Chapter Summary - Chaitanya-bhagavata - Adi-khanda Ch.  6
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Brief Summary:  Chapter six make a final bridge from Niamis childhood pastimes to His activities as a boy between 7 and 10 years old.  A nice story is told of Nimai's refusal to stop crying until the delicious food being offered by two local brahmins and friends of Jugannatha Misra was brought to Nimai to eat. The author then jumps to Nimai as a young boy, acting more like Dennis the Menace rather than the God He is. Vrndavana das Thakura writes the rest of this chapter around Nimais abusive manner and behavior toward the residents of his village while all are taking bath at the sacred river.  The list of complaints are numerous: stealing clothes, offerings, scriptures, deities, and flowers; splashing, spitting, contaminating, touching, spoiling, disturbing, eating, pulling, climbing on, making cry, throwing sand, lying, quarreling, and shouting at.  Those who he offended were actually His eternal associates and a mundane person cannot understand such activities of the Lord.

Most Memorable:   "Everything was just as it should be. His body was covered with dust, He was dressed in the same clothes and they were dry. His hair was also dry and he had His books."

Physical descriptions:   His body covered in grayish dust and speckled with drops of black writing ink.

Lord Chaitanya aka:  Sri Sacinandana Chaitanya is the supersoul within everyone's heart; Sri Gaurasundara; Nimai;

Quiz:

1. Jagadisa Pandita and Hiranya Pandita both were friends of Jugannatha Misra and his wife, Mother Saci.  Their homes were nearby.  One day little Nimai wouldn't stop crying.  How were these two brahmins involved in soothing Nimai's feeling so that he no longer cried and cried?
A.  They were both magicians and little Nimai wanted to see their magic show.
B.  They also had little boys and if they would only come visit, then Nimai would have friends to play with and wouldn't have to cry.
C.  Nimai said if He could only eat their offerings to their Deities, then He would become healthy and calm and be able to act normal and not cry.
D.  These were the two best singers in the entire province and if only if they would come to His home and sing the Lord's Names, then would little Nimai become happy.

2.   Only by  developing  spiritual intelligence can  one perform devotional service.  And only through devotional service can the Supreme Lord, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, be known as He is. How is this spiritual intelligence obtained?
A.  By chanting japa.
B.  By only eating food offered to Lord Krishna.
C.  By Krishna's mercy.
D.  By worshiping tulsai.

3.  As Nimai grew into a boyhood, he was often seen with what kind of marks all over His body?
A. Tumeric drops from helping His mother cook.
B. As a young brahmin, Nimai worshiped their family Deity day and night.  Often he was covered in sandalwood paste marks which everyone noticed.
C. At the place where Nimai and His friend would go swimming every day there was a lot of dark clay and wherever the Lord went people could see this dark clay on his body.
D. Drops of black writing ink.

4.  Where did Nimai mostly get into trouble?
A.  At the open-air market place where all the young girls sold vegetables.
B.  At the Ganga where everyone came to bath and worship.
C.  In His own house is where He mostly got into trouble.
D.  At school where the older boys picked on the Lord out of jealousy since Nimai was so much smarter than they were.

5.  What did Nimai do with okada seeds?
A.  He would throw them in the girls hair because they were very difficult to comb out.
B.  He would put them in their shoes which would make their feet hurt.
C.  He would put them in their food and make everything too bitter to eat.
D.  He would squeeze them and get a red liquid out of the seeds and throw it at everyone.  This would stain their skin red.

6.  What did Jugannatha Misra find odd about the events surround Nimai's misbehavior?
A.  Nobody would accuse Nimai of bad behavior directly to him.  There were only rumors.
B.  All the accusers soon changed their minds about Nimai's guilt.
C.  Sri Misra saw that Nimai was covered with dust and there were no signs of His having taken a bath.  Everything was just as it should be. His body was covered with dust, He was dressed in the same clothes and they were dry. His hair was also dry and he had His books.
D.  Only the most pretty girls in Nimai's village would accuse Him of misbehavior.

 
7.   What is the best way to understand the residents of Nabadwip, who as a young boy Lord Caitanya would treat so harshly.
A.  They deserved being treated that way because in previous births they fought against Lord Krishna.
B.  As described in the opening chapters of this book, the citizens of Nadia were sinful and thus deserved this punishment from the Lord.
C.  All of those who experience Nimai's torment were simply working of their bad karma.
D.  The personalities of Nadia were eternal devotees and associates of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna. The Supreme Lord performed various transcendental pastimes with His intimate servitors; a mundane person cannot understand such activities of the Lord.

Devotee Mentioned:  {Jagadisa Pandita & Hiranya Pandita (two brahmins who little Nimai summoned so that He could eat their offerings: "If you want to save my life, then quickly go to the houses of the two brahmins Jagadisa Pandita and Hiranya Pandita. "I am very attracted to the homes of these two pure devotees, and if I could eat their offerings I would become healthy and calm and I could behave normally." Jagadisa Pandita and Hiranya Pandita were topmost Vaishnava devotees and inseparable friends of Sri Jagannatha Misra. When they heard Nimai's request they were filled with joy. The two brahmin Vaishnavas said, "This is a very extraordinary story. We have never seen such an intelligent child. How could He know that today was Ekadasi and that a large variety of food had been offered to the Lord?};

Flowery Language:  Shining brightly like the moon, he carried beautiful books in His hands. Blotches of writing ink on different parts of Nimai's body appeared like decorations on His golden complexion. It looked as though a sweet smelling golden champaka flower had attracted a swarm of black bumblebees; 

Misc. Facts:   Only by Krishna's mercy can one develop the spiritual intelligence to perform devotional service; Only through devotional service can the Supreme Lord, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, be known as He is; One of His worst tricks is that while the women and men are bathing He mixes up their clothes and when they want to dress they become quite disturbed;

Words:
cogitations (concerted thought or reflection; meditation; contemplation)

 Answers: 1-C;  2-C;  3-D;  4-B;  5-A;  6-C;  7-D