26 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 17

yadyapi prabhu loka-sanghattera trase
prema ‘gupta’ karena, bahire nd prakase

SYNONYMS
yadyapi—although; prabhu—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; loka-sanghattera—of
crowds of people; trase—being afraid; prema—ecstasy; gupta karena—keeps
hidden; bahire—externally; na—does not; prakase—manifest.

TRANSLATION

The Lord did not always manifest His ecstasy. Being afraid of a great assem-
bly of people, the Lord kept His ecstasy concealed.

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tathapi tara darsana-sravana-prabhave
sakala desera loka ha-ila ‘vaisnave’

SYNONYMS
tathapi—still; tanra—His; darsana—of seeing; sravana—of hearing; prabhave—
by the potency; sakala—all; desera—of countries; loka—people; ha-ila—be-
came; vaisnave —pure devotees of the Lord.

TRANSLATION

Although Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not manifest His natural ecstatic
love, everyone became a pure devotee simply by seeing and hearing Him.

PURPORT

Srila Rapa Gosvami has described Sri Caitanya Mahdprabhu as maha-vadanya-
avatara, the most munificent incarnation. Although Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is
not physically present now, simply by chanting His holy name (sri-krsna-caitanya
prabhu nityananda Sri-advaita gadadhara srivasddi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda) people
throughout the world are becoming devotees. This is due to the ecstatic chanting
of the holy name of the Lord. It is said that a pure devotee can see the Lord every
moment, and because of this he is empowered by the Lord. This is confirmed in
Brahma-samhita: premafjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santah sadaiva hrdayesu
vilokayanti. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared five hundred years ago, but it can-
not be said that now the potency of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra is less powerful
