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³ Compare Carpenter, 428. Compare Sircar, 212 for the instance of a follower of Chaitanya dining with others irrespective of caste rules. Compare ibid., 317 for the story of Subudhi Ray whose caste had been destroyed by the reigning Sultan of Bengal through pouring the water of his own goblet down his throat. The orthodox Brahmans of Benares counselled ‘the ordeal of steaming ghee’. When Subudhi came to Chaitanya, the latter only asked him to chant the name of Krishna ‘as one utterance of the Name would wash away all his sins’.