Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta

CC Madhya 7 Summary

CC Madhya 7.1: Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, being very compassionate toward a brahmana named Vasudeva, cured him of leprosy. He transformed him into a beautiful man satisfied with devotional service. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the glorious Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

CC Madhya 7.2: All glories to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu! All glories to Lord Nityananda Prabhu! All glories to Advaita Acarya! And all glories to all the devotees of Lord Caitanya!

CC Madhya 7.3: After delivering Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, the Lord desired to go to South India to preach.

CC Madhya 7.4: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted the renounced order during the waxing fortnight of the month of Magha. During the following month, Phalguna, He went to Jagannatha Puri and resided there.

CC Madhya 7.5: At the end of the month of Phalguna, He witnessed the Dola-yatra ceremony, and in His usual ecstatic love of God, He chanted and danced in various ways on the occasion.

CC Madhya 7.6: During the month of Caitra, while living at Jagannatha Puri, the Lord delivered Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, and at the beginning of the next month (Vaisakha), He decided to go to South India.

CC Madhya 7.7-8: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu called all His devotees together and, holding them by the hand, humbly informed them, "You are all more dear to Me than My life. I can give up My life, but to give you up is difficult for Me.

CC Madhya 7.9: "You are all My friends, and you have properly executed the duties of friends by bringing Me here to Jagannatha Puri and giving Me the chance to see Lord Jagannatha in the temple.

CC Madhya 7.10: "I now beg all of you for one bit of charity. Please give Me permission to leave for a tour of South India.

CC Madhya 7.11: "I shall go to search out Visvarupa. Please forgive Me, but I want to go alone; I do not wish to take anyone with Me.

CC Madhya 7.12: "Until I return from Setubandha, all of you dear friends should remain at Jagannatha Puri."

CC Madhya 7.13: Knowing everything, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was aware that Visvarupa had already passed away. A pretense of ignorance was necessary, however, so that He could go to South India and liberate the people there.

CC Madhya 7.14: Upon hearing this message from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, all the devotees became very unhappy and remained silent with sullen faces.

CC Madhya 7.15: Nityananda Prabhu then said, "How is it possible for You to go alone? Who can tolerate this?

CC Madhya 7.16: "Let one or two of us go with You; otherwise You may fall into the clutches of thieves and rogues along the way. They may be whomever You like, but two persons should go with You.

CC Madhya 7.17: "Indeed, I know all the paths to the different places of pilgrimage in South India. Just order Me, and I shall go with You."

CC Madhya 7.18: The Lord replied, "I am simply a dancer, and You are the wire-puller. However You pull the wires to make Me dance, I shall dance in that way.

CC Madhya 7.19: "After accepting the sannyasa order, I decided to go to Vrndavana, but You took Me instead to the house of Advaita Prabhu.

CC Madhya 7.20: "While on the way to Jagannatha Puri, You broke My sannyasa staff. I know that all of you have great affection for Me, but such things disturb My activities.

CC Madhya 7.21: "Jagadananda wants Me to enjoy bodily sense gratification, and out of fear I do whatever he tells Me.

CC Madhya 7.22: "If I sometimes do something against his desire, out of anger he will not talk to Me for three days.

CC Madhya 7.23: "Being a sannyasi, I have a duty to lie down on the ground and to take a bath three times a day, even during the winter. But Mukunda becomes very unhappy when he sees My severe austerities.

CC Madhya 7.24: "Of course, Mukunda does not say anything, but I know that he is very unhappy within, and upon seeing him unhappy, I become twice as unhappy.

CC Madhya 7.25: "Although I am in the renounced order of life and Damodara is a brahmacari, he still keeps a stick in his hand just to educate Me.

CC Madhya 7.26: "According to Damodara, I am still a neophyte as far as social etiquette is concerned; therefore he does not like My independent nature.

