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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[ Ādi-lilā, Ch. 13 ]
nagare nagare bhrame kīrtana kariyā bhāsāila tri-bhuvana prema-bhakti diyā
SYNONYMS
nagare nagare —in different parts of the town;  bhrame —wanders;  kīrtana —chanting;  kariyā —performing;  bhāsāila —inundated;  tri-bhuvana —all the three worlds;  prema-bhakti —love of Godhead;  diyā —distributing.
TRANSLATION
The  saṅkīrtana  movement went on from one part of the town to another, as the Lord wandered everywhere performing  kīrtana . In this way He inundated the whole world by distributing love of Godhead.
PURPORT
One may raise the question how all three worlds became inundated with love of Kṛṣṇa since Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed  kīrtana  only in the Navadvīpa area. The answer is that Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Kṛṣṇa Himself. The entire cosmic manifestation results from the Lord's first setting it in motion. Similarly, since the  saṅkīrtana  movement was first set in motion five hundred years ago by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's desire that it spread all over the universe, the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, in continuity of that same motion, is now spreading all over the world, and in this way it will gradually spread all over the universe. With the spread of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, everyone will merge in an ocean of love of Kṛṣṇa.
TEXT 33
চক্রিশ বৎসর ঐছে নবদ্বীপ-গ্রামে ।
লওয়াইলা সর্বলোকে কৃষ্ণপ্রেম-নামে ॥ ৩৩ ॥
cabbiśa vatsara aiche navadvīpa-grāme laoyāilā sarva-loke kṛṣṇa-prema-nāme
SYNONYMS
cabbiśa —twenty-four;  vatsara —years;  aiche —in that way;  navadvīpa — of the name Navadvīpa;  grāme —in the village;  laoyāilā —induced;  sarva-loke — every man;  kṛṣṇa-prema —love of Kṛṣṇa;  nāme —in the holy name.
TRANSLATION
Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu lived in the Navadvīpa area for twenty-four years, and He induced every person to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra and thus merge in love of Kṛṣṇa.