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Seti Caitanya, Caritameta
[[Madhya-lilā Ch 17
TRANSLATION
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to Jhārikhaṇḍa on His way to Mathurā, He found that the people there were almost uncivilized and were devoid of God consciousness
PURPORT
The word  bhilla  refers to a class of men belonging to the Bheels. The Bheels are like Black Africans, and they are lower than  śūdras . Such people generally live in the jungle, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had to meet them.
TEXT 54
নাম-প্রেম দিয়া কৈল সবার নিস্তার । চৈতন্যের গৃঢ়লীলা বুঝিতে শক্তি কার ॥ ৫৪ ॥
nāma-prema diyā kaila sabāra nistāra caitanyera gūḍha-līlā bujhite śakti kāra
SYNONYMS
nāma-prema diyā —bestowing upon them ecstatic love and the holy name;  kaila —did;  sabāra nistāra —liberation of all of them;  caitanyera —of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  gūḍha-līlā —confidential pastimes;  bujhite —to understand;  śakti —the power;  kāra —who has.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave even the Bheels an opportunity to chant the holy name and come to the platform of ecstatic love. Thus He delivered all of them. Who has the power to understand the transcendental pastimes of the Lord?
PURPORT
As evidence of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy, we are experiencing that the people of Africa are taking to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, chanting and dancing and taking  prasāda  like other Vaiṣṇavas. This is all due to the power of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Who can understand how His potency is working all over the world?
TEXT 55
বন দেখি’ ভ্রম হয়—এই ‘বৃন্দাবন’ । শৈল দেখি’ মনে হয়—এই ‘গোবর্ধন’ ॥ ৫৫ ॥