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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; krsnadasa—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, Fifteenth Chapter, describing Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s pastimes in the garden by the sea.

Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Tastes Nectar from the Lips of Lord Sri Krsna The Sixteenth Chapter is summarized by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya.

When the Bengali devotees of the Lord returned to Jagannatha Puri, a gentleman named Kalidasa who was an uncle of Raghunatha dasa Gosvami went with them to see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

Kalidasa had tasted the remnants of food of all the Vaisnavas in Bengal, even Jhadu Thakura.

Because of this, he received the shelter of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu at Jagannatha Puri.

When Kavi-karnapura was only seven years old, he was initiated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu into the Hare Krsna maha-mantra.

He later became the greatest poet among the Vaisnava acaryas.

When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ate the remnants of food known as vallabha-bhoga, He described the glories of such remnants of the Lord’s food and then fed all the devotees the prasada.

Thus they all tasted adharamrta, the nectar from the lips of Lord Sri Krsna.