Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita

CC Ādi 10 Summary

CC Ādi 10.1: Let me repeatedly offer my respectful obeisances unto the beelike devotees who always taste the honey of the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. If even a doggish nondevotee somehow takes shelter of such devotees, he enjoys the aroma of the lotus flower.

CC Ādi 10.2: All glories to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Nityānanda! All glories to Advaita Prabhu, and all glories to the devotees of Lord Caitanya, headed by Śrīvāsa!

CC Ādi 10.3: The description of Lord Caitanya as the gardener and the tree is inconceivable. Now hear with attention about the branches of this tree.

CC Ādi 10.4: The associates of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu were many, but none of them should be considered lower or higher. This cannot be ascertained.

CC Ādi 10.5: All the great personalities in the line of Lord Caitanya enumerated these devotees, but they could not distinguish between the greater and the lesser.

CC Ādi 10.6: I offer my obeisances unto them as a token of respect. I request them not to consider my offenses.

CC Ādi 10.7: I offer my obeisances to all the dear devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the eternal tree of love of Godhead. I offer my respects to all the branches of the tree, the devotees of the Lord who distribute the fruit of love of Krishna.

CC Ādi 10.8: The two brothers Śrīvāsa Pandita and Śrī Rāma Pandita started two branches that are well known in the world.

CC Ādi 10.9: Their two brothers were named Śrīpati and Śrīnidhi. These four brothers and their servants and maidservants are considered one big branch.

CC Ādi 10.10: There is no counting the subbranches of these two branches. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu held congregational chanting daily at the house of Śrīvāsa Pandita.

CC Ādi 10.11: These four brothers and their family members fully engaged in the service of Lord Caitanya. They knew no other god or goddess.

CC Ādi 10.12: Another big branch was Ācāryaratna, and his associates were subbranches.

CC Ādi 10.13: Ācāryaratna was also named Śrī Candraśekhara Ācārya. In a drama in his house, Lord Caitanya played the goddess of fortune.

CC Ādi 10.14: Pundarīka Vidyānidhi, the third big branch, was so dear to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu that in his absence Lord Caitanya Himself would sometimes cry.

CC Ādi 10.15: Gadādhara Pandita, the fourth branch, is described as an incarnation of the pleasure potency of Śrī Krishna. No one, therefore, can equal him.

CC Ādi 10.16: His disciples and granddisciples are his subbranches. To describe them all would be difficult.

CC Ādi 10.17: Vakreśvara Pandita, the fifth branch of the tree, was a very dear servant of Lord Caitanya's. He could dance with constant ecstasy for seventy-two hours.

CC Ādi 10.18: Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally sang while Vakreśvara Pandita danced, and thus Vakreśvara Pandita fell at the lotus feet of the Lord and spoke as follows.

CC Ādi 10.19: "O Candramukha! Please give me ten thousand Gandharvas. Let them sing as I dance, and then I will be greatly happy."

CC Ādi 10.20: Lord Caitanya replied, "I have only one wing like you, but if I had another, certainly I would fly in the sky!"

CC Ādi 10.21: Pandita Jagadānanda, the sixth branch of the Caitanya tree, was celebrated as the life and soul of the Lord. He is known to have been an incarnation of Satyabhāmā [one of the chief queens of Lord Krishna].

CC Ādi 10.22: Jagadānanda Pandita [as an incarnation of Satyabhāmā] always wanted to see to the comfort of Lord Caitanya, but since the Lord was a sannyāsī He did not accept the luxuries that Jagadānanda Pandita offered.

CC Ādi 10.23: They sometimes appeared to fight over trifles, but these quarrels were based on their affection, of which I shall speak later.

CC Ādi 10.24: Rāghava Pandita, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's original follower, is understood to have been the seventh branch. From him proceeded another subbranch, headed by Makaradhvaja Kara.

CC Ādi 10.25: Rāghava Pandita's sister Damayantī was the dear maidservant of the Lord. She always collected various ingredients with which to cook for Lord Caitanya.

CC Ādi 10.26: The foods Damayantī cooked for Lord Caitanya when He was at Purī were carried in bags by her brother Rāghava without the knowledge of others.

