536 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta

SYNONYMS

purve—formerly; yaiche—as; kaila—performed; sarva—all; visvera—of the universes;
srjana—creation; avatari’—taking incarnation; kaila—did; ebe—now; bhakti-pravartana
-inauguration of the bhakti cult.

TRANSLATION

As He had formerly created all the universes, now He descended to introduce the
path of bhakti.

TEXT 28

ara faatfan susie shy ata |
Hsi-srstacs Coy Sha Aiea ww ti

jiva nistarila krsna-bhakti kari’ dana
gita-bhdagavate kaila bhaktira vyakhyana

SYNONYMS

jiva—the living entities; nistarifa—delivered; krsna-bhakti—devotional service to
Lord Krsna; kari’—making; ddna—gift; gitd-bhdgavate—in Bhagavad-gitd and Srimad-
Bhagavatam,; kaila—performed; bhaktira vyadkhyana—explanation of devotional
service.

TRANSLATION

He delivered all living beings by offering the gift of krsna-bhakti. He explained
Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam in the light of devotional service.

PURPORT

Although Sri Advaita Prabhu is an incarnation of Visnu, for the welfare of the
conditioned souls He manifested Himself as a servitor of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, and throughout all His activities He showed Himself to be an eternal
servitor. Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda also manifested the same principle,
although They also belong to the category of Visnu. If Lord Caitanya, Lord
Nityananda and Advaita Prabhu had exhibited Their all-powerful Visnu potencies
within this material world, people would have become greater impersonalists,
monists and self-worshipers than they had already become under the spell of this
age. Therefore the Personality of Godhead and His different incarnations and forms
played the parts of devotees to instruct the conditioned souls how to approach the
transcendental stage of devotional service. Advaita Acarya especially intended to
teach the conditioned souls about devotional service. The word dcadrya means
“teacher.” The special function of such a teacher is to make people Krsna conscious.
A bona fide teacher following in the footsteps of Advaita Acarya has no other busi-
ness than to spread the principles of Krsna consciousness all over the world. The real
qualification of an acdrya is that he presents himself as a servant of the Supreme.
