Ādi 13: The Advent of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

This Thirteenth Chapter of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta describes Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's appearance. The entire Adi-lila section describes Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's household life, and similarly the Antya-lila describes His life in the sannyasa order. Within the Antya-lila, the first six years of His sannyasa life are called Madhya-lila. During this time, Caitanya Mahaprabhu toured southern India, went to Vrndavana, returned from Vrndavana and preached the saṅkirtana movement.

A learned brahmana named Upendra Misra who resided in the district of Srihatta was the father of Jagannatha Misra, who came to Navadvipa to study under the direction of Nilambara Cakravarti and then settled there after marrying Nilambara Cakravarti's daughter, Sacidevi. Sri Sacidevi gave birth to eight children, all daughters, who died one after another immediately after birth. After her ninth pregnancy, she gave birth to a son, who was named Visvarupa. Then, in 1407 Saka Era on the full moon evening of the month of Phalguna, during the constellation of simhalagna, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared as the son of Sri Sacidevi and Jagannatha Misra. After hearing of the birth of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, learned scholars and brahmanas, bringing many gifts, came to see the newly born baby. Nilambara Cakravarti, who was a great astrologer, immediately prepared a horoscope, and by astrological calculation he saw that the child was a great personality. This chapter describes the symptoms of this great personality.