256 Si Caitanya-caritamrta [Adi-lila, Ch. 47

In the end of this Seventeenth Chapter Srita Krspadasa Kaviraja Gosvami,
following in the footsteps of Srila Vyasadeva, has analyzed all the Ad/-/i/@ pastimes
separately,

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Ral; VANACST SHriAeionwsst, iis
vande svairddbhuteharh tar
caftanyarm yat-prasddatah
yavandh sumandyante
krsna-nama-prajalpakah
SYNONYMS

vande—let me offer my obeisances, svaira—completely independent; adbhuta—
and uncommon; fham—whose activities; tam—unto Him; caitanyam—Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu; yat—of whom; prasédataf;—by the mercy; yavandfi—even the unclean;
sumandyante—are transformed into gentlemen; Arsna-nama—of the holy name of
Lord Krsna; prajaipakah—taking to the chanting.

TRANSLATION

Let me offer my respectful obeisances to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, by whose
mercy even unclean yavanas become perfectly well-bred gentlemen by chanting the
holy name of the Lord. Such is the power of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

PURPORT

There is a persistent misunderstanding between caste brdhmanas and advanced
Vaisnavas or gosvamis because caste bradhmanas, or smartas, are of the opinion that
one cannot become a brdhmana unless he changes his body. As we have discussed
several times, it is to be understood that by the supremely powerful potency of the
Lord, as described by Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, everything is possible. Caitanya
Mahaprabhu is as fully independent as Krsna. Therefore no one can interfere with
His activities. If He wants, by His mercy He can convert even a yavana, an unclean
follower of non-Vedic principtes, into a perfectly well-behaved gentleman. This is
actually happening in our propagation of the Krsna consciousness movement. The
members of the present Krsna consciousness movement were not born in India, nor
do they belong to the Vedic culture, but within the short time of four or five years
they have become such wonderful devotees, simply by chanting the Hare Krsna
mantra, that even in India they are well received as perfectly well-behaved Vaisnavas
wherever they go.

Although tess intelligent men cannot understand it, this is the special power of
Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Actually, the body of a Krsna conscious person