CC Madhya 7.27: "Damodara Pandita and others are more advanced in receiving the mercy of Lord Krsna; therefore they are independent of public opinion. As such, they want Me to enjoy sense gratification, even though it be unethical. But since I am a poor sannyasi, I cannot abandon the duties of the renounced order, and therefore I follow them strictly.

CC Madhya 7.28: "You should all therefore remain here in Nilacala for some days while I tour the sacred places of pilgrimage alone."

CC Madhya 7.29: Actually the Lord was controlled by the good qualities of all His devotees. On the pretense of attributing faults, He tasted all these qualities.

CC Madhya 7.30: No one can properly describe Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's affection for His devotees. He always tolerated all kinds of personal unhappiness resulting from His acceptance of the renounced order of life.

CC Madhya 7.31: The regulative principles observed by Caitanya Mahaprabhu were sometimes intolerable, and all the devotees became greatly affected by them. Although strictly observing the regulative principles, Caitanya Mahaprabhu could not tolerate the unhappiness felt by His devotees.

CC Madhya 7.32: Therefore, to prevent them from accompanying Him and becoming unhappy, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu declared their good qualities to be faults.

CC Madhya 7.33: Four devotees then humbly insisted that they go with the Lord, but Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, being the independent Supreme Personality of Godhead, did not accept their request.

CC Madhya 7.34: Thereupon Lord Nityananda said, "Whatever You order is My duty, regardless of whether it results in happiness or unhappiness.

CC Madhya 7.35: "Yet I still submit one petition to You. Please consider it, and if You think it proper, please accept it.

CC Madhya 7.36: "You must take with You a loincloth, external clothes and a waterpot. You should take nothing more than this.

CC Madhya 7.37: "Since Your two hands will always be engaged in chanting and counting the holy names, how will You be able to carry the waterpot and external garments?

CC Madhya 7.38: "When, along the way, You fall unconscious in ecstatic love of Godhead, who will protect Your belongings -- the waterpot, garments and so forth?"

CC Madhya 7.39: Sri Nityananda Prabhu continued, "Here is a simple brahmana named Krsnadasa. Please accept him and take him with You. That is My request.

CC Madhya 7.40: "He will carry Your waterpot and garments. You may do whatever You like; he will not say a word."

CC Madhya 7.41: Accepting the request of Lord Nityananda Prabhu, Lord Caitanya took all His devotees and went to the house of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya.

CC Madhya 7.42: As soon as they entered his house, Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya offered the Lord obeisances and a place to sit. After seating all the others, the Bhattacarya took his seat.

CC Madhya 7.43: After they had discussed various topics about Lord Krsna, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu informed Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, "I have come to your place just to receive your order.

CC Madhya 7.44: "My elder brother, Visvarupa, has taken sannyasa and gone to South India. Now I must go search for Him.

CC Madhya 7.45: "Please permit Me to go, for I must tour South India. With your permission, I shall soon return very happily."

CC Madhya 7.46: Upon hearing this, Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya became very much agitated. Catching hold of the lotus feet of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he gave this sorrowful reply.

CC Madhya 7.47: "After many births, due to some pious activity I got Your association. Now providence is breaking this invaluable association.

CC Madhya 7.48: "If a thunderbolt falls on my head or if my son dies, I can tolerate it. But I cannot endure the unhappiness of separation from You.

CC Madhya 7.49: "My dear Lord, You are the independent Supreme Personality of Godhead. Certainly You will depart. I know that. Still, I ask You to stay here a few days more so that I can see Your lotus feet."

CC Madhya 7.50: Upon hearing Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya's request, Caitanya Mahaprabhu relented. He stayed a few days longer and did not depart.

CC Madhya 7.51: The Bhattacarya eagerly invited Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu to his home and fed Him very nicely.

CC Madhya 7.52: The Bhattacarya's wife, whose name was Sathimata (the mother of Sathi), did the cooking. The narrations of these pastimes are very wonderful.

