Sri Sacidevi & Jagannatha Misra & Nimai

Information – Next to the Neem tree is a small hut which has the deities of Jagannatha Misra and Sachimata (Sri Chaitanya’s parents) holding young Nimai on her lap. This is the area where Sri Chaitanya had all of his childhood and boyhood pastimes until the time he took to the renounced order of life.

First Lord Kṛṣṇa made His parents and elders appear. Then Kṛṣṇa Himself, with the sentiments and complexion of Rādhikā, appeared in Navadvīpa, like the full moon, from the womb of mother Śacī, which is like an ocean of pure milk.
(CC Adi 4.271-272)

(5) From the Kṛṣṇa-yāmala-tantra: puṇya-kṣetre nava-dvīpe bhaviṣyāmi śacī-sutaḥ. “I shall appear in the holy land of Navadvīpa as the son of Śacī-devī.”
(6) From the Vāyu Purāṇa: kalau saṅkīrtanārambhe bhaviṣyāmi śacī-sutaḥ. “In the Age of Kali when the saṅkīrtana movement is inaugurated, I shall descend as the son of Śacī-devī.”
“Sometimes I personally appear on the surface of the world in the garb of a devotee. Specifically, I appear as the son of Śacī in Kali-yuga to start the saṅkīrtana movement.”
(CC Adi 2.22)

All the good qualities of Kaśyapa, Daśaratha, Vasudeva, and Nanda Mahārāja were found in the person of Jagannātha Miśra.
COMMENTARY
All personifications of pure goodness like Kaśyapa Muni, the father of Upendra; Daśaratha, the father of Rāmacandra; Vasudeva, the father of Vāsudeva; and Nanda Mahārāja, the father of Vrajendra-nandana, were all simultaneously manifested in the person of Jagannātha Miśra.
(Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, Ādi-khaṇḍa 2.138)

Jagannātha Miśra was overwhelmed with ecstasy upon hearing the child’s glories, and he desired to give something in charity to the brāhmaṇa. But because Jagannātha Miśra was extremely poor, he simply took hold of the brāhmaṇa’s feet and cried. The brāhmaṇa then grabbed hold of Jagannātha Miśra’s feet and cried, while the people present there chanted, “Hari! Hari!” in ecstasy. Hearing the Lord’s extraordinary horoscope, the friends and relatives there happily chanted, “Jaya! Jaya!”
(Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, Ādi-khaṇḍa 3.29 – 3.32)

Jagannātha Miśra was always enthusiastic in following his religious principles while residing in Navadvīpa. He was equal to Vasudeva, the father of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
(Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, Ādi-khaṇḍa 1.93)

I offer my respectful obeisances at the feet of Jagannātha Miśra’s son, whose attractive form defeats the beauty of millions of moons.
(Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, Madhya-khaṇḍa 2.275)

In this way Śacī, the mother of the universe, constantly tolerated all of Gaurāṅga’s mischievous activities.
(Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, Ādi-khaṇḍa 8.162)

In Navadvīpa, everyone had forgotten where the birthplace of Mahāprabhu was located. Five hundred years ago, Navadvīpa was a very large area which used to comprise of nine islands. Thousands of brāhmaṇas and paṇḍitas used to reside there. This used be be the major center for studies and learning . . . Navadvīpa. Even now, there are big, big paṇḍitas in Navadvīpa. Navadvīpa is in West Bengal, and Vārāṇasī is in Uttar Pradesh. Then, Darbhaṅga. There were many places there, just as now there is Calcutta University etc, that in the earlier times were the places of education and learning. As all of you know, here in Navadvīpa, Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared. His father came from Sylhet where he used to reside on the banks of Gaṅgā. His wife was Śacī-devī, the daughter of Nilambar Cakravartī Ṭhākura. Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura was very keen to find the original birthplace of Mahāprabhu. People used to say that Mahāprabhu’s birthplace had disappeared, but he did not believe that.
There was a tulasi forest at Yoga-pīṭha in to Māyāpura where Jagannātha dāsa Bābājī would sing bhajana. He revealed to Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura that this was the place where Mahāprabhu appeared. “mahājano yena gataḥ sa panthāḥ”
Jagannātha dāsa Bābājī was very old. He would constantly chant Hari-nāma. He lived in Vṛndāvana, and later moved (to Māyāpura) and lived here. Based on his revelation, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura tried his utmost to develop the place to the best of his financial ability. He took charge of the place, and then he formed the ‘Dhāma Pracārinī Sabhā’ to invoke the interest of the people.
(740929 – Lecture Bengali – Mayapur)