Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c6.s2.118
Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c6.s2.118
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² This fact, though overlaid in the pious accounts with an ostentatious description of Prakāśānanda's conversion, is clear from Caitanya's own regret recorded in these very accounts that his sentimental wares did not sell at Kāśī ( काशीते बेचिते आमि आइलाम भावकलि । काशीते ग्राहक नाइ वस्तु ना बिकाय ॥ C-C. Madhya xxv). That Caitanya's visit produced little effect is also implied by Kavikarṇapūra's reference in the drama (ix. 32) to envious Saṃnyāsins of Benares.