Jagadananda Pandita finished cooking, he offered the food to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Then he and Sanatana Gosvami sat down and ate the prasadam.

CC Antya 13.63: After eating the prasadam, they embraced each other and cried due to separation from Lord Caitanya.

CC Antya 13.64: They passed two months in Vrindavana in this way. Finally they could no longer tolerate the unhappiness of separation from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

CC Antya 13.65: Jagadananda Pandita therefore gave Sanatana Gosvami the message from the Lord: "I am also coming to Vrindavana; please arrange a place for Me to stay."

CC Antya 13.66: When Sanatana Gosvami granted permission for Jagadananda to return to Jagannatha Puri, he gave Jagadananda some gifts for Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

CC Antya 13.67: The gifts consisted of some sand from the site of the rasa-lila, a stone from Govardhana Hill, dry ripened pilu fruits and a garland of small conchshells.

CC Antya 13.68: Thus Jagadananda Pandita, bearing all these gifts, started on his journey. Sanatana Gosvami, however, was very much agitated after bidding him farewell.

CC Antya 13.69: Soon afterward, Sanatana Gosvami selected a place where Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu could stay while in Vrindavana. It was a temple in the highlands named Dvadasaditya-tila.

CC Antya 13.70: Sanatana Gosvami kept the temple very clean and in good repair. In front of it he erected a small hut.

CC Antya 13.71: Meanwhile, traveling very quickly, Jagadananda Pandita soon arrived in Jagannatha Puri, much to the joy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His devotees.

CC Antya 13.72: After offering prayers at the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Jagadananda Pandita greeted everyone. Then the Lord embraced Jagadananda very strongly.

CC Antya 13.73: Jagadananda Pandita offered obeisances to the Lord on behalf of Sanatana Gosvami. Then he gave the Lord the dust from the site of the rasa dance, along with the other gifts.

CC Antya 13.74: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu kept all the gifts except the pilu fruits, which He distributed to the devotees. Because the fruits were from Vrindavana, everyone ate them with great happiness.

CC Antya 13.75: Those devotees who were familiar with pilu fruits sucked on the seeds, but the Bengali devotees who did not know what they were chewed the seeds and swallowed them.

CC Antya 13.76: The hot chili-like taste burned the tongues of those who chewed the seeds. Thus the eating of pilu fruits from Vrindavana became a pastime of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's.

CC Antya 13.77: When Jagadananda Pandita returned from Vrindavana, everyone was jubilant. Thus Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu enjoyed His pastimes while residing at Jagannatha Puri.

CC Antya 13.78: One day when the Lord was going to the temple of Yamesvara, a female singer began to sing in the Jagannatha temple.

CC Antya 13.79: She sang a gujjari tune in a very sweet voice, and because the subject was Jayadeva Gosvami's Gita-govinda, the song attracted the attention of the entire world.

CC Antya 13.80: Hearing the song from a distance, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu immediately became ecstatic. He did not know whether it was a man or a woman singing.

CC Antya 13.81: As the Lord ran in ecstasy to meet the singer, thorny hedges pricked His body.

CC Antya 13.82: Govinda ran very quickly behind the Lord, who did not feel any pain from the pricking of the thorns.

CC Antya 13.83: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was running very rapidly, and the girl was only a short distance away. Just then Govinda caught the Lord in his arms and cried, "It is a woman singing!"

CC Antya 13.84: As soon as He heard the word "woman," the Lord became externally conscious and turned back.

CC Antya 13.85: "My dear Govinda," He said, "you have saved My life. If I had touched the body of a woman, I would certainly have died.

CC Antya 13.86: "I shall never be able to repay My debt to you."Govinda replied, "Lord Jagannatha has saved You. I am insignificant."

CC Antya 13.87: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied, "My dear Govinda, you should stay with Me always. There is danger anywhere and everywhere; therefore you should protect Me very carefully."

CC Antya 13.88: After saying this, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu returned home. When Svarupa Damodara Gosvami and His other attendants heard about the incident, they became very much afraid.