CC Ādi 10.27: The Lord accepted these foods throughout the entire year. Those bags are still celebrated as rāghavera jhāli ["the bags of Rāghava Pandita"].

CC Ādi 10.28: I shall describe the contents of the bags of Rāghava Pandita later in this book. Hearing this narration, devotees generally cry, and tears glide down from their eyes.

CC Ādi 10.29: Pandita Gańgādāsa was the eighth dear branch of the tree of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. One who remembers his activities attains freedom from all bondage.

CC Ādi 10.30: Śrī Ācārya Purandara, the ninth branch, was a constant associate of Lord Caitanya's. The Lord accepted him as His father.

CC Ādi 10.31: Dāmodara Pandita, the tenth branch of the Caitanya tree, was so elevated in love of Lord Caitanya that he once unhesitatingly chastised the Lord with strong words.

CC Ādi 10.32: Later in the Caitanya-caritāmrita I shall describe this incident of chastisement in detail. The Lord, being very much satisfied by this chastisement, sent Dāmodara Pandita to Navadvīpa.

CC Ādi 10.33: The eleventh branch, the younger brother of Dāmodara Pandita, was known as Śańkara Pandita. He was celebrated as the shoes of the Lord.

CC Ādi 10.34: Sadāśiva Pandita, the twelfth branch, was always eager to serve the lotus feet of the Lord. It was his good fortune that when Lord Nityānanda came to Navadvīpa He resided at his house.

CC Ādi 10.35: The thirteenth branch was Pradyumna Brahmacārī. Since he was a worshiper of Lord Nrisimhadeva, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu changed his name to Nrisimhānanda Brahmacārī.

CC Ādi 10.36: Nārāyana Pandita, the fourteenth branch, a great and liberal devotee, did not know any shelter but Lord Caitanya's lotus feet.

CC Ādi 10.37: The fifteenth branch was Śrīmān Pandita, who was a constant servitor of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He used to carry a torch while the Lord danced.

CC Ādi 10.38: The sixteenth branch, Śuklāmbara Brahmacārī, was very fortunate because Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu jokingly or seriously begged food from him or sometimes snatched it from him forcibly and ate it.

CC Ādi 10.39: Nandana Ācārya, the seventeenth branch of the Caitanya tree, is celebrated within the world because the two Prabhus [Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda] sometimes hid in his house.

CC Ādi 10.40: Mukunda Datta, a class friend of Lord Caitanya's, was another branch of the Caitanya tree. Lord Caitanya danced while he sang.

CC Ādi 10.41: Vāsudeva Datta, the nineteenth branch of the Śrī Caitanya tree, was a great personality and a most confidential devotee of the Lord. One could not describe his qualities even with thousands of mouths.

CC Ādi 10.42: Śrīla Vāsudeva Datta Thākura wanted to suffer for the sinful activities of all the people of the world so that Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu might deliver them.

CC Ādi 10.43: The twentieth branch of the Caitanya tree was Haridāsa Thākura. His character was wonderful. He used to chant the holy name of Krishna 300,000 times a day without fail.

CC Ādi 10.44: There was no end to the transcendental qualities of Haridāsa Thākura. Here I mention but a fraction of his qualities. He was so exalted that Advaita Gosvāmī, when performing the śrāddha ceremony of his father, offered him the first plate.

CC Ādi 10.45: The waves of his good qualities were like those of Prahlāda Mahārāja. He did not even slightly raise an eyebrow when persecuted by the Muslim ruler.

CC Ādi 10.46: After the passing away of Haridāsa Thākura, the Lord Himself took his body on His lap and danced with it in great ecstasy.

CC Ādi 10.47: Śrīla Vrindāvana dāsa Thākura has vividly described the pastimes of Haridāsa Thākura in his Caitanya-bhāgavata. Whatever has remained undescribed I shall try to explain later in this book.

CC Ādi 10.48: One subbranch of Haridāsa Thākura consisted of the residents of Kulīna-grāma. The most important among them was Satyarāja Khān, or Satyarāja Vasu, who was a recipient of all the mercy of Haridāsa Thākura.

CC Ādi 10.49: Murāri Gupta, the twenty-first branch of the tree of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, was a storehouse of love of Godhead. His great humility and meekness melted the heart of Lord Caitanya.

