Å›Äntipure ÄcÄryera gá¹›he Ägamana
prathama bhiká¹£Ä kaila tÄhÄá¹…, rÄtre saá¹…kÄ«rtana

 Å›Äntipure - in the city of ÅšÄntipura; ÄcÄryera - of Advaita Ä€cÄrya; gá¹›he - to the home; Ägamana - coming; prathama - first; bhiká¹£Ä - accepting alms; kaila - did; tÄhÄá¹… - there; rÄtre - at night; saá¹…kÄ«rtana - performance of congregational chanting.


Text

After three days, Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu came to the house of Advaita Ä€cÄrya at ÅšÄntipura and accepted alms there. This was His first acceptance of alms. At night He performed congregational chanting there.

Purport

It appears that in His transcendental ecstasy, ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu forgot to eat for three continuous days. He was then misled by NityÄnanda Prabhu, who said that the river Ganges was the YamunÄ. Because the Lord was in the ecstasy of going to Vá¹›ndÄvana, He was engladdened to see the YamunÄ, although in actuality the river was the Ganges. In this way the Lord was brought to the house of Advaita Prabhu at ÅšÄntipura after three days, and He accepted food there. As long as the Lord remained there, He saw His mother, ÅšacÄ«devÄ«, and every night executed congregational chanting with all the devotees.