CC Adi 8.10

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 8: The Author Receives the Orders of Kṛṣṇa and Guru

Ādi-līlā 8.9 - Ādi-līlā 8.11

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 10

more nā mānile saba loka habe nāśa

ithi lāgi’ kṛpārdra prabhu karila sannyāsa

SYNONYMS

more — unto Me; nā — without; mānile — accepting; saba — all; loka — people in general; habe — will go to; nāśa — destruction; ithi — for this; lāgi’ — for the reason of; kṛpā-ārdra — all merciful; prabhu — Lord Caitanya; karila — accepted; sannyāsa — the sannyāsa order.

TRANSLATION

Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu thought, “Unless people accept Me they will all be destroyed.” Thus the merciful Lord accepted the sannyāsa order.

PURPORT

In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 12.3.51) it is said, kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya mukta-saṅgaḥ paraṁ vrajet: “Simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, or Lord Kṛṣṇa’s name, one is liberated and goes back home, back to Godhead.” This Kṛṣṇa consciousness must be achieved through the mercy of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. One cannot be complete in Kṛṣṇa consciousness unless he accepts Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His associates as the only means for success. It is because of these considerations that the Lord accepted sannyāsa, for thus people would offer Him respect and very quickly come to the platform of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Since Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is Kṛṣṇa Himself, inaugurated the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, without His mercy one cannot be elevated to the transcendental platform of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

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