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sri-rupa-raghunatha-pade yara asa
caitanya-caritamrta kahe krsnadasa
SYNONYMS
sri-rupa—Srila Rupa Gosvami; raghunatha—Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami; pade—at their lotus feet; yara—whose; asa—expectation; caitanya-caritamrta—the book named Caitanya-caritamrta; kahe—describes; krsna-dasa—Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami.
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.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, Twelfth Chapter, describing the expansions of Advaita Acarya and Gadadhara Pandita.
The Advent of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu This Thirteenth Chapter of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta describes Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s appearance.
The entire Adi-lila section describes Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s household life, and similarly the Antya-lila describes His life in the sannyasa order.
Within the Antya-lila, the first six years of His sannyasa life are called Madhya-lila.
During this time, Caitanya Mahaprabhu toured southern India, went to Vrndavana, returned from Vrndavana and preached the sankirtana movement.
A learned brahmana named Upendra Misra who resided in the district of Srihatta was the father of Jagannatha Misra, who came to Navadvipa to study under the direction of Nilambara Cakravarti and then settled there after marrying Nilambara Cakravarti’s daughter, Sacidevi.
Sri Sacidevi gave birth to eight children, all daughters, who died one after another immediately after birth.
After her ninth pregnancy, she gave birth to a son, who was named Visvarupa.
Then, in 1407 Saka Era (A.D 1486), on the full moon evening of the month of Phalguna, during the constellation of simha-lagna, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared as the son of Sri Sacidevi and Jagannatha Misra.
After hearing of the birth of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, learned scholars and brahmanas, bringing many gifts, came to see the newly born baby.
Nilambara Cakravarti, who was a great astrologer, immediately prepared a horoscope, and by astrological calculation he saw that the child was a great personality.
This chapter describes the symptoms of this great personality.