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# Concluding Words

<mark style="color:red;">**Krishnadasa begins the Caitanya-Caritamrita with an**</mark> **invocation**<mark style="color:orange;">**,**</mark>**&#x20;**<mark style="color:red;">**philosophically preparing the reader to hear the sweet pastimes of Sri Caitanya. The next chapters describe the**</mark>**&#x20;incarnation&#x20;**<mark style="color:red;">**and**</mark> **education&#x20;**<mark style="color:red;">**of Nimai, who became renowned as the greatest of scholars. His true purpose, however, was to spread the movement of**</mark><mark style="color:red;">**&#x20;**</mark>*<mark style="color:red;">**nama-sankirtan**</mark>*<mark style="color:red;">**, and this only manifested after a pronounced**</mark>**&#x20;transformation&#x20;**<mark style="color:red;">**– initially by His**</mark><mark style="color:red;">**&#x20;**</mark>*<mark style="color:red;">**mantra**</mark>*<mark style="color:red;">**-initiation and later through His**</mark><mark style="color:red;">**&#x20;**</mark>*<mark style="color:red;">**sannyasa**</mark>*<mark style="color:red;">**-initiation.**</mark>

<mark style="color:red;">**Now known as Sri Caitanya, He settled into His life of**</mark>**&#x20;renunciation**<mark style="color:orange;">**,**</mark>**&#x20;**<mark style="color:red;">**making Jagannatha Puri His headquarters. From here, He journeyed all over India in mass**</mark> **propagation&#x20;**<mark style="color:red;">**of the**</mark><mark style="color:red;">**&#x20;**</mark>*<mark style="color:red;">**sankirtana**</mark>*<mark style="color:red;">**&#x20;**</mark><mark style="color:red;">**mission. As years went by, His desire to visit Vrindavana kept growing, until He finally fulfilled that long-cherished**</mark>**&#x20;aspiration**<mark style="color:red;">**.**</mark> <mark style="color:red;">**On His return journey to Jagannatha Puri, Sri Caitanya strategically met Rupa and Sanatana Goswamis, carefully instructing them on the**</mark>**&#x20;organisation&#x20;**<mark style="color:red;">**of the**</mark><mark style="color:red;">**&#x20;**</mark>*<mark style="color:red;">**sankirtana**</mark>*<mark style="color:red;">**&#x20;**</mark><mark style="color:red;">**mission.**</mark>

<mark style="color:red;">**Retiring to Jagannatha Puri for the final years of His life, Sri Caitanya resided with His devotees, offering**</mark>**&#x20;appreciation&#x20;**<mark style="color:red;">**and**</mark> **correction&#x20;**<mark style="color:red;">**to practically establish the culture of Vaisnavism. After extensively doing that for six years, Sri Caitanya retreated to the house of Kasi Misra and absorbed Himself in the spiritual**</mark>**&#x20;intoxication&#x20;**<mark style="color:red;">**of Srimati Radharani. In these final days, Sri Caitanya offered eight stanzas of**</mark> **instruction** <mark style="color:red;">**to carefully guide future generations in the beautiful process of**</mark><mark style="color:red;">**&#x20;**</mark>*<mark style="color:red;">**bhakti**</mark>*<mark style="color:red;">**.**</mark>