CHAPTER 8
Rāmacandra Purī Criticizes the Lord
The following summary of the Eighth Chapter is given by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Thākura in his  Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya . This chapter describes the history of the Lord's dealings with Rāmacandra Purī. Although Rāmacandra Purī was one of the disciples of Mādhavendra Purī, he was influenced by dry Māyāvādīs, and therefore he criticized Mādhavendra Purī. Therefore Mādhavendra Purī accused him of being an offender and rejected him. Because Rāmacandra Purī had been rejected by his spiritual master, he became concerned only with finding faults in others and advising them according to dry Māyāvāda philosophy. For this reason he was not very respectful to the Vaiṣṇavas, and later he became so fallen that he began criticizing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for His eating. Hearing his criticisms, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu reduced His eating, but after Rāmacandra Purī left Jagannātha Purī, the Lord resumed His usual behavior.
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তং বন্দে কৃষ্ণচৈতন্যং রামচন্দ্রপুরীভয়াৎ । গোকিকাহারতঃ স্বং যোভিক্ষান্নং সমকোচয়ৎ ॥১॥
taṁ vande kṛṣṇa-caitanyaṁ rāmacandra-purī-bhayāt laukikāhārataḥ svaṁ yo bhikṣānnaṁ samakocayat
SYNONYMS
tam —to Him;  vande —I offer my respectful obeisances;  kṛṣṇa-caitanyam —Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  rāmacandra-purī-bhayāt —due to fear of Rāmacandra Purī;  laukika —ordinary;  āhārataḥ —from eating;  svam —His own;  yaḥ —who;  bhikṣā-annam —quantity of food;  samakocayat —reduced.
TRANSLATION
Let me offer my respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who reduced His eating due to fear of the criticism of Rāmacandra Purī.
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