Then, in the person of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Who was also the gardener Himself, that the sapling became the trunk of an enormous tree-the desire tree of devotion.
– (C. C. Antya 8.26) During a travel pilgrimage visit, Ishvara Puri met Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in Gaya.
After immediately meeting Chaitanya Mahaprabhu addressed Ishvara Puri as, "My journey to Gaya is successful just by My seeing your lotus feet.
- (C. B. Adi 1.17.49-55) Shrila Ishvara Puri replied, "Please hear me, I have understood that You are an incarnation of the Supreme Lord.
"On another day Mahaprabhu approached Shri Ishvara Puri and requested that he initiate Him with the divine mantra.
- (C. B. Adi 17.10)Thereafter Shrila Ishvara Puri initiated Chaitanya Mahaprabhu with the divine Hare Krishna Mantra.
Ishvara Puri replied that, "Being able to accept foodstuffs from Your hand is a matter of great fortune for me."