Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Antya-lila Chapter 3 Verse 149

Antya-līlā | Chapter 3: The Glories of Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 3.149

prema-pracāraṇa āra pāṣaṇḍa-dalana

dui-kārye avadhūta karena bhramaṇa

SYNONYMS

prema-pracāraṇa — preaching the cult of bhakti; āra — and; pāṣaṇḍa-dalana — subduing atheistic men; dui-kārye — with two kinds of activities; avadhūta — the great devotee and mendicant; karena — does; bhramaṇa — touring.

TRANSLATION

For two purposes — to spread the cult of bhakti and to defeat and subdue the atheists — Lord Nityānanda, the most dedicated devotee of the Lord, moved throughout the country.

PURPORT

As stated in the Bhagavad-gītā (4.8):

paritrāṇāya sādhūnāḿ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām

dharma-saḿsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge

Lord Kṛṣṇa appears in every millennium for two purposes, namely to deliver the devotees and to kill the nondevotees. His devotees also have two similar purposes — to preach the bhakti cult of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and to defeat all kinds of agnostics and atheistic demons. Nityānanda Prabhu carried out the order of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in this way, and those who strictly follow Nityānanda Prabhu perform the same activities. There are two classes of devotees. One is called goṣṭhy-ānandī, and the other is called bhajanānandī. A devotee who does not preach but always engages in devotional activities is called a bhajanānandī, whereas a devotee who not only is expert in devotional service but who also preaches the cult of bhakti and defeats all kinds of agnostics is called a goṣṭhyānandī.

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