CC Antya 13.89: During this time, Raghunatha Bhattacarya, the son of Tapana Misra, gave up all his duties and left home, intending to meet Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

CC Antya 13.90: Accompanied by a servant carrying his baggage, Raghunatha Bhatta started from Varanasi and traveled along the path leading through Bengal.

CC Antya 13.91: In Bengal he met Ramadasa Visvasa, who belonged to the kayastha caste. He was one of the king's secretaries.

CC Antya 13.92: Ramadasa Visvasa was very learned in all the revealed scriptures. He was a teacher of the famous book Kavya-prakasa and was known as an advanced devotee and worshiper of Raghunatha [Lord Ramacandra].

CC Antya 13.93: Ramadasa had renounced everything and was going to see Lord Jagannatha. While traveling, he chanted the holy name of Lord Rama twenty-four hours a day.

CC Antya 13.94: When he met Raghunatha Bhatta on the way, he took Raghunatha's baggage on his head and carried it.

CC Antya 13.95: Ramadasa served Raghunatha Bhatta in various ways, even massaging his legs. Raghunatha Bhatta felt some hesitation in accepting all this service.

CC Antya 13.96: "You are a respectable gentleman, a learned scholar and a great devotee," Raghunatha Bhatta said. "Please do not try to serve me. Just come with me in a happy mood."

CC Antya 13.97: Ramadasa replied, "I am a sudra, a fallen soul. To serve a brahmana is my duty and religious principle.

CC Antya 13.98: "Therefore please do not be hesitant. I am your servant, and when I serve you my heart becomes jubilant."

CC Antya 13.99: Thus Ramadasa carried the baggage of Raghunatha Bhatta and served him sincerely. He constantly chanted the holy name of Lord Ramacandra day and night.

CC Antya 13.100: Traveling in this way, Raghunatha Bhatta soon arrived at Jagannatha Puri. There he met Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu with great delight and fell at His lotus feet.

CC Antya 13.101: Raghunatha Bhatta fell straight as a rod at the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Then the Lord embraced him, knowing well who he was.

CC Antya 13.102: Raghunatha offered respectful obeisances to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu on behalf of Tapana Misra and Candrasekhara, and the Lord also inquired about them.

CC Antya 13.103: "It is very good that you have come here," the Lord said. "Now go see the lotus-eyed Lord Jagannatha. Today you will accept prasadam here at My place."

CC Antya 13.104: The Lord asked Govinda to arrange for Raghunatha Bhatta's accommodations and then introduced him to all the devotees, headed by Svarupa Damodara Gosvami.

CC Antya 13.105: Thus Raghunatha Bhatta lived with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu continuously for eight months, and by the Lord's mercy he felt increasing transcendental happiness every day.

CC Antya 13.106: He would periodically cook rice with various vegetables and invite Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to his home.

CC Antya 13.107: Raghunatha Bhatta was an expert cook. Whatever he prepared tasted just like nectar.

CC Antya 13.108: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would accept with great satisfaction all the food he prepared. After the Lord was satisfied, Raghunatha Bhatta would eat His remnants.

CC Antya 13.109: When Ramadasa Visvasa met Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Lord did not show him any special mercy, although this was their first meeting.

CC Antya 13.110: Within his heart, Ramadasa Visvasa was an impersonalist who desired to merge into the existence of the Lord, and he was very proud of his learning. Since Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the omniscient Supreme Personality of Godhead, He can understand the heart of everyone, and thus He knew all these things.

CC Antya 13.111: Ramadasa Visvasa then took up residence in Jagannatha Puri and taught the Kavya-prakasa to the Pattanayaka family [the descendants of Bhavananda Raya].

CC Antya 13.112: After eight months, when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu bade farewell to Raghunatha Bhatta, the Lord flatly forbade him to marry. "Do not marry," the Lord said.

CC Antya 13.113: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said to Raghunatha Bhatta, "When you return home, serve your aged father and mother, who are devotees, and try to study Srimad-Bhagavatam from a pure Vaishnava who has realized God."

CC Antya 13.114: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu concluded, "Come again to Nilacala [Jagannatha Puri]." After saying this, the Lord put His own neck beads on Raghunatha Bhatta's neck.

