Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 2.5-6

'saksat-darsane' praya saba nistarila

nakula-brahmacarira dehe 'avista' ha-ila

pradyumna-nrsimhananda age kaila 'avirbhava'

'loka nistariba', -- ei isvara-svabhava

SYNONYMS

saksat-darsane -- by direct meeting; praya -- almost; saba -- all; nistarila -- delivered; nakula-brahmacarira -- of a brahmacari named Nakula; dehe -- in the body; avista ha-ila -- entered; pradyumna-nrsimhananda -- Pradyumna Nrsimhananda; age -- in front of; kaila -- made; avirbhava -- appearance; loka nistariba -- I shall deliver all the fallen souls; ei -- this; isvara-svabhava -- the characteristic of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu delivered almost all the fallen souls by directly meeting them. He delivered others by entering the bodies of great devotees, such as Nakula Brahmacari. And He delivered still others by appearing before them, as in the case of Nrsimhananda Brahmacari. "I shall deliver the fallen souls." This statement characterizes the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

PURPORT

The Lord always manifested His avirbhava appearance in the following four places: (1) the house of Srimati Sacimata, (2) wherever Nityananda Prabhu danced in ecstasy, (3) the house of Srivasa (when kirtana was performed), and (4) the house of Raghava Pandita. Lord Caitanya Himself appeared in these four places. (In this connection, one may consult text 34.)

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