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<div id="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" class="section" sec_index="2" parent="compilation" text="Sri Caitanya-caritamrta"><h2>Sri Caitanya-caritamrta</h2>
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<div id="CC_Adi-lila" class="sub_section" sec_index="1" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Adi-lila"><h3>CC Adi-lila</h3>
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<div id="CCAdi1024_0" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="1279" link="CC Adi 10.24" link_text="CC Adi 10.24">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 10.24|CC Adi 10.24, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Rāghava Paṇḍita, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's original follower, is understood to have been the seventh branch. From him proceeded another subbranch, headed by Makaradhvaja Kara.</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>Kara was the surname of Makaradhvaja. At present this surname is generally found in the Kāyastha community. The Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (166) states:</p>
:dhaniṣṭhā bhakṣya-sāmagrīṁ kṛṣṇāyādād vraje ’mitām
:saiva samprati gaurāṅga-priyo rāghava-paṇḍitaḥ
<p>Rāghava Paṇḍita was formerly a confidential gopī in Vraja during the time of Lord Kṛṣṇa's pastimes, and his former name was Dhaniṣṭhā. This gopī, Dhaniṣṭhā, always engaged in preparing foods for Kṛṣṇa.</p>
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<div id="CCAdi1025_1" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="1280" link="CC Adi 10.25" link_text="CC Adi 10.25">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 10.25|CC Adi 10.25, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Rāghava Paṇḍita's sister Damayantī was the dear maidservant of the Lord. She always collected various ingredients with which to cook for Lord Caitanya.</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura writes in his Anubhāṣya, “In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (167) it is mentioned, guṇamālā vraje yāsīd damayantī tu tat-svasā: The gopī named Guṇamālā appeared as Rāghava Paṇḍita's sister Damayantī. On the East Bengal railway line beginning from the Sealdah station in Calcutta, there is a station named Sodapura, which is not very far from Calcutta. Within one mile of this station, toward the western side of the Ganges, is a village known as Pānihāṭi, in which the residential quarters of Rāghava Paṇḍita still exist. On Rāghava Paṇḍita's tomb is a creeper on a concrete platform. There is also a Madana-mohana Deity in a broken-down temple nearby. This temple is managed by a local zamindar of the name Śrī Śivacandra Rāya Caudhurī. Makaradhvaja Kara was also an inhabitant of Pānihāṭi.”</p>
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<div id="CCAdi1026_2" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="1281" link="CC Adi 10.26" link_text="CC Adi 10.26">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 10.26|CC Adi 10.26, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">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.</p>
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<div id="CCAdi1027_3" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="1282" link="CC Adi 10.27" link_text="CC Adi 10.27">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 10.27|CC Adi 10.27, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">The Lord accepted these foods throughout the entire year. Those bags are still celebrated as rāghavera jhāli ("the bags of Rāghava Paṇḍita").</p>
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<div id="CCAdi1028_4" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="1283" link="CC Adi 10.28" link_text="CC Adi 10.28">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 10.28|CC Adi 10.28, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">I shall describe the contents of the bags of Rāghava Paṇḍita later in this book. Hearing this narration, devotees generally cry, and tears glide down from their eyes.</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>A vivid description of these rāghavera jhāli is to be found in Chapter Ten of the Antya-līlā portion of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta ([[Vanisource:CC Antya 10|CC Antya 10]]).</p>
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<div id="CCAdi1030_5" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="1285" link="CC Adi 10.30" link_text="CC Adi 10.30">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 10.30|CC Adi 10.30, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Śrī Ācārya Purandara, the ninth branch, was a constant associate of Lord Caitanya's. The Lord accepted him as His father.</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>It is described in the Caitanya-bhāgavata that whenever Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the house of Rāghava Paṇḍita, He also visited Purandara Ācārya immediately upon receiving an invitation. Purandara Ācārya is to be considered most fortunate because the Lord used to greet him by addressing him as His father and embracing him in great love.</p>
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<div id="CCAdi1035_6" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="1290" link="CC Adi 10.35" link_text="CC Adi 10.35">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 10.35|CC Adi 10.35, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">Pradyumna Brahmacārī is described in the Antya-līlā, Second Chapter, of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta ([[Vanisource:CC Antya 2|CC Antya 2]]). He was a great devotee of Lord Caitanya, who changed his name to Nṛsiṁhānanda. While coming from the house of Rāghava Paṇḍita at Pānihāṭi to the house of Śivānanda, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared in the heart of Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī.</p>
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<div id="CCAdi1053_7" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="1308" link="CC Adi 10.53" link_text="CC Adi 10.53">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 10.53|CC Adi 10.53, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">When Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared in the house of Rāghava Paṇḍita while going to Vṛndāvana, Gadādhara dāsa went to see Him, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was so glad that He put His foot on his head.</p>