CC Antya 13.115: Then the Lord embraced him and bade him farewell. Overwhelmed with ecstatic love, Raghunatha Bhatta began to cry due to imminent separation from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

CC Antya 13.116: After taking permission from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and all the devotees, headed by Svarupa Damodara, Raghunatha Bhatta returned to Varanasi.

CC Antya 13.117: In accordance with the instructions of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he continuously rendered service to his mother and father for four years. He also regularly studied Srimad-Bhagavatam from a self-realized Vaishnava.

CC Antya 13.118: Then his parents died at Kasi [Varanasi], and he became detached. He therefore returned to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, giving up all relationships with his home.

CC Antya 13.119: As previously, Raghunatha remained continuously with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu for eight months. Then the Lord gave him the following order.

CC Antya 13.120: "My dear Raghunatha, on My order go to Vrindavana and live there under the care of Rupa and Sanatana Gosvamis.

CC Antya 13.121: "In Vrindavana you should chant the Hare Krishna mantra twenty-four hours a day and read Srimad-Bhagavatam continuously. Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, will very soon bestow His mercy upon you."

CC Antya 13.122: After saying this, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu embraced Raghunatha Bhatta, and by the Lord's mercy Raghunatha was enlivened with ecstatic love for Krishna.

CC Antya 13.123: At a festival Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had been given some unspiced betel and a garland of tulasi leaves fourteen cubits long. The garland had been worn by Lord Jagannatha.

CC Antya 13.124: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave the garland and betel to Raghunatha Bhatta, who accepted them as a worshipable Deity and preserved them very carefully.

CC Antya 13.125: Taking permission from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Raghunatha Bhatta then departed for Vrindavana. When he arrived there, he put himself under the care of Rupa and Sanatana Gosvamis.

CC Antya 13.126: When reciting Srimad-Bhagavatam in the company of Rupa and Sanatana, Raghunatha Bhatta would be overwhelmed with ecstatic love for Krishna.

CC Antya 13.127: By the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he experienced the symptoms of ecstatic love -- tears, trembling and faltering of the voice. His eyes filled with tears and his throat became choked, and thus he could not recite Srimad-Bhagavatam.

CC Antya 13.128: His voice was as sweet as a cuckoo's, and he would recite each verse of Srimad-Bhagavatam in three or four tunes. Thus his recitations were very sweet to hear.

CC Antya 13.129: When he recited or heard about the beauty and sweetness of Krishna, he would be overwhelmed with ecstatic love and become oblivious to everything.

CC Antya 13.130: Thus Raghunatha Bhatta surrendered fully at the lotus feet of Lord Govinda, and those lotus feet became his life and soul.

CC Antya 13.131: Subsequently Raghunatha Bhatta ordered his disciples to construct a temple for Govinda. He prepared various ornaments for Govinda, including a flute and shark-shaped earrings.

CC Antya 13.132: Raghunatha Bhatta would neither hear nor speak about anything of the material world. He would simply discuss Krishna and worship the Lord day and night.

CC Antya 13.133: He would not listen to blasphemy of a Vaishnava, nor would he listen to talk of a Vaishnava's misbehavior. He knew only that everyone was engaged in Krishna's service; he did not understand anything else.

CC Antya 13.134: When Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami was absorbed in remembrance of Lord Krishna, he would take the tulasi garland and the prasadam of Lord Jagannatha given to him by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, bind them together and wear them on his neck.

CC Antya 13.135: Thus I have described the powerful mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, by which Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami remained constantly overwhelmed with ecstatic love for Krishna.

CC Antya 13.136-137: In this chapter I have spoken about three topics: Jagadananda Pandita's visit to Vrindavana, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's listening to the song of the deva-dasi at the temple of Jagannatha, and how Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami achieved ecstatic love of Krishna by the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

CC Antya 13.138: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu [Gaurahari] bestows ecstatic love for Krishna upon anyone who hears all these topics with faith and love.

CC Antya 13.139: Praying at the lotus feet of Sri Rupa and Sri Raghunatha, always desiring their mercy, I, Krishnadasa, narrate Sri Caitanya-caritamrita, following in their footsteps.

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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness