Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c7.s4.32

c7.s4.32

³ The importance of Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta to Bengal Vaiṣṇavism is explained by the legend, narrated by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja, of Caitanya's discovery of this work during his South Indian pilgrimage. Caitanya was so struck by its high devotional value that he brought back the work with him, and it became the source of the emotional religious experience of himself and his disciples. There can be no doubt that it exercised a great influence on the emotionalism of the Bengali faith. It not only inspired similar lyrics and is quoted in the