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 Prakasa-
nanda 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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