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<div id="CC_Madhya-lila" class="sub_section" sec_index="2" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Madhya-lila"><h3>CC Madhya-lila</h3>
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<div id="CCMadhya1084_0" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="2163" link="CC Madhya 10.84" link_text="CC Madhya 10.84">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 10.84|CC Madhya 10.84, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Rāghava Paṇḍita, Nandana Ācārya and all the devotees became very satisfied. How many can I describe?</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya1189_1" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="2358" link="CC Madhya 11.89" link_text="CC Madhya 11.89">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 11.89|CC Madhya 11.89, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">"Here is Rāghava Paṇḍita, here is Nandana Ācārya, there is Śrīmān Paṇḍita, and here are Śrīkānta and Nārāyaṇa."</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya12157_2" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="2666" link="CC Madhya 12.157" link_text="CC Madhya 12.157">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 12.157|CC Madhya 12.157, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Ācāryaratna, Ācāryanidhi, Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura, Gadādhara Paṇḍita, Śaṅkara, Nandanācārya, Rāghava Paṇḍita and Vakreśvara were also present.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya1337_3" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="2767" link="CC Madhya 13.37" link_text="CC Madhya 13.37">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 13.37|CC Madhya 13.37, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">The five who responded to the singing of Svarūpa Dāmodara were Dāmodara Paṇḍita, Nārāyaṇa, Govinda Datta, Rāghava Paṇḍita and Śrī Govindānanda.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya1338_4" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="2768" link="CC Madhya 13.38" link_text="CC Madhya 13.38">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 13.38|CC Madhya 13.38, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Advaita Ācārya Prabhu was ordered to dance in the first group. The Lord then formed another group with Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura as the chief man.</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>In the first group, Dāmodara Svarūpa was appointed chief singer, and the responding singers were Dāmodara Paṇḍita, Nārāyaṇa, Govinda Datta, Rāghava Paṇḍita and Govindānanda. Śrī Advaita Ācārya was appointed as a dancer. The next group was formed, and the chief singer was Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya1342_5" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="2772" link="CC Madhya 13.42" link_text="CC Madhya 13.42">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 13.42|CC Madhya 13.42, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">The Lord formed another group, appointing Govinda Ghoṣa as leader. In this group the younger Haridāsa, Viṣṇudāsa and Rāghava were the responding singers.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya1481_6" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="3021" link="CC Madhya 14.81" link_text="CC Madhya 14.81">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 14.81|CC Madhya 14.81, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Another duel took place between Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura and Gadādhara Paṇḍita, and yet another between Rāghava Paṇḍita and Vakreśvara Paṇḍita. Thus they all engaged in throwing water.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya15Summary_7" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="3197" link="CC Madhya 15 Summary" link_text="CC Madhya 15 Summary">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 15 Summary|CC Madhya 15 Summary]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then asked all the devotees to return to Bengal. Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sent Nityānanda Prabhu to Bengal for preaching and also sent Rāmadāsa, Gadādhara dāsa and several other devotees with Him. Then Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, with great humility, sent some Jagannātha prasādam and a cloth from Lord Jagannātha to His mother through Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura. When the Lord bade farewell to Rāghava Paṇḍita, Vāsudeva Datta, the residents of Kulīna-grāma and other devotees, He praised them for their transcendental qualities. Rāmānanda Vasu and Satyarāja Khān asked some questions, and Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed them that all householder devotees must engage themselves in the service of Vaiṣṇavas exclusively devoted to chanting the holy name of the Lord.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya1568_8" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="3264" link="CC Madhya 15.68" link_text="CC Madhya 15.68">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 15.68|CC Madhya 15.68, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu next spoke some relishable words to Rāghava Paṇḍita. He said, "I am obliged to you due to your pure love for Me."</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya1569_9" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="3265" link="CC Madhya 15.69" link_text="CC Madhya 15.69">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 15.69|CC Madhya 15.69, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then informed everyone, “Just hear about the pure devotional service rendered to Kṛṣṇa by Rāghava Paṇḍita. Indeed, Rāghava Paṇḍita's service is supremely pure and highly accomplished.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya1576_10" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="3272" link="CC Madhya 15.76" link_text="CC Madhya 15.76">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 15.76|CC Madhya 15.76, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“When Rāghava Paṇḍita sees that the juice has been drunk from the coconuts, he is very pleased. He then breaks the coconuts, takes out the pulp and puts it on another plate.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya1578_11" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="3274" link="CC Madhya 15.78" link_text="CC Madhya 15.78">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 15.78|CC Madhya 15.78, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“Sometimes, after eating the pulp, Kṛṣṇa fills the plate again with new pulp. In this way, the faith of Rāghava Paṇḍita increases, and he floats in an ocean of love.