CHAPTER 13

Pastimes with Jagadananda Pandita
and Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura gives the following summary of the Thirteenth Chapter
in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya. Thinking Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to be uncom-
fortable sleeping on bark of plantain trees, Jagadananda made a pillow and quilt
for Him. The Lord, however, did not accept them. Then Svaripa Damodara
Gosvami made another pillow and quilt from finely shredded plantain leaves, and
after strongly objecting, the Lord accepted them. With the permission of Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Jagadananda Pandita went to Vrndavana, where he dis-
cussed many devotional subjects with Sandatana Gosvami. There was also a dis-
cussion about Mukunda Sarasvati’s garment. When Jagadananda returned to
Jagannatha Puri, he presented Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu some gifts from Sanatana
Gosvami, and the incident of the pilu fruit took place.

Once, Sti Caitanya Mahaprabhu became ecstatic upon hearing the songs of a
deva-dasi. Unaware of who was singing, He ran toward her through thorny
bushes, but when Govinda informed the Lord that it was a woman singing, He im-
mediately stopped. By this incident, Sti Caitanya Mahaprabhu instructed every-
one that sannydasis and Vaisnavas should not hear women singing.

When Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami left Varanasi on his way to Jagannatha Puri
after completing his education, he met Ramadasa Visvasa Pandita. Visvasa Pandita
was very proud of his education, and being an impersonalist, he was not well
received by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. A partial study of the life of Raghunatha
Bhatta Gosvami comprises the end of this chapter.

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FwlacraraisiSsi Pies Sift Taw |
FUITS PRS Sah we cawaaiey st
krsna-viccheda-jatartya
ksine capi manas-tand

dadhate phullatam bhavair
yasya tam gauram asraye

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