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PURPORT

Due to King Prataparudra’s firm determination, Bhattacarya predicted that Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s mercy would be there without fail. As confirmed
elsewhere in Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya, 19.151), guru-krsna-prasade pdaya
bhakti-lata-bija: ‘By the mercy of the spiritual master and Krsna, one gets the seed
of devotional service.” Bhattacarya was supposed to be the spiritual master of
King Prataparudra, and he gave his blessings to the effect that the Lord would be
merciful upon the King. The mercy of the spiritual master and Krsna combine to
grant success to a devotee engaged in Krsna consciousness. This is confirmed by
the Vedas:

yasya deve para bhaktir
yatha deva tathd gurau
tasyaite kathita hy arthah
prakasante mahatmanah
“Only unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the
spiritual master are all the imports of Vedic knowledge automatically revealed.”
(Svetasvatara Upanisad 6.23)

Maharaja Prataparudra had firm faith in Bhattacdrya, who declared $ri Caitanya
Mahdaprabhu to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Having firm faith in Bhat-
tacdrya as his spiritual master, King Prataparudra immediately accepted Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu as the Supreme Lord. Thus he began worshiping Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu in his mind. This is the process of devotional service. Ac-
cording to Bhagavad-gita (9.34):

man-mand bhava mad-bhakto
mad-yaji mam namaskuru
mam evaisyasi yuktvaivam
atmanarm mat-parayanah
“Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, become My devotee, offer obei-
sances and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come
to Me.”

This process is very simple. One need only be firmly convinced by the spiritual
master that Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If one decides this, he
can make further progress by thinking of Krsna, chanting of Krsna and glorifying
Him. There is then no doubt that such a fully surrendered devotee will receive the
blessings of Lord Krsna. Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya explains this further.

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