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya1581_12" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="3277" link="CC Madhya 15.81" link_text="CC Madhya 15.81">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 15.81|CC Madhya 15.81, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“Rāghava Paṇḍita then saw that the servant touched the ceiling above the door and then touched the coconuts with the same hand.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya1582_13" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="3278" link="CC Madhya 15.82" link_text="CC Madhya 15.82">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 15.82|CC Madhya 15.82, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“Rāghava Paṇḍita then said, ‘People are always coming and going through that door. The dust from their feet blows up and touches the ceiling.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya1583_14" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="3279" link="CC Madhya 15.83" link_text="CC Madhya 15.83">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 15.83|CC Madhya 15.83, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“"After touching the ceiling above the door, you have touched the coconuts. Now they are no longer fit to be offered to Kṛṣṇa because they are contaminated."</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura states that Rāghava Paṇḍita was not simply a crazy fellow suffering from some cleansing phobia. He did not belong to the mundane world. In lower consciousness, accepting something to be spiritual when it is actually material is called bhauma ijya-dhīḥ. Rāghava Paṇḍita was an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa, and everything he saw was related to the service of the Lord. He was always absorbed in the transcendental thought of how he could always serve Kṛṣṇa with everything. Sometimes neophytes, devotees on the lower platform, try to imitate Rāghava Paṇḍita on the platform of material purity and impurity. Such imitation will not help anyone. As explained in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta ([[Vanisource:CC Antya 4.174|CC Antya 4.174]]), bhadrābhadra-vastu-jñāna nāhika "prākṛte." On the transcendental platform there is no higher or lower, pure or impure. On the material platform, distinction is made between good and bad, but on the spiritual platform everything is of the same quality.</p>
:'dvaite' bhadrābhadra-jñāna, saba - 'manodharma'
:'ei bhāla, ei manda', - ei saba 'bhrama'
<p>"In the material world, conceptions of good and bad are all mental speculations. Therefore, saying "This is good and that is bad" is all a mistake." ([[Vanisource:CC Antya 4.176|CC Antya 4.176]])</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya1584_15" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="3280" link="CC Madhya 15.84" link_text="CC Madhya 15.84">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 15.84|CC Madhya 15.84, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“Such is the service of Rāghava Paṇḍita. He did not accept the coconuts but threw them over the wall. His service is purely based on unalloyed love, and it conquers the whole world.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya1585_16" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="3281" link="CC Madhya 15.85" link_text="CC Madhya 15.85">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 15.85|CC Madhya 15.85, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“Thereafter, Rāghava Paṇḍita had other coconuts gathered, cleansed and clipped, and with great attention he offered them to the Deity to eat.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya1587_17" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="3283" link="CC Madhya 15.87" link_text="CC Madhya 15.87">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 15.87|CC Madhya 15.87, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“All these fruits are collected from distant places and bought at a high price. After trimming them with great care and purity, Rāghava Paṇḍita offers them to the Deity.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya1588_18" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="3284" link="CC Madhya 15.88" link_text="CC Madhya 15.88">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 15.88|CC Madhya 15.88, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“Thus with great care and attention Rāghava Paṇḍita prepares spinach, other vegetables, radishes, fruits, chipped rice, powdered rice and sweetmeats.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya1590_19" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="3286" link="CC Madhya 15.90" link_text="CC Madhya 15.90">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 15.90|CC Madhya 15.90, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“Rāghava Paṇḍita also offers all kinds of pickles, such as kāśamdi. He offers various scents, garments, ornaments and the best of everything.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya1591_20" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="3287" link="CC Madhya 15.91" link_text="CC Madhya 15.91">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 15.91|CC Madhya 15.91, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">"Thus Rāghava Paṇḍita serves the Lord in an incomparable way. Everyone is very much satisfied just to see him."</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya1592_21" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="3288" link="CC Madhya 15.92" link_text="CC Madhya 15.92">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 15.92|CC Madhya 15.92, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then mercifully embraced Rāghava Paṇḍita. The Lord also offered all the other devotees a farewell with similar respect.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya16Summary_22" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="3497" link="CC Madhya 16 Summary" link_text="CC Madhya 16 Summary">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 16 Summary|CC Madhya 16 Summary]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Mahārāja Pratāparudra made various arrangements for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's trip to Vṛndāvana. When He crossed the river Citrotpalā, Rāmānanda Rāya, Mardarāja and Haricandana went with Him. