"Listen to an exposition of faith as a means of devotion. In religious rites we have to observe distinctions according to person, locality, time and condition. But in the practice of _bhakti_ no such difference has to be made; it is the duty of all in every place, condition and time. Ask a _guru_ about faith, and learn its nature from him. (_Bhágabat_, II. ix. 35). _'The man who seeks spiritual truth will admit that that substance alone is the Soul (átmá) which dwells at all times and within everything by acting as the anwaya (necessary) and byatireka (non-necessary) causes [of things].'_ "Attachment to '_I_' is love, the Needful thing. I shall describe its marks by means of actions. As the five spirits (_pancha-bhut_) dwell within and without all creation, similarly I inspire my _bhaktas_ within and without. (_Bhágabat_, II. ix. 34),-- _'As the Great Spirits (mahá-bhutáni) enter material objects after their creation, but remained outside them as causes before their creation, so I too remain at once within and without all created things.'_ 'My _bhakta_ has confined me to his lotus-like heart. Wherever he glances he beholds me.' (_Bhágabat_, XI. ii. 50 and 43, X. xxx. 4). "Thus does the _Bhágabat_ explain three things, Connection, Means, and Need. (_Bhágabat_, I. ii. 1). "Now listen to the _abhidheya_ faith, which inspires every line of the _Bhágabat_ (XI. xiv. 20). "Now hear about love, the radical Need, whose marks are joyous tears, dance and song. (XI. iii. 32 and ii. 38). "Therefore is the _Bhágabat_ that author's own commentary on the _Brahma Sutra_; it settles the meaning of the _[Mahá] Bhárat_, explains the _Gáyatri_, and amplifies by gloss the meaning of the _Vedas_, as is said in the _Garuda Purán_. _Vide_ also the two verses from the same Purán quoted by Shridhar Swami in his commentary on the _Bhágabat_, I. 1, also _Bhágabat_, I. i. 1-3 and 19, the _Gitá_, xviii. 54, _Bhágabat_, II. i. 9, III. xv. 43, I. vii. 10." Then the Maratha Brahman told the assembled people how the Master had explained the last mentioned verse in sixty-one different ways. The men wondered and pressed the Master, who gave His interpretations again. They marvelled exceedingly and concluded that Chaitanya was Krishna incarnate. This said, the Master left the place. Men bowed to Him and shouted _Hari! Hari!_ All the people of Benares began to make _sankirtan_ of Krishna's name, laughing, dancing and singing in love. The _sannyasi_ philosophers took to the study of the _Bhágabat_. (In short) the Master saved the city of Benares, which became a second Navadwip [in fervour]. Returning to His quarters with His attendants, the Master said jestingly, "I had come to Benares to sell my sentimental stuff, for which there was no purchaser here. I could not carry my merchandise back to my country, as you would have been grieved to see me carrying the load! So, to please you all, I have distributed my goods freely!"