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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Ādi-līlā, C h. 17]
highest perfectional platform of education. On these grounds, Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī later compiled the grammar entitled  Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa . People in general consider such explanations crazy. Therefore the Lord's purpose in His attitude of craziness was to explain nothing within our experience but Kṛṣṇa consciousness, for everything may be dovetailed with Kṛṣṇa consciousness. These pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu have been very vividly described in the  Caitanya-bhāgavata ,  Ādi-khaṇḍa , Chapter Twelve.
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তবেত করিলা প্রভু গঙ্গাতে গমন ।
ঈশ্বরপুরীর সঙ্গে তথাই মিলন ॥ ৮ ॥
tabeta karilā prabhu gayāte gamana īśvara-purīra saṅge tathāi milana
SYNONYMS
tabeta —thereafter;  karilā —did;  prabhu —Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  gayāte —to Gayā;  gamana —travel;  īśvara-purīra saṅge —with Iśvara Purī;  tathāi —there;  milana —meeting.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter the Lord went to Gayā. There He met Śrīla Iśvara Purī.
PURPORT
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to Gayā to offer respectful oblations to His forefathers. This process is called  piṇḍa-dāna . In Vedic society, after the death of a relative, especially one's father or mother, one must go to Gayā and there offer oblations to the lotus feet of Lord Viṣṇu. Therefore hundreds and thousands of men gather in Gayā daily to offer such oblations, or  śrāddha . Following this principle, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu also went there to offer  piṇḍa  to His dead father. Fortunately He met Iśvara Purī there.
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দীক্ষা-অনন্তরে হৈল, প্রেমের প্রকাশ ।
দেশে আগমন পুনঃ প্রেমের বিলাস ॥ ৯ ॥
dīkṣā-anantare haila, premera prakāśa deśe āgamana punaḥ premera vilāsa
SYNONYMS
dīkṣā —initiation;  anantare —immediately after;  haila —became;  premera —of love of Godhead;  prakāśa —exhibition;  deśe —in His home country;  āgamana —coming back;  punaḥ —again;  premera —of love of God;  vilāsa —enjoyment.