There was a resident of Nadia named Parameśvara, who was a confectioner living near the home of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. (54) When the Lord was a boy, He would visit the house of Parameśvara Modaka again and again. The confectioner would supply the Lord milk and sweetmeats, and the Lord would eat them. (55) Parameśvara Modaka had been affectionate toward the Lord since His childhood, and he was one of those who came that year to see the Lord at Jagannātha Purī. (56) When he offered his obeisances to the Lord, he said, “I am the same Parameśvara.” Upon seeing him, the Lord asked him questions with great affection. (57)
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “Parameśvara, may you be blessed. It is very good that you have come here.” Parameśvara then informed the Lord, “Mukundāra Mātā has also come.” (58) Hearing the name of Mukundāra Mātā, Lord Caitanya hesitated, but because of affection for Parameśvara, He did not say anything. (59) An intimate relationship sometimes makes a person overstep formal etiquette. Thus Parameśvara actually pleased the Lord in His heart by his simple and affectionate behavior. (60) All the devotees engaged in the cleansing ceremony of the Guṇḍicā temple and danced in front of the Ratha- yātrā chariot, just as they had done in the past. (61) For four consecutive months, the devotees observed all the festivals. The wives, such as Mālinī, extended invitations for lunch to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. (62) From Bengal the devotees had brought varieties of Bengali food that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu liked. They also cooked various grains and vegetables in their homes and offered them to the Lord. (63)
During the day, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu engaged in various activities with His devotees, but at night He felt great separation from Kṛṣṇa and used to cry. (64) In this way the Lord spent the four months of the rainy season in various pastimes, and then He ordered the Bengali devotees to return to their homes. (65) All the devotees from Bengal would regularly invite Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for lunch, and the Lord would speak to them in very sweet words. (66) “All of you come to see Me every year,” the Lord said. “To come here and then return must certainly give you great trouble. (67) “I would like to forbid you to do this, but I enjoy your company so much that My desire for your association only increases. (68) “I ordered Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu not to leave Bengal, but He has transgressed My order and come to see Me. What can I say? (69) “Out of His causeless mercy upon Me, Advaita Ācārya has also come here. I am indebted to Him for His affectionate behavior. This debt is impossible for Me to liquidate. (70)
“All My devotees come here just for Me. Leaving aside their homes and families, they travel by very difficult paths to come here in great haste. (71) “There is no fatigue or trouble for Me, for I stay here at Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī, and do not move at all. This is the favor of all of you. (72) “I am a mendicant and have no money. How can I clear My debt for the favor you have shown Me? (73) “I have only this body, and therefore I surrender it unto you. Now, if you wish, you may sell it anywhere you like. It is your property.” (74) When all the devotees heard these sweet words of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, their hearts melted, and they began to shed incessant tears. (75) Catching hold of His devotees, the Lord embraced them all and began to cry and cry. (76)
Unable to leave, everyone remained there, and five to seven more days thus passed by. (77) Advaita Prabhu and Lord Nityānanda Prabhu submitted these words at the lotus feet of the Lord: “The entire world is naturally obligated to You for Your transcendental attributes. (78) “Yet You bind Your devotees again with Your sweet words. Under these circumstances, who can go anywhere?” (79) Then Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu peacefully calmed them all and bade each of them farewell. (80) The Lord specifically advised Nityānanda Prabhu, “You should not come here again and again. You will have My association in Bengal.” (81) The devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began their journey crying, while the Lord remained morosely at His residence. (82)
The Lord bound everyone by His transcendental mercy. Who can repay his debt for the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu? (83) Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the fully independent Personality of Godhead and makes everyone dance as He likes. Leaving His company, therefore, all the devotees returned to their homes in different parts of the country. (84) As a wooden doll dances to the will of a puppeteer, everything is accomplished by the will of the Lord. Who can understand the characteristics of the Supreme Personality of Godhead? (85) The previous year, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita, following the Lord’s order, had returned to the city of Nadia to see Śacīmātā. (86) When he arrived, he offered prayers at her lotus feet and then offered her the cloth and prasādam of Lord Jagannātha. (87)
He offered obeisances to Śacīmātā in the name of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and informed her of all the Lord’s submissive prayers to her. (88) Jagadānanda’s coming pleased mother Śacī very much. As he talked of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, she listened day and night. (89) Jagadānanda Paṇḍita said, “My dear mother, sometimes the Lord comes here and eats all the food you have offered. (90) “After eating the food, the Lord says, ‘Today Mother has fed Me up to My neck. (91) “‘I go there and eat the food My mother offers, but she cannot understand that I am eating it directly. She thinks that this is a dream.'” (92) Śacīmātā said, “I wish Nimāi would eat all the nice vegetables I cook. That is my desire. (93) Sometimes I think that Nimāi has eaten them, but afterwards I think that I was only dreaming.” (94) In this way, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita and mother Śacī talked day and night about the happiness of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. (95) Jagadānanda Paṇḍita met all the other devotees in Nadia. They were all very happy to have him present. (96)
Jagadānanda Paṇḍita thereafter went to meet Advaita Ācārya, who also was very happy to have him. (97) Vāsudeva Datta and Murāri Gupta were so pleased to see Jagadānanda Paṇḍita that they kept him at their homes and would not allow him to leave. (98) They heard confidential narrations about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu from the mouth of Jagadānanda Paṇḍita and forgot themselves in the great happiness of hearing about the Lord. (99) Whenever Jagadānanda Paṇḍita went to visit a devotee’s house, that devotee immediately forgot himself in great happiness. (100) All glories to Jagadānanda Paṇḍita! He is so favored by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu that anyone who meets him thinks, “Now I have gotten the association of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu directly.” (101) Jagadānanda Paṇḍita stayed at the house of Śivānanda Sena for some time, and they prepared about sixteen seers of scented sandalwood oil. (102)
They filled a large earthen pot with the aromatic oil, and with great care Jagadānanda Paṇḍita brought it to Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī. (103) This oil was placed in the care of Govinda, and Jagadānanda requested him, “Please rub this oil on the body of the Lord.” (104) Govinda therefore told Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “Jagadānanda Paṇḍita has brought some scented sandalwood oil. (105) “It is his desire that Your Lordship apply a little of this oil on Your head so that blood pressure due to bile and air will be considerably diminished. (106) “He prepared a large jug of it in Bengal, and with great care he has brought it here.” (107) The Lord replied, “A sannyāsī has no use for oil, especially perfumed oil such as this. Take it out immediately.” (108) “Deliver this oil to the temple of Jagannātha, where it may be burned in the lamps. In this way, Jagadānanda’s labor in manufacturing the oil will be perfectly successful.” (109) When Govinda informed Jagadānanda Paṇḍita of this message, Jagadānanda remained silent, not saying even a word. (110)
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