Thus there was a continuation of the utterance of Haribol in the house, foreshowing the future mission of the Hero. It is said that, when He was an infant in His mother's arms, He wept continually, and when the neighbouring ladies and His mother cried Haribol, be used to stop. Most of His contemporary biographers have mentioned certain anecdotes regarding Sri Chaitanya which are simple records of His early miracles. After His fifth year, He was admitted into a Pathsala where He picked up Bengali in a very short time. He became a whimsical and frolicsome Lad. Beautiful as the lad was every one heartily loved to see Him everyday. The ladies of the neighborhood styled Him Gaur Hari on account of His golden complexion, and His mother called Him Nimai on account of the Nim tree n ear which He was born. Pandit Nilambar Chakravarti, a renowned astrologer, foretold that the Child -would be a great Personage in time and he therefore, gave Him the name Visvambhar. Mahaprabhu was a beautiful Child and the ladies of the town came to see Him with presents. His father Jagannath Misra was a poor Brahmin of the Vedic order, and His mother Sachi Devi was a model good woman, both descended from Brahmin stocks originally residing in Sylhet.
The moon was eclipsed at the time of His birth and people of Nadia were then engaged, as usual on such occasions, in bathing in the Bhagirathi with loud cheers of Haribol. By His Divine Grace Srila Saccidananda Bhaktivinoda ThakuraĬhaitanya Mahaprabhu was born in Mayarpur in the town of Nadia, just after sunset on the evening of the 23rd Falgun, 1407 Advent of Sakabda answering to the 18th Februrary, 1486 of the Christian era.
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