Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 15.169

tumi yanra hita vancha', se haila 'vaishnava'

vaishnavera papa krishna dura kare saba

SYNONYMS

tumi -- you; yanra -- of whom; hita vancha' -- desire the welfare; se -- such a person; haila -- immediately becomes; vaishnava -- a devotee; vaishnavera -- of a Vaishnava; papa -- the accidental sinful life; krishna -- Lord Krishna; dura kare -- vanquishes; saba -- all.

TRANSLATION

"Whosever welfare you desire immediately becomes a Vaishnava, and Krishna delivers all Vaishnavas from the reactions of their past sinful activities.

PURPORT

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu here informed Vasudeva Datta that since Krishna is all-powerful, He can immediately deliver all conditioned souls from material existence. In essence, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "You desire the liberation of all kinds of living entities without discrimination. You are very anxious for their good fortune, and I say that simply by your prayer all living entities within the universe can be liberated. You do not even have to take up the burden of their sinful activities. Thus there is no need for you to suffer for their sinful lives. Whoever receives your compassion becomes a Vaishnava immediately, and Krishna delivers all Vaishnavas from the reactions to their past sinful activities." Krishna also promises this in the Bhagavad-gita (18.66):

sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja

aham tvam sarva-papebhyo mokshayishyami ma sucah

"Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear."

As soon as one fully surrenders to Krishna, he becomes a Vaishnava. In this verse from the Bhagavad-gita Krishna promises to relieve His devotee from all the reactions to sinful life. It is a fact that a fully surrendered Vaishnava is completely out of the range of material infection. This is to say that he does not suffer the results of his previous pious or impious actions. Unless one is freed from sinful life, one cannot become a Vaishnava. In other words, if one is a Vaishnava, his sinful life is certainly ended. According to the Padma Purana:

aprarabdha-phalam papam kutam bijam phalonmukham

kramenaiva praliyeta vishnu-bhakti-ratatmanam

"There are different stages of dormant reactions to sinful activities to be observed in a sinful life. Sinful reactions may be just waiting to take effect [phalonmukha], reactions may be still further dormant [kuta], or the reactions may be in a seedlike state [bija]. In any case, all types of sinful reactions are vanquished one after another if a person engages in the devotional service of Lord Vishnu."

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