Isvara Puri replied, “I am the most insignificant, lowest of all sudras. I have come here to take shelter of your lotus feet.” Upon hearing this, Mukunda Dutta began beautiful kirtan. As his melodious kirtan filled the space with divine chants, Isvara Puri entered a spiritual trance. Overwhelmed with ecstatic love, he fell to the…

The festivities included brahmanas chanting mantras, singing and dancing. This way, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Gaura Hari was married to his eternal consort Srimati Lakshmi devi. After the marriage cremony, there was a procession back to Sachi mata’s house and Vallabhacharya bid farewell to his daughter to her new home. Sachi mata offered…

In the previous ages, she was none other than Sita and Rukmini. When Nimai and Laksmi’s eyes met, their eternal love awakened. Shortly after this, a Brahmin named Vanamali Ghaltak, from the Nawadwip marriage board came to Mother Sachi’s house. He told her, “I bring an alliance for your son. The girl is Lakshmi devi,…

When he heard the word ‘one moment’, Nimai was suddenly outraged. “I want now” he screamed, and picked up a stick and broke every pot in the house. He then broke the bags that contained food and rice. Then he beat the doors and the windows. When nothing else was left in the house to…

Nimai then induced all his relatives to chant the holy names, surrounding his father. Under his inspiration, everyone chanted beautiful kirtan around Jagannath Mishra. With tears in his eyes, Nimai clasped the lotus feet of his father and began to speak, “my dear father, why are you leaving us? I am your child. If you…

Jagannath Mishra replied, “last night I had an extraordinary dream. I saw Nimai in saffron robes of a sannyasi and shaved head. His arms were raised, tears were flowing from his eyes, his hairs stood on end, as he loudly chanted the holy names of Krishna , hare Krishna hare Krishna Krishna Krishna hare hare…

Within just a few days of his studies, Vishwambhar was presenting such forceful and logical arguments that no could refute or defeat him. Any difficult question that Gangadas pandit asked, which no one else could answer, Nimai would answer with perfect logical and shastric reference. Nimai would sometimes establish a point and ask if anyone…

The young girls of Nawadwip came to mother Sachi and complained about little Nimai’s transcendental mischief pastimes. (Nimai is one of the many childhood names of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu; his other names include Vishwambhar, Gauranga, Sachinandan, and Jagganath suta) They first bowed to mother Sachi and said, “Oh worshippable mother, please hear about the activities…