A History of Agriculture in India v2.c64.15

v2.c64.15

Chaitanya (A.D. 1486-1533) was the high priest of Krishna cult in Bengal. Nimai, as his original name was, belonged to a Brahmin family of Nadia. While still a young man he felt the urge for renunciation of worldly ties and left his home and a young wife. He reached Puri, and Prataparudradeva, the Raja of Orissa, became his disciple. From there he wandered into South India, where he discoursed to people in Tamil. He taught loving devotion to Krishna. He lays stress on our capacity of realizing God as lover, the soul being his bride. Radha is the soul, which seeks Krishna, the God.