XXXII
Teachings of Lord Chaitanya
The holy Son fell at the feet of His beloved mother and said, "Mother! this Body is yours and I must obey your orders. Permit Me to go to Vrindaban for My spiritual attainments." The mother, in consultation with Advaita and others, asked her Son to reside in Puri, the town of Lord Jagannath, so that she might obtain His information now and then. Mahaprabhu agreed to that proposition, and in a few days left Santipur for Orissa.
His biographers have described the journey of Krishna Chaitanya (that was the name He got after His sanyasa) from Santipur to Puri in great detail. He travelled along the side of the Bhagirathi as far as Chhatrabhog, situated now in Thana Mathurapur, Diamond Harbour 24 Pergs. There He took a boat and went as far as Pryag Ghat in the Midnapur District. Thence He walked through Balasore and Cuttack to Puri, seeing the temple of Bhubaneswar on His way. Upon His arrival at Puri, He saw Jagannath in the temple, and put up with Sarvabhauma at the request of the latter.
Sarvabhauma was a gigantic pandit of the day. His readings knew no bounds. He was the best  Naiyaik  of the times, and was known as the most erudite scholar in the Vedanta Philosophy of the school of Shankaracharya. He was born in Nadia (Vidyanagar) and taught innumerable pupils in the  Nyaya  Philosophy in his  tol  there. He had left for Puri sometime before the birth of Nimai Pandit. His brother-in-law, Gopinath Misra, introduced our new Sanyasi to Sarvabhauma, who was astonished at His personal beauty, and feared that it would be difficult for the young Man to maintain sanyasdharma during the long run of His life. Gopinath, who had known Mahaprabhu from Nadia, had a great reverence for Him and gave out that the Sanyasi was not a common human being. On this point Gopinath and Sarvabhauma had a hot discussion. Sarvabhauma then requested Mahaprabhu to hear his recitation of the  Vedanta Sutras , to which the latter tacitly submitted.
Chaitanya heard with silence what the great Sarvabhauma uttered with gravity, for seven days, at the end of which the latter said, "Krishna Chaitanya! I think You do not understand the  Vedanta , as You do not say anything after hearing my recitation and explanations."
The reply of Chaitanya was that He understood the  sutras  very well, but He could not make out what Shankaracharya meant by his commentaries.
Astonished at this, Sarvabhauma said, "How is it that You understand the meanings of the  sutras  and do not understand the commentaries which explain the  sutras ? All well! If You understand the  sutras , please let me have Your interpretations!"