CHAPTER 1
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī's Second Meeting with the Lord
A summary of the First Chapter is given by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Thākura in his  Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya  as follows. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to Jagannātha Purī from Vṛndāvana, all His devotees from other parts of India, upon receiving the auspicious news, came to Puruṣottama-kṣetra, or Jagannātha Purī. Śivānanda Sena took a dog with him and even paid fees for it to cross the river. One night, however, the dog could not get any food and therefore went directly to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī. The next day, when Śivānanda and his party reached Jagannātha Purī, Śivānanda saw the dog eating some coconut pulp offered to it by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. After this incident, the dog was liberated and went back home, back to Godhead.
Meanwhile, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī reached Bengal, after returning from Vṛndāvana. Although he could not follow the Bengali devotees, after some time he then came to Jagannātha Purī, where he stayed with Haridāsa Thākura. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī composed an important verse, beginning with the words  priyaḥ  so 'yam, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu relished it very much. One day when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Rāmānanda Rāya and Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya went to see Haridāsa Thākura, the Lord saw the verse Rūpa Gosvāmī had composed as an introduction to his books  Lalita-mādhava  and  Vidagdha-mādhava . After examining the manuscripts of these two books, Rāmānanda Rāya approved and appreciated them very much. After the period of Cāturmāsya, all the devotees who had come from Bengal returned to their homes. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, however, remained at Jagannātha Purī for some time.
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পঙ্গুং লঙ্ঘয়তে শৈলং মুকমাবর্তয়েচ্ছ তিম্ । যৎকৃপা তমহং বন্দে কৃষ্ণচৈতন্যমীখরম্ ॥ ১ ॥
paṅguṁ laṅghayate śailaṁ mūkam āvartayec chrutim yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande kṛṣṇa-caitanyam īśvaram
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