Adi-ttla, Chapter 7 151

SYNONYMS

ei—these; /ila—pastimes; Rahiba—| shall speak; age—later on; vistara—vivid descrip-
tion; Rariya—making; samksepe—in short; kahi/an—| have spoken; ihan—in this place;
prasahga—topics; paiya—taking advantage of.

TRANSLATION

I have here given a brief account of these pastimes of Lord Caitanya, but later
| shall describe them in an extensive way.

TEXT 163

8 APSA Dewey |
Se-aia-coim firm FoI CH 1 swe i

ei pafcatattva-rupe sri-krsna-caitanya
krsna-nama-prema diya visva kaila dhanya

SYNONYMS

ei—this; paficatattva-rupe—the Lord in His five forms; sri-krsna-caitanya—Lord Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; krsna-nama—the holy name of Lord Krsna; prema—love of
Krsna; d/ya—delivering; visva—the whole world; kai/a— made; dhanya—thankful.

TRANSLATION

Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His associates of the Pafica-tattva distributed
the holy name of the Lord to invoke love of Godhead throughout the universe, and
thus the entire universe was thankful.

PURPORT

Here it is said that Lord Caitanya made the entire universe thankful to Him for
propagating the sankirtana movement with His associates. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
has already sanctified the entire universe by His presence 500 years ago, and there-
fore anyone who attempts to serve Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu sincerely by following
in His footsteps and following the instructions of the acaryas will successfully be
able to preach the holy names of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra all over the universe.
There are some foolish critics who say that Europeans and Americans cannot be
offered sannyasa, but here we find that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted to preach
the sankirtana movement all over the universe. For preaching work, sannyasis are
essential. These critics think that only Indians or Hindus should be offered sannyasa
to preach, but their knowledge is practically nil. Without sannyasis, the preaching
work will be impeded. Therefore, under the instruction of Lord Caitanya and with
the blessings of His associates, there should be no discrimination in this matter, but
people in all parts of the world should be trained to preach and given sannyasa so
