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The Glories of Haridāsa Thākura
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SYNONYMS
nityānanda-gosāñi —Lord Nityānanda;  gauḍe —in Bengal;  yabe —when;  āilā —came back;  prema pracārite —to preach the cult of  bhakti , love of Godhead;  tabe —at that time;  bhramite lāgilā —began to tour.
TRANSLATION
When Lord Nityānanda returned to Bengal to preach the cult of  bhakti , love of Godhead, He began touring all over the country.
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প্রেম-প্রচারণ আর পাষণ্ডদলন । তুইকার্যে অবধুত করেন ভ্রমণ ॥ ১৪৯ ॥
prema-pracāraṇa āra pāṣaṇḍa-dalana dui-kārye avadhūta karena bhramaṇa
SYNONYMS
prema-pracāraṇa —preaching the cult of  bhakti ;  āra —and;  pāṣaṇḍa-dalana —subduing atheistic men;  dui-kārye —with two kinds of activities;  avadhūta —the great devotee and mendicant;  karena —does;  bhramaṇa —touring.
TRANSLATION
For two purposes—to spread the cult of  bhakti  and to defeat and subdue the atheists—Lord Nityānanda, the most dedicated devotee of the Lord, moved throughout the country.
PURPORT
As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā  (4.8):
paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya saṁbhavāmi yuge yuge
Lord Kṛṣṇa appears in every millennium for two purposes, namely to deliver the devotees and kill the nondevotees. His devotees also have two similar purposes—to preach the  bhakti  cult of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and defeat all kinds of agnostics and atheistic demons. Nityānanda Prabhu carried out the order of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in this way, and those who strictly follow Nityānanda