Lord Caitanyā's Mission

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Mahaprabhu launched forth the worship and congregational chanting of the holy names of God, proclaiming that there is but one God of whom everyone else is a servant.

He urged everyone to chant the holy names of and worship that sole supreme God, asserting that the performance of such spiritual activities will surely award one the highest form of salvation.

Lord Caitanyā's Mood

Lord Caitanya's form is golden. The Lord appeared in this world as The Supreme Lord and as a devotee. From the beginning, the Lord performed pastimes as a human being and yet performed supernatural activities at the same time and revealed His identity as the Supreme Lord, but in a subtle way; not everyone could just pick it up and not even His parents.

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is not only The Supreme Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, but Sri Krsna Himself - having taken the beauty and internal moods of Srimati Radhika Rani. Whatever He could not give in Krsna's pastimes, He gives us everything as Sacinandana Gaurahari - Gauranga Mahaprabhu.

Lord Krsna had three internal reasons for descending. He wanted to understand and relish the love of Srimati Radhika. Also, although He is so beautiful and sweet, He could not relish Himself to the extent She could: 

        
sri-radhayah pranaya-mahima kidrso vanayaiva-
svadyo yenadbhuta-madhurima kidrso va madiyah
saukhyam casya mad-anubhavatah kidrsam veti lobhat
tad-bhavadhyah samajani saci-garbha-sindhau harinduh



[Desiring to understand the glory of Radharani's love, the 
wonderful qualities in Him that She alone relishes through Her 
love, and the happiness She feels when She realizes the 
sweetness of His love, the Supreme Lord Hari, richly endowed 
with Her emotions, appeared from the womb of Srimati Saci-devi, 
as the moon appeared from the ocean. (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta 
Adi-lila 1.6)]

He wanted to know and to relish all the moods of Srimati Radhika - Sri radhaya pranaya-mahima... He wanted to know the glory of Her love, what it is in Him that makes Her maddened, and the nature of the pleasure She experiences by remembering Him. The mood He thus relished is called unnatojjvala-parakiya- bhāvā.

He wanted to give His mercy: karunayavatirnah kalau samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasam sva-bhakti-sriyam. Sva-bhakti- sriyam means manjari-bhava. He did so, but since He wanted to give this one gift.

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