The Life of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
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feelings in different quarters. The bhaktas were highly pleased. The  smarta , caste-conscious Brahmins, became jealous of Nimai Pandit's success, and complained to Chand Kazi against the character of Chaitanya as un-Hindu. The Kazi came to Srivas Pandit's house and broke a mridanga (drum used in samkirtan) there, and declared that unless Nimai Pandit ceased to make noise about His queer religion, he should be obliged to enforce Mohamedanism on Him and His followers.
This was brought to Mahaprabhu's notice. He ordered the town-people to appear in the evening, each with a torch in his hand. This they did, and Nimai marched out with His samkirtan divided into 14 groups, and on His arrival at the Kazi's house, He held a long conversation with the Kazi, and in the end communicated into his heart His Vaishnava influence by touching his body. The Kazi then wept and admitted that he had felt a keen spiritual influence which had cleared up his doubts and produced in him a religious sentiment which gave him the highest ecstasy. The Kazi then joined the samkirtan party. The world was astonished at the spiritual power of the Great Lord, and hundreds and hundreds of heretics converted, joining the banner of Vishwambhar after this affair.
It was after this that some of the jealous and low-minded Brahmins of Kulia picked a quarrel with Mahaprabhu and collected a party to oppose Him. Nimai Pandit was naturally a soft-hearted Person, though strong in His principles. He declared that party feeling and sectarianism were the two great enemies of progress, and as long as He should continue to be an inhabitant of Nadia, belonging to a certain family, His mission would not meet with complete success. He then resolved to be a citizen of the world by cutting off His connection with a particular family, caste and creed; and, with this resolution, He embraced the position of a sanyasi at Kutwa, under the guidance of Keshab Bharati of that town, in the 24th year of His life. His mother and wife wept bitterly for His separation, but our Hero, though soft in heart, was a strong Person in principle. He left His little world in His house for the unlimited spiritual world of Krishna with Man in general.
After His sanyasa, He was induced to visit the house of Advaitaprabhu in Santipur. Advaita managed to invite all His friends and admirers from Nadia and brought Sachi Devi to see her Son. Both pleasure and pain invaded her heart when she saw her Son in the attire of a sanyasi. As a sanyasi Krishna Chaitanya put up nothing but a kaupin and a bahirbas (outer covering). His head was without hair and His hands bore a danda (stick) and a kamandalu (hermit's water pot).