Ādi-ñīlā, Chapter 4
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TRANSLATION
Thus He spread kīrtana even among the untouchables. He wove a wreath of the holy name and prema with which He garlanded the entire material world.
TEXT 41
এইমত ভক্তভাব করি’ অদ্গীকার ।
আপনি আচরি’ ভক্তি করিল প্রচার ॥ ৪১ ॥
ei-mata bhakta-bhāva kari’ aṅgīkāra āpani ācari’ bhakti karila pracāra
SYNONYMS
ei-mata —like this;  bhakta-bhāva —the position of a devotee;  kari’ —making;  aṅgīkāra —acceptance;  āpani —Himself;  ācari’ —practicing;  bhakti —devotional service;  karila —did;  pracāra —propagation.
TRANSLATION
In this way, assuming the sentiment of a devotee, He preached devotional service while practicing it Himself.
PURPORT
When Rūpa Gosvāmī met Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Prayāga (Allahabad), he offered his respectful obeisances by submitting that Lord Caitanya was more magnanimous than any other  avatāra  of Kṛṣṇa because He was distributing love of Kṛṣṇa. His mission was to enhance love of Godhead. In the human form of life the highest achievement is to attain the platform of love of Godhead. Lord Caitanya did not invent a system of religion, as people sometimes assume. Religious systems are meant to show the existence of God, who is then generally approached as the cosmic order-supplier. But Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s transcendental mission is to distribute love of Godhead to everyone. Anyone who accepts God as the Supreme can take to the process of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa and become a lover of God. Therefore Lord Caitanya is the most magnanimous. This munificent broadcasting of devotional service is possible only for Kṛṣṇa Himself. Therefore Lord Caitanya is Kṛṣṇa.
In  Bhagavad-gītā  Kṛṣṇa has taught the philosophy of surrender to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One who has surrendered to the Supreme can make further progress by learning to love Him. Therefore the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement propagated by Lord Caitanya is especially meant for those who are cognizant of the presence of the Supreme Godhead, the ultimate controller of everything. His mission is to teach people how to dovetail themselves into engagements of transcendental loving service. He is Kṛṣṇa teaching His own service from the position of a