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all the  ślokas  without an error. He quoted the sixty-fourth  śloka  and pointed out certain rhetorical and literary irregularities. He particularly questioned the  paṇḍit's  use of the words  bhavānī-bhartuḥ . He pointed out that the use of these two words was redundant.  Bhavānī  means the wife of Śiva, and who else can be her  bhartā , or husband. He also pointed out several other discrepancies, and the Kashmir  paṇḍit  was struck with wonder. He was astonished that a mere student of grammar could point out the literary mistakes of an erudite scholar. Although this matter was ended prior to any public meeting, the news spread like wildfire all over Navadvīpa. But finally Keśava Kāśmīrī was ordered in a dream by Sarasvatī, the goddess of learning, to submit to the Lord, and thus the Kashmir  paṇḍit  became a follower of the Lord.
The Lord was then married with great pomp and gaiety, and at this time He began to preach the congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord at Navadvīpa. Some of the  brāhmaṇas  became envious of His popularity, and they put many hindrances on His path. They were so jealous that they finally took the matter before the Muslim magistrate at Navadvīpa. Bengal was then governed by Pathans, and the governor of the province was Nawab Hussain Shah. The Muslim magistrate of Navadvīpa took up the complaints of the  brāhmaṇas  seriously, and at first he warned the followers of Nimāi Paṇḍit not to chant loudly the name of Hari. But Lord Caitanya asked His followers to disobey the orders of the  Kazi , and they went on with their  saṅkīrtana  (chanting) party as usual. The magistrate then sent constables who interrupted a  saṅkīrtana  and broke some of the  mṛdaṅgas  (drums). When Nimāi Paṇḍit heard of this incidence He organized a party for civil disobedience. He is the pioneer of the civil disobedience movement in India for the right cause. He organized a procession of 100,000 men with thousands of  mṛdaṅgas  and  karatālas  (hand cymbals), and this procession passed over the roads of Navadvīpa in defiance of the  Kazi  who issued the order. Finally the procession reached the house of the  Kazi , who went upstairs out of fear of the masses. The great crowds assembled at the  Kazi's  house displayed a violent temper, but the Lord asked them to be peaceful. At this time the  Kazi  came down and tried to pacify the Lord by addressing Him as his nephew. He pointed out that Nīlāmbara Cakravartī referred to him as an uncle, and consequently, Śrīmatī Śacīdevī, the mother of Nimāi Paṇḍit, was his sister. He asked the Lord whether his sister's son could be angry at His maternal uncle, and the Lord replied that since the  Kazi  was His maternal uncle he should receive his nephew well at his home. In this way the issue was mitigated, and the two learned scholars began a long discussion on the Koran and Hindu