One of the essential literatures of Gaudiya Vaisnavism. Sri Caitanya-Caritamrta was written by Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami in the 16th Century. When Srila Prabhupada translated it he described it as the post-graduate study in spiritual life. Sri Caitanya-Caritamrta is the foremost source of information regarding the mahavadanyaya avatara, the most merciful incarnation of Godhead, and His wonderful pastimes and associates. It reveals Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as the incarnation of Krishna for this age.

Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita is the main work on the life and teachings of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the incarnation of Krishna who appeared in India five hundred years ago. Lord Chaitanya introduced the chanting of the holy names of God as the prescribed method of God-realization for our time. He began what is today called the Hare Krishna movement, since the movement’s founder, Srila Prabhupada, comes in the Chaitanya line of spiritual masters.

Lord Chaitanya transformed the face of India in four respects: philosophically, by encountering, defeating and converting the greatest philosophers and thinkers of His day; religiously, by organizing the largest, most widespread theistic movement in India’s history; socially, by His strong challenges to the religious inequities of the caste system; politically, by His organization of a massive civil disobedience movement in Bengal, more than four centuries before Gandhi.

This English translation with commentary, by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, reveals his consummate Bengali and Sanskrit scholarship, his intimate familiarity with the precepts of Sri Chaitanya, and his pure devotion to God.

This edition contains Bengali, roman transliteration, word for word translations, translations, and purports by Srila Prabhupada.

Also available in Audio book (Translations only).