Ādi-līlā, Chapter 7
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TRANSLATION
Thus the students, infidels, fruitive workers and critics all came to surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord.
TEXT 37
অপরাধ ক্ষমাইল, ডুবিল প্রেমজলে ।
কেবা এড়াইবে প্রভুর প্রেম-মহাজালে ॥ ৩৭ ॥
aparādha kṣamāila, ḍubila prema-jale kebā eḍāibe prabhura prema-mahājāle
SYNONYMS
aparādha —offense;  kṣamāila —excused;  ḍubila —merged into;  prema-jale —in the ocean of love of Godhead;  kebā —who else;  eḍāibe —will go away;  prabhura —the Lord's;  prema —loving;  mahā-jāle —network.
TRANSLATION
Lord Caitanya excused them all, and they merged into the ocean of devotional service, for no one can escape the unique loving network of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
PURPORT
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was an ideal  ācārya . An  ācārya  is an ideal teacher who knows the purpose of the revealed scriptures, behaves exactly according to their injunctions and teaches his students to adopt these principles also. As an ideal  ācārya , Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu devised ways to capture all kinds of atheists and materialists. Every  ācārya  has a specific means of propagating his spiritual movement with the aim of bringing men to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Therefore, the method of one  ācārya  may be different from that of another, but the ultimate goal is never neglected. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī recommends:
yena tena prakāreṇa manaḥ kṛṣṇe niveśayet sarve vidhi-niṣedhā syur etayor eva kiṅkarāḥ
An  ācārya  should devise a means by which people may somehow or other come to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. First they should become Kṛṣṇa conscious, and all the prescribed rules and regulations may later gradually be introduced. In our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement we follow this policy of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. For example, since boys and girls in the Western countries freely intermingle, special concessions regarding their customs and habits are necessary to bring them to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The  ācārya  must devise a means to bring them to devotional service. Therefore, although I am a  sannyāsī  I sometimes take part in getting boys and girls