Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 9.8

pūrvavat pathe yāite ye pāya daraśana

yei grāme yāya, se grāmera yata jana

sabei vaishnava haya, kahe 'krishna' 'hari'

anya grāma nistāraye sei 'vaishnava' kari'

SYNONYMS

pūrva-vat — as done previously; pathe — on the way; yāite — while going; ye — anyone who; pāya — gets; daraśana — audience; yei — which; grāme — in the village; yāya — Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu goes; se — that; grāmera — of the village; yata — all; jana — people; sabei — all of them; vaishnava haya — become devotees; kahe — say; krishna hari — the holy names of Lord Krishna and Hari; anya grāma — other villages; nistāraye — delivers; sei — He; vaishnava — devotees; kari' — making.

TRANSLATION

As previously stated, all the residents of the villages visited by Lord Caitanya became Vaishnavas and began to chant Hari and Krishna. In this way, in all the villages visited by the Lord, everyone became a Vaishnava, a devotee.

PURPORT

The holy names of Krishna and Hari, or the chanting of the Hare Krishna mahā-mantra, are so spiritually powerful that even today, as our preachers go to remote parts of the world, people immediately begin chanting Hare Krishna. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. There cannot be anyone who can compare to Him or His potencies. However, because we are following in His footsteps and are also chanting the Hare Krishna mahā-mantra, the effect is almost as potent as during the time of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Our preachers mainly belong to European and American countries, yet by the grace of Lord Caitanya they have tremendous success wherever they go to open branches. Indeed, everywhere people are very seriously chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.

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