Chapter Summary
The purport of this chapter is explained by ÅšrÄ«la Bhaktivinoda ṬhÄkura in his Amá¹›ta-pravÄha-bhÄá¹£ya as follows. KṛṣṇadÄsa KavirÄja GosvÄmÄ«, the author of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya-caritÄmá¹›ta, wanted to explain direct meetings with ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, meetings with those empowered by Him, and His ÄvirbhÄva appearance. Thus he described the glories of Ná¹›siá¹hÄnanda and other devotees. A devotee named BhagavÄn Ä€cÄrya was exceptionally faithful to the lotus feet of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu. Nevertheless, his brother, GopÄla Bhaá¹á¹a Ä€cÄrya, discoursed upon the commentary of impersonalism (MÄyÄvÄda). ÅšrÄ«la SvarÅ«pa DÄmodara GosvÄmÄ«, the secretary of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, forbid BhagavÄn Ä€cÄrya to indulge in hearing that commentary. Later, when Junior HaridÄsa, following the order of BhagavÄn Ä€cÄrya, went to collect alms from MÄdhavÄ«devÄ«, he committed an offense by talking intimately with a woman although he was in the renounced order. Because of this, ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu rejected Junior HaridÄsa, and despite all the requests of the Lord’s stalwart devotees, the Lord did not accept him again. One year after this incident, Junior HaridÄsa went to the confluence of the Ganges and YamunÄ and committed suicide. In his spiritual body, however, he continued to sing devotional songs, and ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu heard them. When the Vaiṣṇavas of Bengal went to see ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, these incidents became known to SvarÅ«pa DÄmodara and others.
