CC Madhya 9.305

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places

CC Madhya 9.304

CC Madhya 9.306

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 305

brāhmaṇa-samāja saba—vaiṣṇava-carita
vaiṣṇava sakala paḍe ‘kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta’

SYNONYMS

brāhmaṇa-samāja—the community of brāhmaṇas; saba—all; vaiṣṇava-carita—pure devotees; vaiṣṇava sakala—all the Vaiṣṇavas; paḍe—study; kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta—the Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta of Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura.

TRANSLATION

The brāhmaṇa community there was composed of pure devotees. They regularly studied a book entitled Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta, which was composed by Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura.

PURPORT

This book was composed by Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura in 112 verses. There are two or three other books bearing the same name, and there are also two commentaries on Bilvamaṅgala’s book. One commentary was written by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī and the other by Caitanya dāsa Gosvāmī.