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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 the 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, Antya-lila, First Chapter, describing the second meeting of Srila Rupa Gosvami and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
The Chastisement of Junior Haridasa The purport of this chapter is explained by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya as follows.
Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, the author of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, wanted to explain direct meetings with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, meetings with those empowered by Him, and His avirbhava appearance.
Thus he described the glories of Nrsimhananda and other devotees.
A devotee named Bhagavan Acarya was exceptionally faithful to the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Nevertheless, his brother, Gopala Bhatta Acarya, discoursed upon the commentary of impersonalism (Mayavada).
Srila Svarupa Damodara Gosvami, the secretary of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, forbid Bhagavan Acarya to indulge in hearing that commentary.
Later, when Junior Haridasa, following the order of Bhagavan Acarya, went to collect alms from Madhavidevi, he committed an offense by talking intimately with a woman although he was in the renounced order.
Because of this, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu rejected Junior Haridasa, and despite all the requests of the Lord’s stalwart devotees, the Lord did not accept him again.
One year after this incident, Junior Haridasa went to the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna and committed suicide.
In his spiritual body, however, he continued to sing devotional songs, and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu heard them.
When the Vaisnavas of Bengal went to see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, these incidents became known to Svarupa Damodara and others.