CC Madhya 7.53: Later I shall tell about this in elaborate detail, but at present I wish to describe Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's South Indian tour.

CC Madhya 7.54: After staying five days at the home of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally asked his permission to depart for South India.

CC Madhya 7.55: After receiving the Bhattacarya's permission, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to see Lord Jagannatha in the temple. He took the Bhattacarya with Him.

CC Madhya 7.56: Seeing Lord Jagannatha, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu also begged His permission. The priest then immediately delivered prasadam and a garland to Lord Caitanya.

CC Madhya 7.57: Thus receiving Lord Jagannatha's permission in the form of a garland, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu offered obeisances, and then in great jubilation He prepared to depart for South India.

CC Madhya 7.58: Accompanied by His personal associates and Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu circumambulated the altar of Jagannatha. The Lord then departed on His South Indian tour.

CC Madhya 7.59: While the Lord was going along the path to Alalanatha, which was located on the seashore, Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya gave the following orders to Gopinatha Acarya.

CC Madhya 7.60: "Bring the four sets of loincloths and outer garments I keep at home, and also some prasadam of Lord Jagannatha. You may carry these things with the help of some brahmana."

CC Madhya 7.61: While Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was departing, Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya submitted the following at His lotus feet: "My Lord, I have one final request that I hope You will kindly fulfill.

CC Madhya 7.62: "In the town of Vidyanagara, on the bank of the Godavari, there is a responsible government officer named Ramananda Raya.

CC Madhya 7.63: "Please do not neglect him, thinking he belongs to a sudra family engaged in material activities. It is my request that You meet him without fail."

CC Madhya 7.64: Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya continued, "Ramananda Raya is a fit person to associate with You; no other devotee can compare with him in knowledge of the transcendental mellows.

CC Madhya 7.65: "He is a most learned scholar as well as an expert in devotional mellows. Actually he is most exalted, and if You talk with him, You will see how glorious he is.

CC Madhya 7.66: "I could not realize when I first spoke with Ramananda Raya that his topics and endeavors were all transcendentally uncommon. I made fun of him simply because he was a Vaisnava."

CC Madhya 7.67: The Bhattacarya said, "By Your mercy I can now understand the truth about Ramananda Raya. In talking with him, You also will acknowledge his greatness."

CC Madhya 7.68: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya's request that He meet Ramananda Raya. Bidding Sarvabhauma farewell, the Lord embraced him.

CC Madhya 7.69: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked the Bhattacarya to bless Him while he engaged in the devotional service of Lord Krsna at home, so that by Sarvabhauma's mercy the Lord could return to Jagannatha Puri.

CC Madhya 7.70: Saying this, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu departed on His tour, and Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya immediately fainted and fell to the ground.

CC Madhya 7.71: Although Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya fainted, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not take notice of him. Rather, He left quickly. Who can understand the mind and intention of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu?

CC Madhya 7.72: This is the nature of the mind of an uncommon personality. Sometimes it is soft like a flower, but sometimes it is as hard as a thunderbolt.

CC Madhya 7.73: "The hearts of those above common behavior are sometimes harder than a thunderbolt and sometimes softer than a flower. How can one accommodate such contradictions in great personalities?"

CC Madhya 7.74: Lord Nityananda Prabhu raised Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya and with the help of His men saw him to his home.

CC Madhya 7.75: Immediately all the devotees came and partook of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's company. Afterwards, Gopinatha Acarya came with the garments and prasadam.

CC Madhya 7.76: All the devotees followed Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to a place known as Alalanatha. There they all offered respects and various prayers.

CC Madhya 7.77: In great ecstasy, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu danced and chanted for some time. Indeed, all the neighbors came to see Him.

CC Madhya 7.78: All around Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is also known as Gaurahari, people began to shout the holy name of Hari. Lord Caitanya, immersed in His usual ecstasy of love, danced in the midst of them.