CC Ādi 10.50: Śrīla Murāri Gupta never accepted charity from friends, nor did he accept money from anyone. He practiced as a physician and maintained his family with his earnings.

CC Ādi 10.51: As Murāri Gupta treated his patients, by his mercy both their bodily and spiritual diseases subsided.

CC Ādi 10.52: Śrīmān Sena, the twenty-second branch of the Caitanya tree, was a very faithful servant of Lord Caitanya. He knew nothing else but the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

CC Ādi 10.53: Śrī Gadādhara dāsa, the twenty-third branch, was understood to be the topmost, for he induced all the Muslim Kazis to chant the holy name of Lord Hari.

CC Ādi 10.54: Śivānanda Sena, the twenty-fourth branch of the tree, was an extremely confidential servant of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Everyone who went to Jagannātha Purī to visit Lord Caitanya took shelter and guidance from Śrī Śivānanda Sena.

CC Ādi 10.55: Every year he took a party of devotees from Bengal to Jagannātha Purī to visit Lord Caitanya. He maintained the entire party as they journeyed on the road.

CC Ādi 10.56: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bestows His causeless mercy upon His devotees in three features: His own direct appearance [sākshāt], His prowess within someone He empowers [āveśa], and His manifestation [āvirbhāva].

CC Ādi 10.57: The appearance of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in every devotee's presence is called sākshāt. His appearance in Nakula Brahmacārī as a symptom of special prowess is an example of āveśa.

CC Ādi 10.58: The former Pradyumna Brahmacārī was given the name Nrisimhānanda Brahmacārī by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

CC Ādi 10.59: In his body there were symptoms of āvirbhāva. Such appearances are uncommon, but Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu displayed many such pastimes through His different features.

CC Ādi 10.60: Śrīla Śivānanda Sena experienced the three features of sākshāt, āveśa and āvirbhāva. Later I shall vividly describe this transcendentally blissful subject.

CC Ādi 10.61: The sons, servants and family members of Śivānanda Sena constituted a subbranch. They were all sincere servants of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

CC Ādi 10.62: The three sons of Śivānanda Sena, named Caitanya dāsa, Rāmadāsa and Karnapūra, were all heroic devotees of Lord Caitanya.

CC Ādi 10.63: Śrīvallabha Sena and Śrīkānta Sena were also subbranches of Śivānanda Sena, for they were not only his nephews but also unalloyed devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

CC Ādi 10.64: Govindānanda and Govinda Datta, the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth branches of the tree, were performers of kīrtana in the company of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Govinda Datta was the principal singer in Lord Caitanya's kīrtana party.

CC Ādi 10.65: Śrī Vijaya dāsa, the twenty-seventh branch, another of the Lord's chief singers, gave the Lord many books written by hand.

CC Ādi 10.66: Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave Vijaya dāsa the name Ratnabāhu ["jewel-handed"] because he copied many manuscripts for Him. The twenty-eighth branch was Krishnadāsa, who was very dear to the Lord. He was known as Akiñcana Krishnadāsa.

CC Ādi 10.67: The twenty-ninth branch was Śrīdhara, a trader in banana-tree bark. He was a very dear servant of the Lord. On many occasions, the Lord played jokes on him.

CC Ādi 10.68: Every day Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu jokingly snatched fruits, flowers and pulp from Śrīdhara and drank from his broken iron pot.

CC Ādi 10.69: The thirtieth branch was Bhagavān Pandita. He was an extremely dear servant of the Lord, but even previously he was a great devotee of Lord Krishna who always kept the Lord within his heart.

CC Ādi 10.70: The thirty-first branch was Jagadīśa Pandita, and the thirty-second was Hiranya Mahāśaya, unto whom Lord Caitanya in His childhood showed His causeless mercy.

CC Ādi 10.71: In their two houses Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu begged food on the Ekādaśī day and personally ate it.

CC Ādi 10.72: The thirty-third and thirty-fourth branches were the two students of Caitanya Mahāprabhu named Purushottama and Sañjaya, who were stalwart students in grammar. They were very great personalities.

