88 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 15

Vaisnava; papa—the accidental sinful life; krsma—Lord Krsna; dara kare—van-
quishes; saba—all.

TRANSLATION

“‘Whosever welfare you desire immediately becomes a Vaisnava, and Krsna
delivers all Vaisnavas from the reactions of their past sinful activities.

PURPORT

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu here informed Vasudeva Datta that since Krsna is all-
powerful, He can immediately deliver all conditioned souls from material exis-
tence. In essence, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, “You desire the liberation of all
kinds of living entities without discrimination. You are very anxious for their good
fortune, and | say that simply by your prayer all living entities within the universe
can be liberated. You do not even have to take up the burden of their sinful ac-
tivities. Thus there is no need for you to suffer for their sinful lives. Whoever
receives your compassion becomes a Vaisnava immediately, and Krsna delivers all
Vaisnavas from the reactions to their past sinful activities.” This is also promised in
Bhagavad-gita (18.66):

sarva-dharman parityajya
mam ekarn saranarn vraja

aham tvam sarva-papebhyo
moksayisyami ma sucah

“Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. | shall deliver you
from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.”

As soon as one fully surrenders to Krsna, he becomes a Vaisnava. In this verse
from Bhagavad-gita, Krsna promises to relieve His devotee from all the reactions
to sinful life. It is a fact that a fully surrendered Vaisnava is completely out of the
range of material infection. This is to say that he does not suffer the results of
pious or impious actions. Unless one is freed from a sinful life, he cannot become a
Vaisnava. In other words, if one is a Vaisnava, his sinful life is certainly ended. Ac-
cording to Padma Purana:

aprarabdha-phalarn papam
kdtam bijarn phalonmukham

kramenaiva praliyeta
visnu-bhakti-ratatmanam

“There are different stages of dormant reactions to sinful activities to be observed
in a sinful life. Sinful reactions may be just waiting to take effect [phalonmukhal,
reactions may be still further dormant [kata], or the reactions may be in a seedlike
