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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Ādi-līlā, Ch. 13]
TEXT 69
কৃষ্ণ অবতরি’ করেন ভক্তির বিস্তার । তবে ত’ সকল লোকের হুইবে নিস্তার ॥ ৬৯ ॥
kṛṣṇa avatari’ karena bhaktira vistāra tabe ta’ sakala lokera ha-ibe nistāra
SYNONYMS
kṛṣṇa —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  avatari’ —descending;  karena —does;  bhaktira —of devotional service;  vistāra —expansion;  tabe —then;  ta’ —certainly;  sakala —all;  lokera —of the people;  ha-ibe —there will be;  nistāra —liberation.
TRANSLATION
Śrīla Advaita Ācārya Prabhu thought: “If Kṛṣṇa Himself appears to distribute the cult of devotional service, then only will liberation be possible for all people.”
PURPORT
Just as a condemned person can be relieved by a special favor of the chief executive head, the president or king, so the condemned people of this Kali-yuga can be delivered only by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself or a person especially empowered for this purpose. Śrīla Advaita Ācārya Prabhu desired that the Supreme Personality of Godhead advent Himself to deliver the fallen souls of this age.
TEXT 70
কৃষ্ণ অবতরিতে আচার্য প্রতিজ্ঞা করিয়া । কৃষ্ণপূজা করে তুলসী-গঞ্জাজল দিয়া ॥ ৭০ ॥
kṛṣṇa avatārite ācārya pratijñā kariyā kṛṣṇa-pūjā kare tulasī-gaṅgājala diyā
SYNONYMS
kṛṣṇa —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  avatārite —to cause His advent;  ācārya —Advaita Ācārya;  pratijñā —promise;  kariyā —making;  kṛṣṇa-pūjā —worship of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  kare —does;  tulasī —tulasī leaves;  gaṅgā-jala diyā —with Gaṅgā-jala, the water of the Ganges.
TRANSLATION
With this consideration, Advaita Ācārya Prabhu, promising to cause Lord Kṛṣṇa to descend, began to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, with tulasī leaves and water of the Ganges.