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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, Madhya-lila, Seventeenth Chapter, describing the Lord’s traveling to Vrndavana.
Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s Visit to Sri Vrndavana The following summary of the Eighteenth Chapter is given by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya.
In the village of Arit-grama, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu discovered the transcendental lakes known as Radha-kunda and Syama-kunda.
He then saw the Deity Harideva at Govardhana Village.
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had no desire to climb Govardhana Hill because the hill is worshiped as Krsna.
The Gopala Deity could understand the mind of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; therefore on the plea of being attacked by Muslims, Gopala transferred Himself to the village of Ganthuli-grama.
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then went to Ganthuli-grama to see Lord Gopala.
Some years later, Lord Gopala also went to Mathura to the temple of Viththalesvara and stayed there for one month just to give an audience to Srila Rupa Gosvami.
After visiting Nandisvara, Pavana-sarovara, Sesasayi, Khela-tirtha, Bhandiravana, Bhadravana, Lohavana and Mahavana, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to Gokula and then finally returned to Mathura.
Seeing a great crowd in Mathura, He moved His residence near Akrura-ghata, and from there He went every day to Vrndavana to see Kaliya-hrada, Dvadasaditya-ghata, Kesi-ghata, Rasa-sthali, Cira-ghata and Amli-tala.
At Kaliya Lake, many people mistook a fisherman for Krsna.
When some respectable people came to see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, they expressed their opinion that when one takes sannyasa, he becomes Narayana.
Their mistake was corrected by the Lord.
In this way, their Krsna consciousness was awakened, and they could understand that a sannyasi is simply a living entity and not the Supreme personality of Godhead.
When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took His bath at Akrura-ghata, He submerged Himself in the water for a long time.
Balabhadra Bhattacarya decided to take Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to Prayaga after visiting the holy place known as Soroksetra.
While stopping near a village on the way to Prayaga, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu fainted in ecstatic love.
Some Pathana soldiers who were passing through saw Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and falsely concluded that the Lord’s associates, Balabhadra Bhattacarya and others, had killed the Lord with a poison named dhutura and were taking His wealth.
Thus the soldiers arrested them.
However, when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu regained His senses, His associates were released.
He talked with a person who was supposed to be a holy man in the party.
From the Koran, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu established devotional service to Krsna.
Thus the leader of the soldiers, named Vijali Khan, surrendered to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and he and his party became devotees of Lord Krsna.
The same village today is known as the village of Pathana Vaisnavas.
After bathing in the Ganges at Soro, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu arrived at Prayaga at the confluence of three rivers-the Ganges, Yamuna and Sarasvati.