Chapter 16
The Pastimes of the Lord in His Childhood and Youth
This chapter fully describes Lord Caitanya's  kaiśora-līlā , or the activities He performed just before attaining youth. During this time He studied deeply and was victorious over greatly learned scholars. During His  kaiśora-līlā  the Lord also sported in the water. He went to East Bengal to secure financial assistance, cultivate knowledge and introduce the  saṅkīrtana  movement, and there He met Tapana Miśra, whom He instructed about spiritual advancement and ordered to go to Vārāṇasī. While Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu was touring East Bengal, His wife, Lakṣmīdevī, was bitten by a serpent or by the serpent of separation, and thus she left this world. When the Lord returned home, He saw that His mother was overwhelmed with grief because of Lakṣmīdevī's death. Therefore at her request He later married His second wife, Viṣṇupriyā-devī. This chapter also describes the Lord's argument with Keśava Kāśmīrī, the celebrated scholar, and the Lord's criticism of his prayer glorifying mother Ganges. In this prayer the Lord found five kinds of literary ornaments and five kinds of literary faults, thus defeating the  paṇḍita . Later the Kāśmīrī Paṇḍita, who was known to have been victorious all over the country, submitted himself to the goddess of learning, and by her order he met Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu on the morning of the next day and surrendered unto Him.
TEXT 1
कृपाश्चधा-सरिस्वस्य विषमाप्नोवश्चापि । नीठगेव समा छाति तः ठेत्यश्चछूः छत्रे ॥ १ ।
kṛpā-sudhā-sarid yasya viśvam āplāvayanty api nīcagaiva sadā bhāti tam caitanya-prabhum bhaje
SYNONYMS
kṛpā-sudhā —of the nectar of the mercy;  sarit —river;  yasya —whose;  viśvam —the whole universe;  āplāvayantī —inundating;  api —although;  nīcagā eva —more inclined to the poor and fallen;  sadā —always;  bhāti —is manifest;  tam —Him;  caitanya-prabhum —Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  bhaje —I worship.
TRANSLATION
I worship Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, whose nectarean mercy flows like a great river, inundating the entire universe. Just as a river flows downstream, Lord Caitanya especially extends Himself to the fallen.
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