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Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth
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TRANSLATION
The loud sound of the chanting of the Hare Krṣṇa mantra certainly made the Kazi very much afraid, and he hid himself within his room. Hearing the people thus protesting, murmuring in great anger, the Kazi would not come out of his home.
PURPORT
The Kazi's order not to perform  saṅkīrtana  could stand only as long as there was no civil disobedience. Under the leadership of the Supreme Lord, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the chanters, increasing in number, disobeyed the order of the Kazi. Thousands assembled together and formed parties, chanting the Hare Krṣṇa  mahā-mantra  and making a tumultuous sound of protest. Thus the Kazi was very much afraid, as naturally one should be under such circumstances.
In the present day also, people all over the world may join together in the Krṣṇa consciousness movement and protest against the present degraded governments of the world's godless societies, which are based on all kinds of sinful activities. The  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  states that in the age of Kali, thieves, rogues and fourth-class people who have neither education nor culture capture the seats of governments to exploit the citizens. This is a symptom of Kali-yuga that has already appeared. People cannot feel secure about their lives and property, yet the so-called governments continue, and its ministers get fat salaries, although they are unable to do anything good for society. The only remedy for such conditions is to enhance the  saṅkīrtana  movement under the banner of Krṣṇa consciousness and protest against the sinful activities of all the world's governments.
The Krṣṇa consciousness movement is not a sentimental religious movement; it is a movement for the reformation of all the anomalies of human society. If people take to it seriously, discharging this duty scientifically, as ordered by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the world will see peace and prosperity instead of being confused and hopeless under useless governments. There are always rogues and thieves in human society, and as soon as a weak government is unable to execute its duties, these rogues and thieves come out to do their business. Thus the entire society becomes a hell unfit for gentlemen to live in. There is an immediate need for a good government—a government by the people, with Krṣṇa consciousness. Unless the masses of people become Krṣṇa conscious, they cannot be good men. The Krṣṇa consciousness movement that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu started by chanting the Hare Krṣṇa  mahā-mantra  still has its potency. Therefore people should understand it seriously and scientifically and spread it all over the world.
The  saṅkīrtana  movement started by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is described in the  Caitanya-bhāgavata ,  Madhya-khaṇḍa , Twenty-third Chapter, beginning with verse 241, which states, "My dear Lord, let my mind be fixed at Your lotus feet." Following Lord Caitanya's chanting, all the devotees reproduced the same sound He chanted. In this way the Lord proceeded, leading the entire party on the strand roads by the bank of the Ganges. When the Lord came to His own  ghāṭa , or bathing place, He danced more and more. Then He proceeded to Mādhāi's  ghāṭa . In this way Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Lord, who was known as Viśvambhara, danced all over the banks of the Ganges. Then He proceeded to Bārakoṇā-ghāṭa, the Nāgariyā-ghāṭa,