CC Ādi 10.73: Vanamālī Pandita, the thirty-fifth branch of the tree, was very much celebrated in this world. He saw a golden club and plow in the hands of the Lord.

CC Ādi 10.74: The thirty-sixth branch, Buddhimanta Khān, was extremely dear to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He was always prepared to carry out the Lord's orders, and therefore he was considered to be a chief servant of the Lord.

CC Ādi 10.75: Garuda Pandita, the thirty-seventh branch of the tree, always engaged in chanting the auspicious name of the Lord. Because of the strength of this chanting, even the effects of poison could not touch him.

CC Ādi 10.76: Gopīnātha Simha, the thirty-eighth branch of the tree, was a faithful servant of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The Lord jokingly addressed him as Akrūra.

CC Ādi 10.77: Devānanda Pandita was a professional reciter of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, but by the mercy of Vakreśvara Pandita and the grace of the Lord he understood the devotional interpretation of the Bhāgavatam.

CC Ādi 10.78-79: Śrī Khandavāsī Mukunda and his son Raghunandana were the thirty-ninth branch of the tree, Narahari was the fortieth, Cirañjīva the forty-first and Sulocana the forty-second. They were all big branches of the all-merciful tree of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. They distributed the fruits and flowers of love of Godhead anywhere and everywhere.

CC Ādi 10.80: Satyarāja, Rāmānanda, Yadunātha, Purushottama, Śańkara and Vidyānanda all belonged to the twentieth branch. They were inhabitants of the village known as Kulīna-grāma.

CC Ādi 10.81: All the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma village, headed by Vānīnātha Vasu, were servants of Lord Caitanya, who was their only life and wealth.

CC Ādi 10.82: The Lord said, "What to speak of others, even a dog in the village of Kulīna-grāma is My dear friend.

CC Ādi 10.83: "No one can describe the fortunate position of Kulīna-grāma. It is so sublime that even sweepers who tend their hogs there also chant the Hare Krishna mahā-mantra."

CC Ādi 10.84: On the western side were the forty-third, forty-fourth and forty-fifth branches — Śrī Sanātana, Śrī Rūpa and Anupama. They were the best of all.

CC Ādi 10.85: Among these branches, Rūpa and Sanātana were principal. Anupama, Jīva Gosvāmī and others, headed by Rājendra, were their subbranches.

CC Ādi 10.86: By the will of the supreme gardener, the branches of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī grew many times over, expanding throughout the western countries and covering the entire region.

CC Ādi 10.87: Extending to the borders of the river Sindhu and the Himalayan Mountain valleys, these two branches expanded throughout India, including all the places of pilgrimage, such as Vrindāvana, Mathurā and Haridvāra.

CC Ādi 10.88: The fruits of love of Godhead which fructified on these two branches were distributed in abundance. Tasting these fruits, everyone became mad after them.

CC Ādi 10.89: The people in general on the western side of India were neither intelligent nor well behaved, but by the influence of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī they were trained in devotional service and good behavior.

CC Ādi 10.90: In accordance with the directions of the revealed scriptures, both Gosvāmīs excavated the lost places of pilgrimage and inaugurated the worship of Deities in Vrindāvana.

CC Ādi 10.91: Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, the forty-sixth branch of the tree, was one of the most dear servants of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He left all his material possessions to surrender completely unto the Lord and live at His lotus feet.

CC Ādi 10.92: When Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī approached Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī, the Lord entrusted him to the care of Svarūpa Dāmodara, His secretary. Thus they both engaged in the confidential service of the Lord.

CC Ādi 10.93: He rendered confidential service to the Lord for sixteen years at Jagannātha Purī, and after the disappearance of both the Lord and Svarūpa Dāmodara, he left Jagannātha Purī and went to Vrindāvana.

CC Ādi 10.94: Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī intended to go to Vrindāvana to see the lotus feet of Rūpa and Sanātana and then give up his life by jumping from Govardhana Hill.

CC Ādi 10.95: Thus Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī came to Vrindāvana, visited Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī and offered them his obeisances.

CC Ādi 10.96: These two brothers, however, did not allow him to die. They accepted him as their third brother and kept him in their company.

