Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 2.14

sei jive nija-bhakti karena prakase

tahara darsane 'vaisnava' haya sarva-dese

SYNONYMS

sei jive -- in that living being; nija-bhakti -- His own devotion; karena prakase -- manifests directly; tahara darsane -- by seeing such an empowered devotee; vaisnava -- devotees of Krsna; haya -- become; sarva-dese -- 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-caritamrta (Antya 7.11):

kali-kalera dharma -- krsna-nama-sankirtana

krsna-sakti vina nahe tara pravartana

Unless one is empowered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, one cannot spread the holy names of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra throughout the world. Persons who do so are empowered. Therefore they are sometimes called avesa-avataras, or empowered incarnations, for they are endowed with the power of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

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