22 Teachings of Lord Chaitanya

dancing, raising His two hands, and roaring with the words, Hari Bol! Hari
Bol! All the people assembled there were astonished, struck with wonder at
the Lord’s activity, and it is very difficult to describe the actual situation. The
Lord was acquainted with one Deccanist Brahmin, and the Lord came back
to the Brahmin’s house to accept prasadam. While Lord Chaitanya was sitting
at the house of this Deccanist Brahmin, the two brothers, Rupa Goswami and
Ballabha, arrived there. From a distant place they fell down on the ground to
offer obeisances, and were chanting many Sanskrit verses from Scriptures.
The Lord saw Rupa Goswami in front of Him, thus offering obeisances. He
was very much pleased, and asked him: “My dear Rupa, please get up.”
The Lord informed Rupa Goswami about the causeless mercy of Krishna
on him, because Krishna had delivered him from the materialistic way of
life which is based simply on pound-shilling-pence.

The Lord accepted the two brothers as His own devotees, and cited one
verse from the Scriptures which states that a Brahmin who has studied the
four Vedas may not be His devotee, but a pure devotee coming from a very
low family may be accepted by Him. The Lord then embraced the two
brothers, and by His causeless mercy He touched His Lotus Feet on their
heads. When they were so blessed both the brothers came to offer their prayers
to the Lord in their own words. The prayers said that Lord Sri Krishna Chai-
tanya Mahaprabhu, Who is Krishna Himself, has assumed the Form of fair
complexion, Gouranga, and is the most munificent Incarnation of Krishna,
because He is distributing love of Krishna. Srila Rupa Goswami also quoted.
one verse which was later on found m the book, Govinda Lilamrita. The verse
says as follows: “Let me be surrendered unto the Lotus Feet of Sri Krishna
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Who is the greatest, most merciful Personality of
Godhead, and Who delivers those merged in ignorance, and offers them the
highest gift of love of Krishna, and thus makes them mad after Krishna Con-
sciousness.”

After this incident the Lord was invited by Ballabha Bhatta to the other side
of the Ganges, and He went there. But wherever He used to go, Rupa Gos-
wami would follow Him, and was staying with Him. The Lord felt incon-
venience in crowded places, and therefore He asked Rupa Goswami to
accompany Him to the bank of the Ganges known as Dasaswamedhaghat.
And for ten days He instructed Rupa Goswami about the Truth of Krishna,
the principles of devotional service, and the transcendental mellows. All was
described in full detail, so that in future he could distribute the science of
Krishna in his book, Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu. Srila Rupa Goswami has des-
