Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c11.s2.27

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The remaining seven cantos, which deal with Caitanya's devotional life and ecstasies at Purī (xiv to xviii) and his visit to Vṛndāvana and return (xix-xx), possess little narrative interest, but are rich in impassioned poetical descriptions. We have vivid pictures of Snāna, Dola and Ratha festivals of Jagannātha, in which Caitanya and his followers took prominent part by their frenzied singing and dancing, as well as of Caitanya's cleaning and sweeping of the Guṇḍicā house and other devotional acts. We are told that Caitanya met the three brothers, Sanātana, Rūpa and Anupama (who are described as *rasa-sāra-sindhava iva*) at Purī (xvii. 7-24). For twenty years, on the annual visit of his followers, Caitanya is said to have danced, with Kīrtana, in front of the Car of Balarāma (xviii. 61):