CC Madhya 7.79: The body of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was naturally very beautiful. It was like molten gold dressed in saffron cloth. Indeed, He was most beautiful for being ornamented with the ecstatic symptoms, which caused His bodily hair to stand on end, tears to well up in His eyes, and His body to tremble and perspire all over.

CC Madhya 7.80: Everyone present was astonished to see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's dancing and His bodily transformations. Whoever came did not want to return home.

CC Madhya 7.81: Everyone -- including children, old men and women -- began to dance and to chant the holy names of Sri Krsna and Gopala. In this way they all floated in the ocean of love of Godhead.

CC Madhya 7.82: Upon seeing the chanting and dancing of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Lord Nityananda predicted that later there would be dancing and chanting in every village.

CC Madhya 7.83: Seeing that it was already getting late, Lord Nityananda Prabhu, the spiritual master, invented a means to disperse the crowd.

CC Madhya 7.84: When Lord Nityananda Prabhu took Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu for lunch at noon, everyone came running around Them.

CC Madhya 7.85: After finishing Their baths, They returned at noon to the temple. Admitting His own men, Sri Nityananda Prabhu closed the outside door.

CC Madhya 7.86: Gopinatha Acarya then brought prasadam for the two Lords to eat, and after They had eaten, the remnants of the food were distributed to all the devotees.

CC Madhya 7.87: Hearing about this, everyone there came to the outside door and began chanting the holy name, "Hari! Hari!" Thus there was a tumultuous sound.

CC Madhya 7.88: After lunch, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu made them open the door. In this way everyone received His audience with great pleasure.

CC Madhya 7.89: The people came and went until evening, and all of them became Vaisnava devotees and began to chant and dance.

CC Madhya 7.90: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then passed the night there and discussed the pastimes of Lord Krsna with His devotees with great pleasure.

CC Madhya 7.91: The next morning, after taking His bath, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu started on His South Indian tour. He bade farewell to the devotees by embracing them.

CC Madhya 7.92: Although they all fell to the ground unconscious, the Lord did not turn to see them but proceeded onward.

CC Madhya 7.93: In separation, the Lord became very much perturbed and walked on unhappily. His servant, Krsnadasa, who was carrying His waterpot, followed behind.

CC Madhya 7.94: All the devotees remained there and fasted, and the next day they all unhappily returned to Jagannatha Puri.

CC Madhya 7.95: Almost like a mad lion, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went on His tour filled with ecstatic love and performing sankirtana, chanting Krsna's names as follows.

CC Madhya 7.96: The Lord chanted:Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! heKrsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! heKrsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! raksa mamKrsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! Krsna! pahi mamThat is, "O Lord Krsna, please protect Me and maintain Me." He also chanted:Rama! Raghava! Rama! Raghava! Rama! Raghava! raksa mamKrsna! Kesava! Krsna! Kesava! Krsna! Kesava! pahi mamThat is, "O Lord Rama, descendant of King Raghu, please protect Me. O Krsna, O Kesava, killer of the Kesi demon, please maintain Me."

CC Madhya 7.97: Chanting this verse, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, known as Gaurahari, went on His way. As soon as He saw someone, He would request him to chant "Hari! Hari!"

CC Madhya 7.98: Whoever heard Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu chant "Hari! Hari!" also chanted the holy name of Lord Hari and Krsna. In this way they all followed the Lord, very eager to see Him.

CC Madhya 7.99: After some time the Lord would embrace these people and bid them return home, having invested each of them with spiritual potency.

CC Madhya 7.100: Each of these empowered persons would return to his own village, always chanting the holy name of Krsna and sometimes laughing, crying and dancing.

CC Madhya 7.101: Such an empowered person would request everyone and anyone -- whomever he saw -- to chant the holy name of Krsna. In this way all the villagers would also become devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

CC Madhya 7.102: People from different villages who came to see such an empowered individual would become like him simply by seeing him and receiving the mercy of his glance.

