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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, Third Chapter, describing Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s stay at the house of Advaita Acarya, His acceptance of the sannyasa order and observation of daily festivals at Advaita Acarya’s house, His congregationally chanting the holy name of the Lord and His feasting with all the devotees.
Sri Madhavendra Puri’s Devotional Service In his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura gives the following summary of the Fourth Chapter.
Passing along the path of Chatrabhoga and coming to Vrddhamantresvara, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu reached the border of Orissa.
On His way He enjoyed transcendental bliss by chanting and begging alms in different villages.
In this way He reached the celebrated village of Remuna, where there is a Deity of Gopinatha.
There He narrated the story of Madhavendra Puri, as He had heard it from His spiritual master, Isvara Puri.
The narration is as follows.
One night while in Govardhana, Madhavendra Puri dreamed that the Gopala Deity was within the forest.
The next morning he invited his neighborhood friends to accompany him to excavate the Deity from the jungle.
He then established the Deity of Sri Gopalaji on top of Govardhana Hill with great pomp.
Gopala was worshiped, and the Annakuta festival was observed.
This festival was known everywhere, and many people from the neighboring villages came to join.
One night the Gopala Deity again appeared to Madhavendra Puri in a dream and asked him to go to Jagannatha Puri to collect some sandalwood pulp and smear it on the body of the Deity.
Having received this order, Madhavendra Puri immediately started for Orissa.
Traveling through Bengal, he reached Remuna village and there received a pot of condensed milk (ksira) offered to the Deity of Gopinathaji.
This pot of condensed milk was stolen by Gopinatha and delivered to Madhavendra Puri.
Since then, the Gopinatha Deity has been known as Ksira-cora-gopinatha, the Deity who stole the pot of condensed milk.
After reaching Jagannatha Puri, Madhavendra Puri received permission from the King to take out one mana of sandalwood and eight ounces of camphor.
Aided by two men, he brought these things to Remuna.
Again he saw in a dream that Gopala at Govardhana Hill desired that very sandalwood to be turned into pulp mixed with camphor and smeared over the body of Gopinathaji.
Understanding that that would satisfy the Gopala Deity at Govardhana, Madhavendra Puri executed the order and returned to Jagannatha Puri.
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu narrated this story for Lord Nityananda Prabhu and other devotees and praised the pure devotional service of Madhavendra Puri.
When He recited some verses composed by Madhavendra Puri, He went into an ecstatic mood.
But when He saw that many people were assembled, He checked Himself and ate some sweet rice prasada.
Thus He passed that night, and the next morning He again started for Jagannatha Puri.