Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 13 Summary

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura gives the following summary of the Thirteenth Chapter in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya. Thinking Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was uncomfortable sleeping on bark of plantain trees, Jagadananda made a pillow and quilt for Him. The Lord, however, did not accept them. Then Svarupa Damodara Gosvami made another pillow and quilt from finely shredded plantain leaves, and after strongly objecting, the Lord accepted them. With the permission of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Jagadananda Pandita went to Vrndavana, where he discussed many devotional subjects with Sanatana Gosvami. There was also a discussion about Mukunda Sarasvati's garment. When Jagadananda returned to Jagannatha Puri, he presented Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu with some gifts from Sanatana Gosvami, and the incident of the pilu fruit took place.

Once, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu became ecstatic upon hearing the songs of a deva-dasi. Unaware of who was singing, He ran toward her through thorny bushes, but when Govinda informed the Lord that it was a woman singing, He immediately stopped. By this incident, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu instructed everyone that sannyasis and Vaisnavas should not hear women singing.

When Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami left Varanasi on his way to Jagannatha Puri after completing his education, he met Ramadasa Visvasa Pandita. Visvasa Pandita was very proud of his education, and being an impersonalist, he was not well received by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. A summary of the life of Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami ends this chapter.

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