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Caitanya-caritamrta

The Complete Life and Theology of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

The complete sixty-two-chapter Caitanya-caritamrta: Adi, Madhya, and Antya-lila in original Bengali script, source romanization, word meanings, English translation, and every available purport.

Krsnadasa Kaviraja GosvamiCirca 1615 · Radha-kunda · Bengali and Sanskrit62 complete reading units
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Complete contents

Three lilas · sixty-two chapters · complete text

Adi-lila

Division 1
  1. 1.1The Spiritual MastersChapter 1
  2. 1.2Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of GodheadChapter 2
  3. 1.3The External Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuChapter 3
  4. 1.4The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuChapter 4
  5. 1.5The Glories Of Lord Nityānanda BalarāmaChapter 5
  6. 1.6The Glories of Śrī Advaita ĀcāryaChapter 6
  7. 1.7Lord Caitanya in Five FeaturesChapter 7
  8. 1.8The Author Receives the Orders of Kṛṣṇa and GuruChapter 8
  9. 1.9The Desire Tree of Devotional ServiceChapter 9
  10. 1.10The Trunk, Branches and Subbranches of the Caitanya TreeChapter 10
  11. 1.11The Expansions of Lord NityānandaChapter 11
  12. 1.12The Expansions of Advaita Ācārya and Gadādhara PaṇḍitaChapter 12
  13. 1.13The Advent of Lord Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuChapter 13
  14. 1.14Lord Caitanya’s Childhood PastimesChapter 14
  15. 1.15The Lord’s Paugaṇḍa-līlāChapter 15
  16. 1.16The Pastimes of the Lord in His Childhood and YouthChapter 16
  17. 1.17The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His YouthChapter 17

Madhya-lila

Division 2
  1. 2.1The Later Pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuChapter 1
  2. 2.2The Ecstatic Manifestations of Lord Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuChapter 2
  3. 2.3Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Stay at the House of Advaita ĀcāryaChapter 3
  4. 2.4Śrī Mādhavendra Purī’s Devotional ServiceChapter 4
  5. 2.5The Activities of Sākṣi-gopālaChapter 5
  6. 2.6The Liberation of Sārvabhauma BhaṭṭācāryaChapter 6
  7. 2.7The Lord Begins His Tour of South IndiaChapter 7
  8. 2.8Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda RāyaChapter 8
  9. 2.9Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy PlacesChapter 9
  10. 2.10The Lord’s Return to Jagannātha PurīChapter 10
  11. 2.11The Beḍā-kīrtana Pastimes of Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuChapter 11
  12. 2.12The Cleansing of the Guṇḍicā TempleChapter 12
  13. 2.13The Ecstatic Dancing of the Lord at Ratha-yātrāChapter 13
  14. 2.14Performance of the Vṛndāvana PastimesChapter 14
  15. 2.15The Lord Accepts Prasādam at the House of Sārvabhauma BhaṭṭācāryaChapter 15
  16. 2.16The Lord’s Attempt to Go to VṛndāvanaChapter 16
  17. 2.17The Lord Travels to VṛndāvanaChapter 17
  18. 2.18Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Visit to Śrī VṛndāvanaChapter 18
  19. 2.19Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa GosvāmīChapter 19
  20. 2.20Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute TruthChapter 20
  21. 2.21The Opulence and Sweetness of Lord Śrī KṛṣṇaChapter 21
  22. 2.22The Process of Devotional ServiceChapter 22
  23. 2.23Life’s Ultimate Goal — Love of GodheadChapter 23
  24. 2.24The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma VerseChapter 24
  25. 2.25How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became VaiṣṇavasChapter 25

Antya-lila

Division 3
  1. 3.1Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Second Meeting with the LordChapter 1
  2. 3.2The Chastisement of Junior HaridāsaChapter 2
  3. 3.3The Glories of Śrīla Haridāsa ṬhākuraChapter 3
  4. 3.4Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha PurīChapter 4
  5. 3.5How Pradyumna Miśra Received Instructions from Rāmānanda RāyaChapter 5
  6. 3.6The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunātha dāsa GosvāmīChapter 6
  7. 3.7The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Vallabha BhaṭṭaChapter 7
  8. 3.8Rāmacandra Purī Criticizes the LordChapter 8
  9. 3.9The Deliverance of Gopīnātha PaṭṭanāyakaChapter 9
  10. 3.10Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Accepts Prasādam from His DevoteesChapter 10
  11. 3.11The Passing of Haridāsa ṬhākuraChapter 11
  12. 3.12The Loving Dealings Between Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Jagadānanda PaṇḍitaChapter 12
  13. 3.13Pastimes with Jagadānanda Paṇḍita and Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa GosvāmīChapter 13
  14. 3.14Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Feelings of Separation from KṛṣṇaChapter 14
  15. 3.15The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuChapter 15
  16. 3.16Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Tastes Nectar from the Lips of Lord Śrī KṛṣṇaChapter 16
  17. 3.17The Bodily Transformations of Lord Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuChapter 17
  18. 3.18Rescuing the Lord from the SeaChapter 18
  19. 3.19The Inconceivable Behavior of Lord Śrī Caitanya MahāprabhuChapter 19
  20. 3.20The Śikṣāṣṭaka PrayersChapter 20