Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c6.s1.t7.7

c6.s1.t7.7

¹ Apart from miracles, see, for instance, the story of Caitanya's appearance, all on fours and carrying a pot in his teeth, and his being hailed by Murāri-gupta as the veritable incarnation of the Great Boar! Also his Nṛsiṃha-āveśa and Balarāma-rūpa, described by Kavikarṇapūra and others! It is noteworthy, however, that there are passages placed in the mouth of Caitanya, even in the orthodox devout biography of Kṛṣṇadāsa, in which Caitanya disclaims all such pretensions of an Avatāra. It should be observed that, according to the report of his biographers, Caitanya did not mind divine honours before his Saṃnyāsa and actually allowed himself to be worshipped as such; but after his Saṃnyāsa he expressly deprecated such praise and worship on many occasions.