While Lord Chaitanya was
at the temple to see the deity of Jagannatha, thousands of people were in front
of Him also seeing the deity. Suddenly, a woman who was unable to see
Jagannatha through the crowd, climbed the column of Garuda that was just in
front of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, placing her foot on His shoulder to get up.
Govinda, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's personal secretary, hastily got her down.
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, however, chastised Govinda for this. When the woman came
to her senses, she begged for forgiveness at the lotus feet of Lord Chaitanya.
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu said, "Lord Jagannatha has not bestowed so much
eagerness upon Me. She has fully absorbed her body, mind and life in Lord
Jagannatha. Therefore she was unaware that she was putting her foot on My
shoulder. Alas! How fortunate this woman is! I pray at her feet that she favor
Me with her great eagerness to see Lord Jagannatha."
-Excerpt from Chaitanya-charitamrita, Antya-lila 14.28-30
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