CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
The Srimad Bhagwatam
After this incident of the conversion of the Mayavadi Sannyasis into the path of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, many many scholars and inquisitive persons used to visit Lord Chaitanya at Benares. All of them could not see Chaitanya Mahaprabhu at His residence, and therefore they used to stand in line to see Lord Chaitanya as He used to pass on His way to the temple of Viswanath and Bindumadhav. One day He visited the temple along with His associates—Chandra Sekhar Acharya, Paramananda, Tapan Mishra, Sanatan Goswami, etc. He was singing,
Hari haraye namah Krishna Yadavaya namah
Gopala Govinda Rama Sri Madhusudana
—and while He was singing like that, chanting and dancing, thousands of people gathered around Him, and there was a roaring following the vibration of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. This vibration was so tumultuous that Prakasananda Saraswati, who was sitting nearby, came immediately along with his disciples, and as soon as he saw the beautiful Body of Lord Chaitanya and
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