Ādi-līlā, Chapter 10
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Rathayātrā festival. The answers to his inquiries from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu about the duty of householder devotees are vividly described in the  Madhya-līlā , Chapters Fifteen and Sixteen. The village of Kulīna-grāma is situated two miles from the railway station named Jaugrāma on the Newcord line from Howrah to Burdwan. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu very highly praised the people of Kulīna-grāma, and He stated that even a dog of Kulīna-grāma was very dear to Him.
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শ্রীমূরারি গুপ্ত শাখা - প্রেমের ভাণ্ডার ।
প্রভুর হৃদয় জবে শুনি’ দৈত্য যাঁর ॥ ৪৯ ॥
śrī-murāri gupta śākhā—premera bhāṇḍāra prabhura hṛdaya drave śuni’ dainya yāṅra
SYNONYMS
śrī-murāri gupta —of the name Śrī Murāri Gupta;  śākhā —branch;  premera —of love of Godhead;  bhāṇḍāra —store;  prabhura —of the Lord;  hṛdaya —the heart;  drave —melts;  śuni’ —hearing;  dainya —humility;  yāṅra —of whom.
TRANSLATION
Murāri Gupta, the twenty-first branch of the tree of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, was a storehouse of love of Godhead. His great humility and meekness melted the heart of Lord Caitanya.
PURPORT
Śrī Murāri Gupta wrote a book called  Śrī Caitanya-carita . He belonged to a  vaidya  physician family of Śrīhaṭṭa, the paternal home of Lord Caitanya, and later became a resident of Navadvīpa. He was among the elders of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Lord Caitanya exhibited His  Varāha  form in the house of Murāri Gupta, as described in the  Caitanya-bhāgavata ,  Madhya-līlā , Third Chapter. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exhibited His  mahāprakāśa  form, He appeared before Murāri Gupta as Lord Rāmacandra. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu were sitting together in the house of Śrīvāsa Thākura, Murāri Gupta first offered his respects to Lord Caitanya and then to Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu. Nityānanda Prabhu, however, was older than Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and therefore Lord Caitanya remarked that Murāri Gupta had violated social etiquette, for he should have first shown respect to Nityānanda Prabhu and then to Him. In this way, by the grace of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Murāri Gupta was informed about the position of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, and the next day he offered obeisances first to Lord Nityānanda and then to Lord Caitanya. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave chewed pan or betel nut to Murāri Gupta. Once Murāri Gupta offered foodstuffs to Lord Caitanya that were cooked with excessive ghee, and the next day the Lord became sick and went to Murāri Gupta for treatment. Lord Caitanya accepted some water from the water pot of