End Notes

  1. Taittiriya Upanisad (2.7)

  2. Caitanya-Bhagavata Antya-khanda 4.126

  3. Caitanya Manjusa (commentary on Srimad-Bhagavatam)

  4. Adi-Lila 7.71-96 (Sri Caitanya to Prakshananada Saraswati)

  5. Brahma Vaivarta Purana (quoted in Adi-Lila 17.164)

  6. Stages from Sraddha (faith) to Prema (pure love) are described in his book “Madhurya-Kadambini”

  7. Madhya-Lila Chapter 4 narrates the entire story

  8. From O.B.L Kapoor’s “The Philosophy & Religion of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu”

  9. Antya-Lila 1.193 / 1.196-7 contains further glorification

  10. Excerpt from Bhakti Tirtha Swami’s “Reflections on Sacred Teachings: Siksastakam”

  11. Based on Bhaktivinoda Thakur’s “Sanmodana Bhasyam” and Bhakti Tirtha Swami’s “Reflections on Sacred Teachings: Siksastakam”

Last updated