CC Madhya 17.153

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 17: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana

Madhya-līlā 17.152 - Madhya-līlā 17.154

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 153

pūrve yena ‘dakṣiṇa’ yāite loka nistārilā

‘paścima’-deśe taiche saba ‘vaiṣṇava’ karilā

SYNONYMS

pūrve — formerly; yena — as; dakṣiṇa — South India; yāite — going to; loka — the people; nistārilā — He delivered; paścima-deśe — in the western countries; taiche — similarly; saba — all; vaiṣṇava — devotees; karilā — made.

TRANSLATION

When the Lord toured South India, He delivered many people, and when He traveled in the western sector, He similarly converted many people to Vaiṣṇavism.

PURPORT

Formerly Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu converted people when He toured southern and western India. Similarly, the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement is now delivering the people of the Western world wherever devotees are chanting the holy names. This is all being done by the Lord’s mercy. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu predicted that He would deliver people in every city and village of the world by giving them a chance to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.

Madhya-līlā 17.152 - Madhya-līlā 17.154