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Šri Caitanya  caritāmrtā
[[Madhya-lilā Ch 17
yadyapi prabhu loka-saṅghaṭṭera trāse orema ‘guota’ karena. bāhire nā orakāśe
SYNONYMS
yadyapi —although;  prabhu —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  loka-saṅghaṭṭera —of crowds of people;  trāse —being afraid;  prema —ecstasy;  gupta karena —keeps hidden;  bāhire —externally;  ṇā —does not;  prakāśe —manifest.
TRANSLATION
The Lord did not always manifest His ecstasy. Being afraid of a great assembly of people, the Lord kept His ecstasy concealed.
TEXT 51.1
তথ্যাপি তাঁর দর্শন-শ্রবণ-প্রভাবে ।।
সকল দেশের লোক হইল ‘ট্রেস্করে’ ১১ ১১ ১১
tathāpi tāṅra darśana-śravaṇa-prabhāve sakala deśera loka ha-ila ‘vaiṣṇave’
SYNONYMS
tathāpi —still;  tāṅra —His;  darśana —of seeing;  śravaṇa —of hearing;  prabhāve —by the potency;  sakala —all;  deśera —of countries;  loka —people;  ha-ila —became;  vaiṣṇave —pure devotees of the Lord.
TRANSLATION
Although Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu did not manifest His natural ecstatic love, everyone became a pure devotee simply by seeing and hearing Him.
PURPORT
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has described Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as  mahā-vadānya-avatāra , the most munificent incarnation. Although Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is not physically present now, simply by chanting His holy name ( śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda ) people throughout the world are becoming devotees. This is due to the ecstatic chanting of the holy name of the Lord. It is said that a pure devotee can see the Lord every moment, and because of this he is empowered by the Lord. This is confirmed in  Brahma-saṁhitā: premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayanti . Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared five hundred years ago, but it cannot be said that now the potency of the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mahā-mantra  is less powerful