CC Antya 2.14
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 14
- sei jīve nija-bhakti karena prakāśe
- tāhāra darśane ‘vaiṣṇava’ haya sarva-deśe
SYNONYMS
sei jīve—in that living being; nija-bhakti—His own devotion; karena prakāśe—manifests directly; tāhāra darśane—by seeing such an empowered devotee; vaiṣṇava—devotees of Kṛṣṇa; haya—become; sarva-deśe—in all other countries.
TRANSLATION
Thus He empowered living beings [His pure devotees] by manifesting in them so much of His own devotion that people in all other countries became devotees by seeing them.
PURPORT
As stated in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (CC Antya 7.11):
- kali-kālera dharma—kṛṣṇa-nāma-saṅkīrtana
- kṛṣṇa-śakti vinā nahe tāra pravartana
Unless one is empowered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, one cannot spread the holy names of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra throughout the world. Persons who do so are empowered. Therefore they are sometimes called āveśa-avatāras, or empowered incarnations, for they are endowed with the power of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.