← Chapters
Lord Caitanya in Five Features · Page 58/358 · Para 1/5

Lord Caitanya in Five Features

Cc Ādi 7.39
Text
tabe nija bhakta kaila yata mleccha ādi
sabe eḍāila mātra kāśīra māyāvādī
Synonyms

tabe-thereafter; nija-own; bhakta-devotee; kaila-converted; yata-all; mleccha-one who does not follow the Vedic principles; ādi-heading the list; sabe-all those; eḍāila-escaped; mātra-only; kāśīra-of Vārāṇasī; māyāvādī-impersonalists.

Translation

All were converted into devotees of Lord Caitanya, even the mlecchas and yavanas. Only the impersonalist followers of Śaṅkarācārya evaded Him.

Purport

In this verse it is clearly indicated that although Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu converted Muslims and other mlecchas into devotees, the impersonalist followers of Śaṅkarācārya could not be converted. After accepting the renounced order of life, Caitanya Mahāprabhu converted many karma-niṣṭhas who were addicted to fruitive activities, many great logicians like Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, nindakas (blasphemers) like Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, pāṣaṇḍīs (nondevotees) like Jagāi and Mādhāi, and adhama paḍuyās (degraded students) like Mukunda and his friends. All of them gradually became devotees of the Lord, even the Pathans (Muslims), but the worst offenders, the impersonalists, were extremely difficult to convert, for they very tactfully escaped the devices of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.