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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 7]
SYNONYMS
sei-jana —that person;  nija-grāme —to his own village;  kariyā gamana —returning there;  kṛṣṇa bali' —saying the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  hāse —laughs;  kānde —cries;  nāce —dances;  anukṣaṇa —always.
TRANSLATION
Being thus empowered, they would return to their own villages, always chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa and sometimes laughing, crying and dancing.
TEXT 101
যারে দেখে, তারে কহে,—কহ কৃষ্ণনাম । এইমত ‘বৈষ্ণব’ বৈ ল সব নিজ-গ্রাম ॥ ১০১ ॥
yāre dekhe, tāre kahe, — kaha kṛṣṇa-nāma   ei-mata ‘vaiṣṇava’ kaila saba nija-grāma
SYNONYMS
yāre dekhe —whomever he meets;  tāre —to him;  kahe —he says;  kaha kṛṣṇa-nāma —kindly chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mantra ;  ei-mata —in this way;  vaiṣṇava —devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  kaila —made;  saba —all;  nija-grāma —his own village.
TRANSLATION
These empowered people used to request everyone and anyone—whomever they saw—to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. In this way all the villagers would also become devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
In order to become an empowered preacher, one must be favored by Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu or His devotee, the spiritual master. One must also request everyone to chant the  mahā-mantra . In this way, such a person can convert others to Vaiṣṇavism, showing them how to become pure devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TEXT 102
গ্রামাস্তুর হৈতে দেখিতে আইল যত জন । তাঁর দর্শন-কুপায় হয় তাঁর সম ॥ ১০২ ॥
grāmāntara haite dekhite āila yata jana   tāṅra darśana-kṛpāya haya tāṅra sama