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all the slokas without an error. He quoted the sixty-fourth sloka and
pointed out certain rhetorical and literary irregularities. He particularly
questioned the pandit’s use of the words bhavani-bhartuh. He pointed out
that the use of these two words was redundant. Bhavani means the wife of
Siva, and who else can be her bharta, or husband. He also pointed out
several other discrepancies, and the Kashmir pandit was struck with won-
der. 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 Nava-
dvipa. But finally Kegava Kasmiri was ordered in a dream by Sarasvati, the
goddess of learning, to submit to the Lord, and thus the Kashmir pandit
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 Navadvipa. Some of the brahmanas became envious of His populari-
ty, and they put many hindrances on His path. They were so jealous that
they finally took the matter before the Muslim magistrate at Navadvipa.
Bengal was then governed by Pathans, and the governor of the province
was Nawab Hussain Shah. The Muslim magistrate of Navadvipa took up
the complaints of the brahmanas seriously, and at first he warned the
followers of Nimai Pandit 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 sankirtana (chanting) party as usual. The magistrate
then sent constables who interrupted a sankirtana and broke some of the
mrdangas (drums). When Nimai Pandit 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 mrdangas and karatalas (hand cymbals),
and this procession passed over the roads of Navadvipa 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
Nilambara Cakravarti referred to him as an uncle, and consequently,
Srimati Sacidevi, the mother of Nimai Pandit, 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
