Antya-lila

Srila Rupa Gosvami’s Second Meeting With the Lord A summary of the First Chapter is given by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya as follows.

When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu returned to Jagannatha Puri from Vrndavana, all His devotees from other parts of India, upon receiving the auspicious news, came to Purusottama-ksetra, or Jagannatha Puri.

Sivananda Sena took a dog with him and even paid fees for it to cross the river.

One night, however, the dog could not get any food and therefore went directly to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu at Jagannatha Puri.

The next day, when Sivananda and his party reached Jagannatha Puri, Sivananda saw the dog eating some coconut pulp offered to it by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

After this incident, the dog was liberated and went back home, back to Godhead.

Meanwhile, Srila Rupa Gosvami reached Bengal, after returning from Vrndavana.

Although he could not follow the Bengali devotees, after some time he then came to Jagannatha Puri, where he stayed with Haridasa Thakura.

Srila Rupa Gosvami composed an important verse, beginning with the words priyah so ’yam, and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu relished it very much.

One day when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Ramananda Raya and Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya went to see Haridasa Thakura, the Lord saw the verse Rupa Gosvami had composed as an introduction to his books Lalita-madhava and Vidagdha-madhava.

After examining the manuscripts of these two books, Ramananda Raya approved and appreciated them very much.

After the period of Caturmasya, all the devotees who had come from Bengal returned to their homes.

Srila Rupa Gosvami, however, remained at Jagannatha Puri for some time.