While feeling intense separation from the Lord, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would have his intimate associates recite to augment His feeling. This is described in the Caitanya-caritamrta: “In this way Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu always expressed bewilderment and lamented in separation from Krsna. At such times He used to recite the slokas from Ramananda Raya’s drama, known as Jagannatha-vallabha-nataka.” “He passed His time reading the books and ...
