Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata by Sri Vrindavan Das Thakura is a scripture belonging to the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition from the 16th century. It is similair in content to the Caitanya Caritamrita, but asserts that Chaitanya was the direct incarnation of Krishna (as Bhagavan). The Caitanya Bhagavata contains three major parts including many details regard...
Introduction to chapter 3
This chapter describes the Lord’s ecstatic mood, the Lord’s manifestation of His Varāha form in the house of Murāri Gupta, Murāri’s prayers to this form of the Lord, the characteristics of Śrī Nityānanda, Nityānanda’s arrival in Navadvīpa at the house of Nandana Ācārya, the Lord’s description of His wonderful dream to the devotees, the Lord’s demand for wine in the mood of Baladeva, the Lord’s arrival at the house of Nandana Ācārya in the company of His devotees, the Lord’s meeting with Nityānanda, and the Lord’s various devices for revealing the glories of Nityānanda.