Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 7.150

ei-mate tāń-sabāra kshami' aparādha

sabākāre krishna-nāma karilā prasāda

SYNONYMS

ei-mate — in this way; tāń-sabāra — of all the sannyāsīs; kshami' — excusing; aparādha — offense; sabākāre — all of them; krishna-nāma — the holy name of Krishna; karilā — gave; prasāda — as mercy.

TRANSLATION

Thus Lord Caitanya excused all the offenses of the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs and very mercifully blessed them with krishna-nāma.

PURPORT

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the mercy incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is addressed by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī as mahā-vadānyāvatāra, or the most magnanimous incarnation. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī also says, karunayāvatīrnah kalau: it is only by His mercy that He has descended in this Age of Kali. Here this is exemplified. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu did not like to see Māyāvādī sannyāsīs because He thought of them as offenders to the lotus feet of Krishna, but here He excuses them (tāń-sabāra kshami' aparādha). This is an example in preaching. Āpani ācari' bhakti śikhāimu sabāre. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu teaches us that those whom preachers meet are almost all offenders who are opposed to Krishna consciousness, but it is a preacher's duty to convince them of the Krishna consciousness movement and then induce them to chant the Hare Krishna mahā-mantra. Our propagation of the sańkīrtana movement is continuing, despite many opponents, and people are taking up this chanting process even in remote parts of the world like Africa. By inducing the offenders to chant the Hare Krishna mantra, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu exemplified the success of the Krishna consciousness movement. We should follow very respectfully in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya, and there is no doubt that we shall be successful in our attempts.

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