Prataparudra and Chaitanya (2)
King Prataparudra receives Mahaprabhu’s blessings The blessings that Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu showered on King Prataparudra have been documented in most of the Lord’s biographies: Murari Gupta’s Kadaca , Vrindavan Das’ Caitanya-bhagavata , Kavi Karnapur’s Caitanya-caritamrita-maha-kavya and Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka , Lochan Das’ Caitanya-mangala and Krishna Das’ Caitanya-caritamrita . These different accounts are at some variance with each other, but are not essentially contradictory. Murari Gupta’s version The earliest biography of Lord Chaitanya is named Sri-sri-krishna-caitanya-caritamrita , consisting of Murari Gupta’s original notes describing the Lord’s pastimes. In the sixteenth chapter of the fourth canto of this book, Prataparudra’s relations with Mahaprabhu are described as follows: King Prataparudra wished to have an audience with Mahaprabhu and so called Ramananda and Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya, and after greeting them with respect and humility, said, “Tell me how I can m...