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested Gadādhara Paṇḍita to return to Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī, but he did not abide by this order. From Kaṭaka, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again requested Gadādhara Paṇḍita to return to Nīlācala, and He bade farewell to Rāmānanda Rāya from Bhadraka. After this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu crossed the border of Orissa state, and He arrived at Pānihāṭi by boat. Thereafter He visited the house of Rāghava Paṇḍita, and from there He went to Kumārahaṭṭa and eventually to Kuliyā, where He excused many offenders. From there He went to Rāmakeli, where He saw Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana and accepted them as His chief disciples. Returning from Rāmakeli, He met Raghunātha dāsa and after giving him instructions sent him back home. Thereafter the Lord returned to Nīlācala and began to make plans to go to Vṛndāvana without a companion.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya161617_23" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="3512" link="CC Madhya 16.16-17" link_text="CC Madhya 16.16-17">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 16.16-17|CC Madhya 16.16-17, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">All the devotees of Navadvīpa departed, including Ācāryaratna, Vidyānidhi, Śrīvāsa, Rāmāi, Vāsudeva, Murāri, Govinda and his two brothers and Rāghava Paṇḍita, who took bags of assorted foods. The inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma, carrying silken ropes, also departed.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya16204_24" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="3695" link="CC Madhya 16.204" link_text="CC Madhya 16.204">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 16.204|CC Madhya 16.204, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">At length Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was taken away by Rāghava Paṇḍita. There was a great crowd assembled along the way, and the Lord reached Rāghava Paṇḍita's residence with great difficulty.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya16205_25" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="3696" link="CC Madhya 16.205" link_text="CC Madhya 16.205">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 16.205|CC Madhya 16.205, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">The Lord stayed at Rāghava Paṇḍita's place for only one day. The next morning, He went to Kumārahaṭṭa, where Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura lived.</p>
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<div id="CC_Antya-lila" class="sub_section" sec_index="3" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Antya-lila"><h3>CC Antya-lila</h3>
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<div id="CCAntya256_0" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="228" link="CC Antya 2.5-6" link_text="CC Antya 2.5-6">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 2.5-6|CC Antya 2.5-6, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu delivered almost all the fallen souls by directly meeting them. He delivered others by entering the bodies of great devotees, such as Nakula Brahmacārī. And He delivered still others by appearing before them, as in the case of Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī. "I shall deliver the fallen souls." This statement characterizes the Supreme Personality of Godhead.</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>The Lord always manifested His āvirbhāva appearance in the following four places: (1) the house of Śrīmatī Śacīmātā, (2) wherever Nityānanda Prabhu danced in ecstasy, (3) the house of Śrīvāsa (when kīrtana was performed), and (4) the house of Rāghava Paṇḍita. Lord Caitanya Himself appeared in these four places. (In this connection, one may consult text 34.)</p>
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<div id="CCAntya23435_1" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="255" link="CC Antya 2.34-35" link_text="CC Antya 2.34-35">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 2.34-35|CC Antya 2.34-35, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu always appeared in four places—in the household temple of mother Śacī, in the places where Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu danced, in the house of Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita during congregational chanting, and in the house of Rāghava Paṇḍita. He appeared because of His attraction to the love of His devotees. That is His natural characteristic.</p>
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<div id="CCAntya269_2" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="288" link="CC Antya 2.69" link_text="CC Antya 2.69">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 2.69|CC Antya 2.69, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">After eating all the offerings, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu started for Pāṇihāṭi. There, He was greatly satisfied to see the different varieties of vegetables prepared in the house of Rāghava.</p>
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<div id="CCAntya280_3" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="299" link="CC Antya 2.80" link_text="CC Antya 2.80">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 2.80|CC Antya 2.80, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Similarly, He was always present when Nityānanda Prabhu danced, and He regularly appeared at the house of Rāghava</p>
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<div id="CCAntya4108110_4" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="768" link="CC Antya 4.108-110" link_text="CC Antya 4.108-110">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 4.108-110|CC Antya 4.108-110, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu introduced Sanātana Gosvāmī to these and other selected devotees: Advaita Ācārya, Nityānanda Prabhu, Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura, Vakreśvara Paṇḍita, Vāsudeva Datta, Murāri Gupta, Rāghava Paṇḍita, Dāmodara Paṇḍita, Paramānanda Purī, Brahmānanda Bhāratī, Svarūpa Dāmodara, Gadādhara Paṇḍita, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, Rāmānanda Rāya, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita, Śaṅkara Paṇḍita, Kāśīśvara and Govinda.</p>
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