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 singing the songs of Candidasa and Vidyapati, and listening to quotations from the Jagannatha-vallabha-nataka, Krsna-karnamrta and Gita-govinda. Thus in the association of Svarupa Damodara and Raya Ramananda, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu passed His days and nights chanting and hearing with great pleasure.”