"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!"
They all replied, "You have come to deliver mankind. Before this you had carried salvation to the South and the West. Benares alone was adverse to you, and now you have redeemed it, to our delight."
The sensation at Benares spread. Millions of country people began to come to the city. They could not see the Master at the place of sankirtan, but formed lines on both sides of the road to watch Him going to bathe or visit Vishweshwar. With uplifted arms He ordered them to chant Hari's name; they prostrated themselves and shouted Hari! Hari!
Five days were thus passed in delivering the people, and then the Master grew anxious. When He started walking away at night, His five bhaktas followed Him,—viz., Tapan Mishra, Raghunath, the Maratha Brahman, Chandra Shekhar, and the singer Paramananda,—all wishing to accompany Him to Puri. But the Master sent them back gently, giving them leave to come afterwards, as He was returning alone by the Jhárikhand route. To Sanátan He said, "Go to Brindában, to your two brothers. If my bhakta beggars, clad in quilt and bowl in hand, go there, cherish them." So saying He embraced and left them, while they all fell down fainting. Recovering they sadly took the way back to home.
When Rup reached Mathura, at the Dhruba ghát he met Subuddhi Ray, who had once been governor of Gaur with Sayyid Husain Khan as his servant. Husain was ordered to dig a tank, and on his committing some fault, his master, the Ray, flogged him. When, afterwards, Husain Shah became Sultan of Bengal, he greatly promoted Subuddhi Ray.