CC Ādi 10.97: Because Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī was an assistant to Svarūpa Dāmodara, he knew much about the external and internal features of the pastimes of Lord Caitanya. Thus the two brothers Rūpa and Sanātana always used to hear of this from him.

CC Ādi 10.98: Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī gradually gave up all food and drink but a few drops of buttermilk.

CC Ādi 10.99: As a daily duty, he regularly offered one thousand obeisances to the Lord, chanted at least one hundred thousand holy names and offered obeisances to two thousand Vaishnavas.

CC Ādi 10.100: Day and night he rendered service within his mind to Rādhā-Krishna, and for three hours a day he discoursed about the character of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

CC Ādi 10.101: Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī took three baths daily in the Rādhā-kunda lake. As soon as he found a Vaishnava residing in Vrindāvana, he would embrace him and give him all respect.

CC Ādi 10.102: He engaged himself in devotional service for more than twenty-two and a half hours a day, and for less than two hours he slept, although on some days that also was not possible.

CC Ādi 10.103: I am struck with wonder when I hear about the devotional service he executed. I accept Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī as my guides.

CC Ādi 10.104: I shall later explain very elaborately how all these devotees met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

CC Ādi 10.105: Śrī Gopāla Bhatta Gosvāmī, the forty-seventh branch, was one of the great and exalted branches of the tree. He always engaged in discourses about love of Godhead in the company of Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī.

CC Ādi 10.106: The ācārya Śańkarāranya was considered the forty-eighth branch of the original tree. From him proceeded the subbranches known as Mukunda, Kāśīnātha and Rudra.

CC Ādi 10.107: Śrīnātha Pandita, the forty-ninth branch, was the beloved recipient of all the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Everyone in the three worlds was astonished to see how he worshiped Lord Krishna.

CC Ādi 10.108: Jagannātha Ācārya, the fiftieth branch of the Caitanya tree, was an extremely dear servant of the Lord, by whose order he decided to live on the bank of the Ganges.

CC Ādi 10.109: The fifty-first branch of the Caitanya tree was Krishnadāsa Vaidya, the fifty-second was Pandita Śekhara, the fifty-third was Kavicandra, and the fifty-fourth was Shashthīvara, who was a great sańkīrtana performer.

CC Ādi 10.110: The fifty-fifth branch was Śrīnātha Miśra, the fifty-sixth was Śubhānanda, the fifty-seventh was Śrīrāma, the fifty-eighth was Īśāna, the fifty-ninth was Śrīnidhi, the sixtieth was Śrī Gopīkānta, and the sixty-first was Miśra Bhagavān.

CC Ādi 10.111: The sixty-second branch of the tree was Subuddhi Miśra, the sixty-third was Hridayānanda, the sixty-fourth was Kamala-nayana, the sixty-fifth was Maheśa Pandita, the sixty-sixth was Śrīkara, and the sixty-seventh was Śrī Madhusūdana.

CC Ādi 10.112: The sixty-eighth branch of the original tree was Purushottama, the sixty-ninth was Śrī Gālīma, the seventieth was Jagannātha dāsa, the seventy-first was Śrī Candraśekhara Vaidya, and the seventy-second was Dvija Haridāsa.

CC Ādi 10.113: The seventy-third branch of the original tree was Rāmadāsa, the seventy-fourth was Kavicandra, the seventy-fifth was Śrī Gopāla dāsa, the seventy-sixth was Bhāgavata Ācārya, and the seventy-seventh was Thākura Sārańga dāsa.

CC Ādi 10.114: The seventy-eighth branch of the original tree was Jagannātha Tīrtha, the seventy-ninth was the brāhmana Śrī Jānakīnātha, the eightieth was Gopāla Ācārya, and the eighty-first was the brāhmana Vānīnātha.

CC Ādi 10.115: The three brothers Govinda, Mādhava and Vāsudeva were the eighty-second, eighty-third and eighty-fourth branches of the tree. Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda used to dance in their kīrtana performances.

CC Ādi 10.116: Rāmadāsa Abhirāma was fully absorbed in the mellow of friendship. He made a flute of a bamboo stick with sixteen knots.

CC Ādi 10.117: By the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, three devotees accompanied Lord Nityānanda Prabhu when He returned to Bengal to preach.