CC Madhya 7.103: When each of these newly empowered individuals returned to his own village, he also converted the villagers into devotees. And when others came from different villages to see him, they were also converted.

CC Madhya 7.104: In this way, as empowered men went from one village to another, all the people of South India became devotees.

CC Madhya 7.105: Thus many hundreds of people became Vaisnavas when they passed the Lord on the way and were embraced by Him.

CC Madhya 7.106: In whatever village Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu stayed to accept alms, many people came to see Him.

CC Madhya 7.107: By the mercy of the Supreme Lord, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, everyone became a first-class devotee. Later they became teachers or spiritual masters and liberated the entire world.

CC Madhya 7.108: In this way the Lord went to the extreme southern part of India, and He converted all the provinces to Vaisnavism.

CC Madhya 7.109: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not manifest His spiritual potencies at Navadvipa, but He did manifest them in South India and liberated all the people there.

CC Madhya 7.110: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's empowering of others can be understood by one who is actually a devotee of the Lord and who has received His mercy.

CC Madhya 7.111: If one does not believe in the uncommon transcendental pastimes of the Lord, he is vanquished both in this world and in the next.

CC Madhya 7.112: Whatever I have stated about the beginning of the Lord's tour should also be understood to hold for as long as the Lord toured South India.

CC Madhya 7.113: When Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu came to the holy place known as Kurma-ksetra, He saw the Deity and offered prayers and obeisances.

CC Madhya 7.114: While at this place, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was in His usual ecstasy of love of Godhead and was laughing, crying, dancing and chanting. Everyone who saw Him was astonished.

CC Madhya 7.115: After hearing of these wonderful occurrences, everyone came to see Him there. When they saw the beauty of the Lord and His ecstatic condition, they were all struck with wonder.

CC Madhya 7.116: Just by seeing Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, everyone became a devotee. They began to chant "Krsna" and "Hari" and all the holy names. They all were merged in a great ecstasy of love, and they began to dance, raising their arms.

CC Madhya 7.117: Always hearing them chant the holy names of Lord Krsna, the residents of all the other villages also became Vaisnavas.

CC Madhya 7.118: By hearing the holy name of Krsna, the entire country became Vaisnava. It was as if the nectar of the holy name of Krsna overflooded the entire country.

CC Madhya 7.119: After some time, when Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu manifested His external consciousness, a priest of the Lord Kurma Deity gave Him various offerings.

CC Madhya 7.120: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mode of preaching has already been explained, and I shall not repeat the explanation. In whichever village the Lord entered, His behavior was the same.

CC Madhya 7.121: In one village there was a Vedic brahmana named Kurma. He invited Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu to his home with great respect and devotion.

CC Madhya 7.122: This brahmana brought Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu to his home, washed His lotus feet and, with his family members, drank that water.

CC Madhya 7.123: With great affection and respect, that Kurma brahmana made Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu eat all kinds of food. After that, the remnants were shared by all the members of the family.

CC Madhya 7.124: The brahmana then began to pray, "O my Lord, Your lotus feet are meditated upon by Lord Brahma, and these very lotus feet have come into my home.

CC Madhya 7.125: "My dear Lord, there is no limit to my great fortune. It cannot be described. Today my family, birth and riches have all been glorified."

CC Madhya 7.126: The brahmana begged Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, "My dear Lord, kindly show me favor and let me go with You. I can no longer tolerate the waves of misery caused by materialistic life."

CC Madhya 7.127: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied, "Don't speak like that again. Better to remain at home and chant the holy name of Krsna always.

CC Madhya 7.128: "Instruct everyone to follow the orders of Lord Sri Krsna as they are given in the Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam. In this way become a spiritual master and try to liberate everyone in this land."

CC Madhya 7.129: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu further advised the brahmana Kurma, "If you follow this instruction, your materialistic life at home will not obstruct your spiritual advancement. Indeed, if you follow these regulative principles, we will again meet here, or, rather, you will never lose My company."

