286 Sit Caitanya-caritamrta [Adi-lila, Ch. 17
Krsna consciousness, he is punishable. All people except Krsna conscious devotees
are to some proportion pasangis, or demons, and thus they are punishable by the
Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, as stated below.
TEXT 53
APTS RULIS HA He BATT |
Hae neetia’ Sle si eB NH cot
pasangi samharite mora ei avatara
pasandi sambhari’ bhakti karimu pracara
SYNONYMS
pasangi—demons, atheists; sambhdrite—to kill; mora—My; ei—this; avatdra—incar-
nation; pa@sapg@i—atheist; samhdri’—killing, bhakti—devotional service; karimu—| shall
do; pracdra—preaching.
TRANSLATION
“{ have appeared in this incarnation to kill the demons [pasandis] and, after
killing them, to preach the cult of devotional service.”
PURPORT
Lord Caitanya’s mission is the same as that of Lord Krsna, as stated in Bhagavad-
gita:
yada yada hi dharmasya
glanir bhavati bhdarata
abhyutthadnam adharmasya
tadatmanam srjamy aham
paritrandya sadhiinam
vindsaya ca duskrtam
dharma-samsthapanarthaya
sambhavami yuge yuge
“Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of
Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time | descend Myself. In
order to deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish
the principles of religion, | advent Myself millennium after millennium.” (Bg. 4.7-8)
As explained here, the real purpose of an incarnation of Godhead is to kill the
atheists and maintain the devotees. He does not say, like so many rascaj incarnations,
that both atheists and devotees are on the same platform. Sci Caitanya Mahaprabhu
or Lord Sri Krsna, the real Personality of Godhead, does not advocate such an idea.
