Text 37]
The Activities of the Pracetās
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TRANSLATION
Dear Lord, Your personal associates, devotees, wander all over the world to purify even the holy places of pilgrimage. Is not such activity pleasing to those who are actually afraid of material existence?
PURPORT
There are two kinds of devotees. One is called  goṣṭhānandī  and the other  bhajanānandī . The word  bhajanānandī  refers to the devotee who does not move but remains in one place. Such a devotee is always engaged in the devotional service of the Lord. He chants the  mahā-mantra  as taught by many  ācāryas  and sometimes goes out for preaching work. The  goṣṭhānandī  is one who desires to increase the number of devotees all over the world. He travels all over the world just to purify the world and the people residing in it. Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised:  pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi grāma sarvatra pracāra haibe mora nāma . Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted His followers to move all over the world and preach in every town and village. In the Caitanya-sampradāya those who strictly follow the principles of Lord Caitanya must travel all over the world to preach the message of Lord Caitanya, which is the same as preaching the words of  Kṛṣṇa—Bhagavad-gītā—  and  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam . The more the devotees preach the principles of  kṛṣṇa-kathā , the more people throughout the world will benefit.
Devotees like the great sage Nārada who travel all over to preach are called  goṣṭhānandī . Nārada Muni is always wandering throughout the universe just to create different types of devotees. Nārada even made a hunter a devotee. He also made Dhruva Mahārāja and Prahlāda devotees. Actually all devotees are indebted to the great sage Nārada, for he has wandered both in heaven and in hell. A devotee of the Lord is not even afraid of hell. He goes to preach the glories of the Lord everywhere—even in hell—because there is no distinction between heaven and hell for a devotee.
nārāyaṇa-parāḥ sarve na kutaścana bibhyati svargāpavarga-narakeṣv api tulyārtha-darśinaḥ
“A pure devotee of Nārāyaṇa is never afraid of going anywhere and everywhere. For him heaven and hell are one and the same.” ( Bhāg.  6.17.28) Such devotees, wandering all over the world, deliver those who are actu-