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18 Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta

movement should be spread wherever possible, and one should accept those who thus
become Vaisnavas as being greater than brahmanas, Hindus or Indians. Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu desired that His name be spread in each and every town and village on
the surface of the globe. Therefore, when the cult of CaitanyaMahaprabhu is spread
all over the world, should those who embrace it not be accepted as Vaisnavas,
brahmanas and sannyasis? These foolish arguments are sometimes raised by envious
rascals, but Krsna conscious devotees do not care about them. We strictly follow
the principles set down by the Parica-tattva.

TEXT 24

Aou, Neri, fen, Seta Secs |
SUSY SANA, CHA ASO ACG tt 28 1

lutiya, khaiya, diya, bhandara ujade
ascarya bhandara, prema sata-guna bade

SYNONYMS

lutiya—plundering; khaiya—eating; diya—distributing; bhandara—store; ujade—
emptied; ascarya— wonderful; bhandara—store; prema—love of Godhead; sata-guna—
one hundred times; bade—increases.

TRANSLATION

Although the members of the Parica-tattva plundered the storehouse of love of
Godhead and ate and distributed its contents, there was no scarcity, for this wonder-
ful storehouse is so complete that as the love is distributed, the supply increases
hundreds of times.

PURPORT

A pseudo-incarnation of Krsna once told his disciple that he had emptied him-
self by giving him all knowledge and was thus spiritually bankrupt. Such bluffers
speak in this way to cheat the public, but actual spiritual consciousness is so perfect
that the more it is distributed, the more it increases. Bankruptcy isa term which
applies in the material world, but the storehouse of love of Godhead in the spiritual
world can never be depleted. Krsna is providing for millions and trillions of living
entities by supplying all their necessities, and even if all the innumerable living
entities wanted to become Krsna conscious, there would be no scarcity of love of
Godhead, nor would there be insufficiency in providing for their maintenance. Our
Krsna consciousness movement was started single-handedly, and no one provided
for our livelihood, but at present we are spending hundreds and thousands of
dollars all over the world, and the movement is increasing more and more. Thus
there is no question of scarcity. Although jealous persons may be envious, if we
stick to our principles and follow in the footsteps of the Pafica-tattva, this move-