CC Ādi 10.118: These three were Rāmadāsa, Mādhava Ghosha and Vāsudeva Ghosha. Govinda Ghosha, however, remained with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī and thus felt great satisfaction.

CC Ādi 10.119: Bhāgavata Ācārya, Cirañjīva, Śrī Raghunandana, Mādhavācārya, Kamalākānta and Śrī Yadunandana were all among the branches of the Caitanya tree.

CC Ādi 10.120: Jagāi and Mādhāi, the eighty-ninth and ninetieth branches of the tree, were the greatest recipients of Lord Caitanya's mercy. These two brothers were the witnesses who proved that Lord Caitanya was rightly named Patita-pāvana, "the deliverer of the fallen souls."

CC Ādi 10.121: I have given a brief description of the devotees of Lord Caitanya in Bengal. Actually His devotees are innumerable.

CC Ādi 10.122: I have especially mentioned all these devotees because they accompanied Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in Bengal and Orissa and served Him in many ways.

CC Ādi 10.123: Let me briefly describe some of the devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in Jagannātha Purī.

CC Ādi 10.124-126: Among the devotees who accompanied the Lord in Jagannātha Purī, two of them — Paramānanda Purī and Svarūpa Dāmodara — were the heart and soul of the Lord. Among the other devotees were Gadādhara, Jagadānanda, Śańkara, Vakreśvara, Dāmodara Pandita, Thākura Haridāsa, Raghunātha Vaidya and Raghunātha dāsa.

CC Ādi 10.127: All these devotees were associates of the Lord from the very beginning, and when the Lord took up residence in Jagannātha Purī, they remained there to serve Him faithfully.

CC Ādi 10.128: All the devotees who resided in Bengal used to visit Jagannātha Purī every year to see the Lord.

CC Ādi 10.129: Now let me enumerate the devotees of Bengal who first came to see the Lord at Jagannātha Purī.

CC Ādi 10.130: There was Sārvabhauma Bhattācārya, one of the biggest branches of the tree of the Lord, and his sister's husband, Śrī Gopīnātha Ācārya.

CC Ādi 10.131: In the list of devotees at Jagannātha Purī [which begins with Paramānanda Purī, Svarūpa Dāmodara, Sārvabhauma Bhattācārya and Gopīnātha Ācārya], Kāśī Miśra was the fifth, Pradyumna Miśra the sixth and Bhavānanda Rāya the seventh. Lord Caitanya took great pleasure in meeting with them.

CC Ādi 10.132: Embracing Rāya Bhavānanda, the Lord declared to him, "You formerly appeared as Pāndu, and your five sons appeared as the five Pāndavas."

CC Ādi 10.133: The five sons of Bhavānanda Rāya were Rāmānanda Rāya, Pattanāyaka Gopīnātha, Kalānidhi, Sudhānidhi and Nāyaka Vānīnātha.

CC Ādi 10.134: Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu told Bhavānanda Rāya, "Your five sons are all My dear devotees. Rāmānanda Rāya and I are one, although our bodies are different."

CC Ādi 10.135-136: King Pratāparudra of Orissa, the Oriyā devotees Krishnānanda and Śivānanda, and Paramānanda Mahāpātra, Bhagavān Ācārya, Brahmānanda Bhāratī, Śrī Śikhi Māhiti and Murāri Māhiti constantly associated with Caitanya Mahāprabhu while He resided in Jagannātha Purī.

CC Ādi 10.137: Mādhavīdevī, the seventeenth of the prominent devotees, was the younger sister of Śikhi Māhiti. She is considered to have formerly been a maidservant of Śrīmatī Rādhārānī.

CC Ādi 10.138: Brahmacārī Kāśīśvara was a disciple of Īśvara Purī, and Śrī Govinda was another of his dear disciples.

CC Ādi 10.139: In the list of prominent devotees at Nīlācala [Jagannātha Purī], Kāśīśvara was the eighteenth and Govinda the nineteenth. They both came to see Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī, being thus ordered by Īśvara Purī at the time of his passing away.

CC Ādi 10.140: Both Kāśīśvara and Govinda were Godbrothers of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and thus the Lord duly honored them as soon as they arrived. But because Īśvara Purī had ordered them to give Caitanya Mahāprabhu personal service, the Lord accepted their service.

