Srimad Bhagavatam 11.5.34:
O Maha-purusa, I worship Your lotus feet. You gave up the association of the goddess of fortune and all her opulence, which is most difficult to renounce and is hankered after by even the great demigods. Being the most faithful follower of the path of religion, You thus left for the forest in obedience to a brahmana's curse. Out of sheer mercifulness You chased after the fallen conditioned souls, who are always in pursuit of the false enjoyment of illusion, and at the same time engaged in searching out Your own desired object, Lord Syamasundara.
PURPORT
According to the Vaisnava acaryas, this important verse of the Srimad Bhagavatam is understood to describe Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Lord Krsna and also Lord Sri Ramacandra. This verse appears within the discussion by the sage Karabhajana of the yugavataras, or the different incarnations of the Personality of Godhead who deliver the conditioned souls of each age. The prayers ending with the words vande mahapurusa te caranaravindam are understood to glorify the incarnation of Lord Krsna in Kali-yuga known as Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Caitanya Mahaprabhu lived for twenty-four years in Navadvépa as a householder and enjoyed immense popularity among both scholars and ordinary persons. His saìkirtana movement was completely supported by the local government, even though it was Muslim. And Caitanya Mahaprabhu had the pleasure of marrying the goddess of fortune. No ordinary woman of the material world, no matter how gorgeous she may be, can in any way compare with the beautiful goddess of fortune. Everyone in the universe, including Lord Brahma, is searching after the goddess of fortune. Therefore it is stated here, surepsita.
However, Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Lord Krsna appearing as a brahmana, and therefore He is certainly dharmisthah, or the most religious. Actually the Supreme Personality of Godhead is always dharmisthah, whether He appears as a cowherd boy, a great king or a brahmana, because the Lord Himself is the original source and personification of all religious principles. However, in the pastimes of Caitanya Mahaprabhu there are very few political or economic activities. Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared as a great philosopher—brahmana, and thus He is certainly dharmisthah. In Caitanya-caritamrita, in the Seventeenth Chapter of the Adi-lila, it is described that a certain brahmana, who was well known for being harsh and cursing others, could not enter the kértana hall where Caitanya Mahaprabhu was performing kirtana because the door was locked. Being very agitated and breaking his brahmana's thread, he cursed Caitanya Mahaprabhu the next day on the bank of the Ganges, saying, "I shall now curse You, for Your behavior has greatly aggrieved me. You shall be bereft of all material happiness." However, Caitanya Mahaprabhu felt great jubilation within Himself, since His mission was vairagya-vidya-nija-bhakti-yoga [Cc. Madhya 6.254]—to give up the illusion of material sense gratification and staunchly engage twenty-four hours a day in the devotional service of the Lord. Therefore, Caitanya Mahaprabhu took this curse as a blessing, and soon after, the Lord took sannyasa. Thus it is stated in this verse that by the words of the Aryan, the brahmana (arya-vacasa), Caitanya Mahaprabhu took sannyäsa (yad agad aranyam) and went traveling through the different forests of India on the way to Vrndavana, and later South India. Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted especially to preserve the prestige of the brahmana class, and therefore He decided to keep the brahmana's curse intact.
Srila Sridhara Swami has explained how this verse also describes the incarnation of Lord Sri Ramacandra. Although the Lord is completely independent and detached from everything, He becomes attached to His pure devotees due to their love for Him. In the great capital of Ayodhya all of the citizens loved Ramacandra more than can be described. In this context arya-vacasa means that by the order of His father, who was just like His guru, Ramacandra gave up everything and went to the forest. There He exhibited His great affection for mother Sita and chased after maya-mrgam, or the illusory deer that had been created by the trick of Ravana. That this golden deer was especially desired by Srimati Sitadevi is indicated by the word dayitayepsitam.
Corroborating the explanation of this verse, the followers of Caitanya Mahaprabhu also worship Him in His six-armed form of sad-bhuja. Two arms carry the waterpot and danda of the sannyasi Caitanya Mahaprabhu, two arms carry the flute of Lord Krsna, and two arms carry the bow and arrow of Sri Ramacandra. This sad-bhuja form is the actual purport of this verse of Srimad Bhagavatam.
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