Question: In the Caitanya-bhāgavata, description, it describes that Lord Caitanya’s procession went through many towns from here to the Chand Kazi’s house, and afterwards to Śrīdhara aṅgana. The distance from here to the Chand Kazi’s place and Śrīdhara aṅgana is quite short, and some of the mentioned towns and villages mentioned are far from here like, Gādigāca etc. Please can you kindly explain?

Jayapataka Swami: It is said that Lord Caitanya, He went throughout Navadvīpa city,and there they describe the different parts as towns. But in modern usage, we would call them as neighborhoods. In London, they call the different parts of the city as boroughs or...

Question: Kazi was offensive to the Vaiṣṇavas. He even arranged for the beating of the Vaiṣṇavas. But he got the vision of Lord Narasiṁhadeva,and also special meeting with Lord Caitanya, which would be difficult to imagine for a sādhaka like me. So kindly please help me understand this episode.

Jayapataka Swami: What can we say! Special mercy of Lord Caitanya! It says, however you think of Kṛṣṇa,negatively or positively in any way, it is beneficial. So somehow, although the Chand Kazi, at first, he was negative, in the end he had a feeling that Lord Caitanya...

Question: Chand Kazi stopped saṅkīrtana, devotees were beaten by him still Lord Caitanya showered His mercy upon him. At that time there were some people in Navadvīpa who were brāhmaṇas and others, who were accepting the scriptures although they were envious to devotees. But the Lord did not give them mercy. How can we understand this?

Jayapataka Swami:  Well, we have to tune in for the further discussion between Lord Caitanya and the Chand Kazi. Lord Caitanya brought up some challenging points and finally the Kazi accepted defeat. So unfortunately, these brāhmaṇas who are atheists, they don’t come...