Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c9.s5.7
Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c9.s5.7
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² It is the appearance of Caitanya as a Saṃnyāsin which seems to have appealed to the Vṛndāvana Gosvāmins, and not the personal presence of the comparatively youthful Caitanya who figures prominently in the works of the Navadvīpa disciples. It should be remembered that, according to Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja, Rūpa met Caitanya only thrice: at Rāmakeli (Madhya, i. 172-212), at Prayāga for ten days only (Madhya, xix. 122), and at Puri for about ten months (Antya, iv. 25). All this occurred after Caitanya's Saṃnyāsa. The Yati-veśa is distinctly emphasised by Sanātana in the third Namaskriyā stanza of his Bhagavatāmṛta.