Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 15 Summary

The following summary of this chapter is given by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his Amrita-pravaha-bhashya. After the Ratha-yatra festival, Sri Advaita Acarya Prabhu worshiped Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu with flowers and tulasi. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, in return, worshiped Advaita Acarya with the flowers and tulasi that remained on the offered plate and said a mantra, yo 'si so 'si namo 'stu te ("Whatever You are, You are -- but I offer My respects unto You"). Then Advaita Acarya Prabhu invited Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu for prasadam. When Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His devotees performed the Nandotsava ceremony, the Lord dressed Himself as a cowherd boy. Thus the ceremony was very jubilant. Then the Lord and His devotees observed Vijaya-dasami, the day of victory when Lord Ramacandra conquered Lanka. The devotees all became soldiers of Lord Ramacandra, and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, in the ecstasy of Hanuman, manifested various transcendentally blissful activities. Thereafter, the Lord and His devotees observed various other ceremonies.

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then asked all the devotees to return to Bengal. Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu sent Nityananda Prabhu to Bengal for preaching and also sent Ramadasa, Gadadhara dasa and several other devotees with Him. Then Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, with great humility, sent some Jagannatha prasadam and a cloth from Lord Jagannatha to His mother through Srivasa Thakura. When the Lord bade farewell to Raghava Pandita, Vasudeva Datta, the residents of Kulina-grama and other devotees, He praised them for their transcendental qualities. Ramananda Vasu and Satyaraja Khan asked some questions, and Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu instructed them that all householder devotees must engage themselves in the service of Vaishnavas exclusively devoted to chanting the holy name of the Lord. He also instructed the Vaishnavas from Khanda, as well as Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya and Vidya-vacaspati, and He praised Murari Gupta for his firm faith in the lotus feet of Lord Ramacandra. Considering the humble prayer of Vasudeva Datta, He established that Lord Sri Krishna is qualified to deliver all the conditioned souls.

Thereafter, when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was accepting prasadam at the house of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, Sarvabhauma's son-in-law, Amogha, created trouble in the family with his criticisms. The following morning, he was attacked by the disease of visucika (cholera). Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu very kindly saved him from death and enlivened him in chanting the holy name of Lord Krishna.

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