
Sri Visvarupa & Advaita Acharya
Information – The site of the famous Tol (school) of Sri Adwait Prabhu and the place of his residence in the old city of Nabadwip.
(THE HARMONIST AS IT IS VOL.2 (VOL. XXVI, June 1928 – May 1929), Page 188)
Every morning Śrī Viśvarūpa would take bath in the Ganges and then go to the gathering at Advaita Prabhu’s house. Viśvarūpa established devotional service to Kṛṣṇa as the essence of all scriptures. On hearing His explanation, Advaita Prabhu roared with happiness. Advaita left His Deity worship to embrace Viśvarūpa, and all the Vaiṣṇavas happily chanted, “Hari! Hari!” Then in the ecstasy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness all the devotees roared loudly like lions, and lamentation no longer remained in their hearts. The devotees had no desire to leave Viśvarūpa’s association to go home, nor did Viśvarūpa have any desire to leave them. After completing her cooking, mother Śacī told Viśvambhara, “Go quickly and bring Your elder brother.” On the order of His mother, the Lord came to Advaita Ācārya’s house to call His elder brother home. When the Lord arrived there, He saw all the Vaiṣṇavas engaged in discussing topics of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Hearing His glorification, Śrī Gaurasundara glanced mercifully on them. Each of the Lord’s limbs surpassed the topmost limits of beauty. Even millions of moons could not be compared with one of His toenails. Standing naked with His body covered with dust, Viśvambhara smiled and spoke to His elder brother. “My dear brother, please come to eat. Mother is calling You.” Viśvambhara then caught hold of His brother’s dhoti and followed Him home. On seeing the Lord’s enchanting form, all the devotees were stunned and they continually stared at Him. The devotees practically entered samādhi; they were even unable to speak about Kṛṣṇa. Devotees are by nature overwhelmed on seeing their Lord; indeed, even before the devotees realized His identity, the Lord stole away their hearts.
(Sri Caitanya Bhagavata Ādi-khaṇḍa 7.29 – 7.43)
For further reading, please refer to:
Sri Caitanya Bhagavata Madhya Khanda : Chapter Twenty-two: Delivering Śacīdevī from Offense and Descriptions of Nityānanda’s Qualities