CC Madhya 7.130: At whosever house Sri Caitanya accepted His alms by taking prasadam, He would convert the dwellers to His sankirtana movement and advise them just as He advised the brahmana named Kurma.

CC Madhya 7.131-132: While on His tour, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would spend the night at a temple or on the roadside. Whenever He accepted food from a person, He would give him the same advice He gave the brahmana named Kurma. He adopted this process until He returned to Jagannatha Puri from His South Indian tour.

CC Madhya 7.133: Thus I have described the Lord's behavior elaborately in the case of Kurma. In this way, you will know Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's dealings throughout South India.

CC Madhya 7.134: Thus Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would remain at night in one place, and the next morning, after bathing, He would start again.

CC Madhya 7.135: When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu left, the brahmana Kurma followed Him a great distance, but eventually Lord Caitanya took care to send him back home.

CC Madhya 7.136: There was also a brahmana named Vasudeva, who was a great person but was suffering from leprosy. Indeed, his body was filled with living worms.

CC Madhya 7.137: Although suffering from leprosy, the brahmana Vasudeva was enlightened. As soon as one worm fell from his body, he would pick it up and place it back again in the same location.

CC Madhya 7.138: Then one night Vasudeva heard of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's arrival, and in the morning he came to see the Lord at the house of Kurma.

CC Madhya 7.139: When the leper Vasudeva came to Kurma's house to see Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he was informed that the Lord had already left. The leper then fell to the ground unconscious.

CC Madhya 7.140: When Vasudeva, the leper brahmana, was lamenting due to not being able to see Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Lord immediately returned to that spot and embraced him.

CC Madhya 7.141: When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu touched him, both the leprosy and his distress went to a distant place. Indeed, Vasudeva's body became very beautiful, to his great happiness.

CC Madhya 7.142: The brahmana Vasudeva was astonished to behold the wonderful mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and he began to recite a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam, touching the Lord's lotus feet.

CC Madhya 7.143: He said, "'Who am I? A sinful, poor friend of a brahmana. And who is Krsna? The Supreme Personality of Godhead, full in six opulences. Nonetheless, He has embraced me with His two arms.'"

CC Madhya 7.144-145: The brahmana Vasudeva continued, "O my merciful Lord, such mercy is not possible for ordinary living entities. Such mercy can be found only in You. Upon seeing me, even a sinful person goes away due to my bad bodily odor. Yet You have touched me. Such is the independent behavior of the Supreme Personality of Godhead."

CC Madhya 7.146: Being meek and humble, the brahmana Vasudeva worried that he would become proud after being cured by the grace of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

CC Madhya 7.147: To protect the brahmana, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu advised him to chant the Hare Krsna mantra incessantly. By doing so, he would never become unnecessarily proud.

CC Madhya 7.148: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu also advised Vasudeva to preach about Krsna and thus liberate living entities. As a result, Krsna would very soon accept him as His devotee.

CC Madhya 7.149: After instructing the brahmana Vasudeva in that way, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu disappeared from that place. Then the two brahmanas, Kurma and Vasudeva, embraced each other and began to cry, remembering the transcendental qualities of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

CC Madhya 7.150: Thus I have described how Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu reclaimed the leper Vasudeva and so received the name Vasudevamrta-prada.

CC Madhya 7.151: Thus I end my description of the beginning of the tour of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, His visiting the temple of Kurma and His liberating the leper brahmana Vasudeva.

CC Madhya 7.152: One who hears these pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu with great faith will surely very soon attain the lotus feet of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

CC Madhya 7.153: I admit that I do not know the beginning or the end of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's pastimes. However, whatever I have written I have heard from the mouths of great personalities.

CC Madhya 7.154: O devotees, please do not consider my offenses in this regard. Your lotus feet are my only shelter.

CC Madhya 7.155: Praying at the lotus feet of Sri Rupa and Sri Raghunatha, always desiring their mercy, I, Krsnadasa, narrate Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, following in their footsteps.

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