CC Ādi 10.141: Govinda cared for the body of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, whereas Kāśīśvara went in front of the Lord when He went to see Jagannātha in the temple.

CC Ādi 10.142: When Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to the temple of Jagannātha, Kāśīśvara, being very strong, cleared the crowds aside with his hands so that Caitanya Mahāprabhu could pass untouched.

CC Ādi 10.143: Rāmāi and Nandāi, the twentieth and twenty-first among the important devotees in Jagannātha Purī, always assisted Govinda twenty-four hours a day in rendering service to the Lord.

CC Ādi 10.144: Every day Rāmāi filled twenty-two big waterpots, whereas Nandāi personally assisted Govinda.

CC Ādi 10.145: The twenty-second devotee, Krishnadāsa, was born of a pure and respectable brāhmana family. While touring southern India, Lord Caitanya took Krishnadāsa with Him.

CC Ādi 10.146: As a bona fide devotee, Balabhadra Bhattācārya, the twenty-third principal associate, acted as the brahmacārī of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu when He toured Mathurā.

CC Ādi 10.147: Bada Haridāsa and Chota Haridāsa, the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth devotees in Nīlācala, were good singers who always accompanied Lord Caitanya.

CC Ādi 10.148: Among the devotees who lived with Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī, Rāmabhadra Ācārya was the twenty-sixth, Simheśvara the twenty-seventh, Tapana Ācārya the twenty-eighth, Raghunātha Bhattācārya the twenty-ninth and Nīlāmbara the thirtieth.

CC Ādi 10.149: Sińgābhatta was the thirty-first, Kāmābhatta the thirty-second, Śivānanda the thirty-third and Kamalānanda the thirty-fourth. They all formerly served Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in Bengal, but later these servants left Bengal to live with the Lord in Jagannātha Purī.

CC Ādi 10.150: Acyutānanda, the thirty-fifth devotee, was the son of Advaita Ācārya. He also lived with Lord Caitanya, taking shelter of His lotus feet at Jagannātha Purī.

CC Ādi 10.151: Nirloma Gańgādāsa and Vishnudāsa were the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh among the devotees who lived at Jagannātha Purī as servants of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

CC Ādi 10.152-154: The prominent devotees at Vārānasī were the physician Candraśekhara, Tapana Miśra and Raghunātha Bhattācārya, Tapana Miśra's son. When Lord Caitanya came to Vārānasī after seeing Vrindāvana, for two months He lived at the residence of Candraśekhara Vaidya and accepted prasādam at the house of Tapana Miśra.

CC Ādi 10.155: When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed at the house of Tapana Miśra, Raghunātha Bhatta, who was then a boy, washed His dishes and massaged His legs.

CC Ādi 10.156: When Raghunātha grew to be a young man, he visited Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī and stayed there for eight months. Sometimes he offered prasādam to the Lord.

CC Ādi 10.157: Later, by the order of Lord Caitanya, Raghunātha went to Vrindāvana and remained there under the shelter of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

CC Ādi 10.158: While he stayed with Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, his engagement was to recite Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam for him to hear. As a result of this Bhāgavatam recitation, he attained perfectional love of Krishna, by which he remained always maddened.

CC Ādi 10.159: I list in this way only a portion of the innumerable devotees of Lord Caitanya. To describe them all fully is not possible.

CC Ādi 10.160: From each branch of the tree have grown hundreds and thousands of subbranches of disciples and granddisciples.

CC Ādi 10.161: Every branch and subbranch of the tree is full of innumerable fruits and flowers. They inundate the world with the waters of love of Krishna.

CC Ādi 10.162: Each and every branch of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's devotees has unlimited spiritual power and glory. Even if one had thousands of mouths, it would be impossible to describe the limits of their activities.

CC Ādi 10.163: I have briefly described the devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in different places. Even Lord Śesha, who has thousands of mouths, could not list them all.

CC Ādi 10.164: Praying at the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Raghunātha, always desiring their mercy, I, Krishnadāsa, narrate Śrī Caitanya-caritāmrita, following in their footsteps.

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