Text 791
Šeri M3dhavendra Puri (* Devotional Service)
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eka-dinera udyoge aiche mahotsava kaila gopāla-prabhāve hava, anve nā iānila
SYNONYMS
eka-dinera udyoge —by one day's attempt;  aiche —such;  mahotsava —festival;  kaila —performed;  gopāla —of Gopāla;  prabhāve —by the potency;  haya —is possible;  anye —others;  nā —not;  jānila —know.
TRANSLATION
The wonderful festival and installation of Śrī Gopālajī was arranged in one day. Certainly all this was accomplished by the potency of Gopāla. No one but a devotee can understand this.
PURPORT
The Krṣṇa consciousness movement has spread all over the world within a very short time (within five years), and mundane people are very astonished at this. However, by the grace of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, we understand that everything is possible by the grace of Krṣṇa. Why does Krṣṇa have to take five years? In five days He can spread His name and fame all over the world like wildfire. Those who have faith and devotion to Krṣṇa can understand that these things happen so wonderfully by the grace of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. We are simply the instruments. In the fierce Battle of Kurukṣetra, Arjuna was victorious within eighteen days simply because Krṣṇa’s grace was on his side.
yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo 
    yatra pārtho dhanur-dharaḥ 
    tatra śrīr vijayo bhūtir 
    dhruvā nītir matir mama
“Wherever there is Kṛṣṇa, the master of all mystics, and wherever there is Arjuna, the supreme archer, there will also certainly be opulence, victory, extraordinary power and morality. That is my opinion.” (Bg. 18.78)
If the preachers in our Krṣṇa consciousness movement are sincere devotees of Krṣṇa, Krṣṇa will always be with them because He is very kind and favorable to all His devotees. Just as Arjuna and Krṣṇa were victorious in the Battle of Kurukṣetra, this Krṣṇa consciousness movement will surely emerge victorious if we but remain sincere devotees of the Lord and serve the Lord according to the advice of pre-decessors (the six Gosvāmīs and other devotees of the Lord). As Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura has stated:  tāridera caraṇa sevi bhakta-sane vāsa, janame janame haya ei abhilāṣa . The Krṣṇa consciousness devotees must always desire to remain in the society of devotees.  Bhakta-sane vāsa : they cannot go outside the Krṣṇa conscious society or the movement. Within the society we must try to serve the pre-