304 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 19
rdpa-gosanire—Rupa Gosvamt, siksd kara’na—teaches; sakti saficariya—endow-
ing him with potency.
TRANSLATION

Due to the great crowds in Prayaga, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to a
place called Dasaévamedha-ghata. It was there that the Lord instructed Sri
Ripa Gosvami and empowered him in the philosophy of devotional service.

PURPORT

Parasya saktir vividhaiva srayate. The Supreme Lord has multi-potencies, which
the Lord bestows on His fortunate devotees. The Lord has a special potency by
which He spreads the Krsna consciousness movement. This is also explained in
Caitanya-caritamrta (Antya 7.11). Krsna-sakti vind nahe tara pravartana: “One
cannot spread the holy name of Krsna without being specifically empowered by
Lord Krsna.” A devotee who receives this power from the Lord must be con-
sidered very fortunate. The Krsna consciousness movement is spreading to en-
lighten people about their real position, their original relationship with Krsna. One
requires Krsna’s special power in order to be able to do this. People forget their
relationship with Krsma and work under the spell of mayd life after life,
transmigrating from one body to another. This is the process of material existence.
The Supreme Lord Sri Krsna personally descends to teach people that their posi-
tion in the material world is a mistaken one. The Lord again comes as Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu to induce people to take to Krsna consciousness. The Lord also em-
powers a special devotee to teach people their constitutional position.

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krsnatattva-bhaktitattva-rasatattva-pranta
saba sikhdaila prabhu bhagavata-siddhanta
SYNONYMS

krsna-tattva—of the truth about Lord Krsna; bhakti-tattva—of the truth about
devotional service; rasa-tattva—of the truth about transcendental mellows;
pranta—the ultimate limit; saba—all; sikhdila—taught; prabhu—Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu; bhdgavata-siddhanta—the conclusions of Srimad-Bhagavatam.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught Srila Ripa Gosvami the ultimate limit of

the truth about Lord Krsna, the truth about devotional service and the truth
