CC Adi 9.29

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 9: The Desire Tree of Devotional Service

Ādi-līlā 9.28 - Ādi-līlā 9.30

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 29

māge vā nā māge keha, pātra vā apātra

ihāra vicāra nāhi jāne, deya mātra

SYNONYMS

māge — begs; vā — or; nā — not; māge — begs; keha — anyone; pātra — candidate; vā — or; apātra — not a candidate; ihāra — of this; vicāra — consideration; nāhi — does not; jāne — know; deya — gives; mātra — only.

TRANSLATION

Not considering who asked for it and who did not, nor who was fit and who unfit to receive it, Caitanya Mahāprabhu distributed the fruit of devotional service.

PURPORT

This is the sum and substance of Lord Caitanya’s saṅkīrtana movement. There is no distinction made between those who are fit and those who are not fit to hear or take part in the saṅkīrtana movement. It should therefore be preached without discrimination. The only purpose of the preachers of the saṅkīrtana movement must be to go on preaching without restriction. That is the way in which Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu introduced this saṅkīrtana movement to the world.

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