Volume 3 - Prabhupada Books

CHAPTER 7
The Lord's Tour of South India
In his Amrta-pravaha-bha$ya, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura summarizes the Seventh
Chapter as follows. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted the renounced order of
life in the month of Magha (January-February) and went to Jagannatha Puri in the
month of Phalguna (February-March). He saw the Dola-yatra festival during the
month of Phalguna, and in the month of Caitra He liberated Sarvabhauma Bhat­
tacarya. During the month of Vaisakha, He began to tour South India. When He
proposed to travel to South India alone, Sri Nityananda Prabhu gave Him a
brahmaQa assistant named Kr�r:Jadasa. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was begin­
ning His tour, Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya gave Him four sets of clothes and re­
quested Him to see Ramananda Raya, who was residing at that time on the bank
of the River Godavari. Along with other devotees, Nityananda Prabhu accom­
panied the Lord to Alalanatha, but there Lord Caitanya left them all behind and
went ahead with the brahmaQa Kr�r:Jadasa. The Lord began chanting the mantra
"kr$Qa kr$Qa k($Qa k($Qa kr$Qa k($Qa km"la he." In whatever village He spent the
night, whenever a person came to see Him in His shelter, the Lord implored him to
preach the Kr�r:Ja consciousness movement. After teaching the people of one
village, the Lord proceeded to other villages to increase devotees. In this way He
finally reached KOrma-sthana. While there, He bestowed His causeless mercy
upon a brahmaQa called KOrma and cured another brahmaQa, named Vasudeva,
who was suffering from leprosy. After curing this brahmaf)a leper, Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu received the title Vasudevamrta-prada, meaning "one who
delivered nectar to the leper Vasudeva:'
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