Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c6.s3.2

c6.s3.2

¹ Kavikarṇapūra states that people became Caitanya's devotee vinopadeśena, without instruction, by the very sight of Caitanya's devotion. But Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja never misses an opportunity of making Caitanya a veteran scholar and logician! This is one of the differences of attitude between Caitanya's Navadvīpa and Vṛndāvana followers. The Gosvāmins saw Caitanya for the first time as a Saṃnyāsin, but not so his Navadvīpa disciples who met him first on terms of fellowship; the impression was naturally different. The duration and intimacy of contact, as well as time, place and circumstances, were also divergent. Kṛṣṇadāsa never saw Caitanya, while the Gosvāmins had only brief association with him, Jiva probably never meeting him in person.