After the _dol-yatrá_ he was given leave to depart to Brindában with minute instructions as to what he should do there to propagate the faith. [A long list of the Vaishnav literature produced by Rup, Sanátan, and their nephew Jiv, the son of their youngest brother Vallabh Anupam,--_not translated here_]. [1] Chapters XXIII-XXVII are taken from the _Antya Lila_ or Third Book of the text. CHAPTER XXIV Meeting with Vallabh Bhatta; the Master stints His food Thus did the luminous Gaur (Chaitanya) perform many feats in many a playful way with His _bhaktas_ at Niláchal. Though His heart was inly pierced with the pang of separation from Krishna, yet He did not express it outwardly lest His disciples should grieve. When, however, His intense love-sickness [for Krishna] did break forth, His agony baffled description. The Krishna-talk of Rámánanda and the [sacred] singing of Swarup saved the Master's life amidst the pain of separation from Krishna. In the day time His mind was diverted by the diverse company that He met, but in [the solitude of] night His love-sickness waxed strong. To please Him these two always kept Him company and consoled Him with verses and songs about Krishna. [Account of how Raghunath-das, the son of a very rich revenue-farmer, escaped from his home at Saptagram in Bengal, joined the Master at Puri and lived in utter lowliness by begging.] One year Vallabh Bhatta came and met the Master, bowing at His feet. The Master embraced him as an adorer of Vishnu (_bhágabat_) and with honour made him sit close to Himself. Meekly did the Bhatta address the Master, "Long have I desired to see you and to-day Jagannáth has gratified that wish. Lucky is he who can behold you, for you are as it were God in a visible form. Even to remember you [from a distance] hallows a man. No wonder, then, that the sight of you makes one blessed. (_Bhágabat_, I. xix. 30.) The distinctive religion of the modern age is the _kirtan_ of Krishna's name, and this religion cannot be established without Krishna's own power. That you have founded this faith proves that you are inspired with Krishna's divine force. Whosoever beholds you, swims in the stream of the love of Krishna. Only Krishna's spirit can call forth this love, as the scriptures say that Krishna is the sole inspirer of _prem_ (love)." The Master replied, "Listen, great-minded Bhatta! I was a _sannyasi_ following the theory of illusion (_máyá-vád_); I knew not _bhakti_ for Krishna. The Goswámi Adwaita Acharya is God incarnate; _his_ society has cleansed my mind. He has no peer in the knowledge of all the Shastras and in devotion to Krishna, and therefore he has been rightly named _A-dwaita_ without a second. Nityánanda, Sárvabhauma Bhattáchárya, Rámánanda Ray, Damodar Swarup, Haridas Thakur, Acharya Ratna and many other _bhaktas_ have all taught me Krishna-love and true _bhakti_, and have preached to the world love for the Krishna-name."