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nagare nagare bhrame kirtana kariya

bhasaila tri-bhuvana prema-bhakti diya

SYNONYMS

nagare nagare—in different parts of the town; bhrame—wanders; kirtana—chanting; kariya—performing; bhasaila—inundated; tri-bhuvana—all the three worlds; prema-bhakti—love of Godhead; diya—distributing.

The sankirtana movement went on from one part of the town to another, as the Lord wandered everywhere performing kirtana.

In this way He inundated the whole world by distributing love of Godhead.

PURPORT

One may raise the question how all three worlds became inundated with love of Krsna since Caitanya Mahaprabhu performed kirtana only in the Navadvipa area.

The answer is that Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna Himself.

The entire cosmic manifestation results from the Lord’s first setting it in motion.

Similarly, since the sankirtana movement was first set in motion five hundred years ago by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s desire that it spread all over the universe, the Krsna consciousness movement, in continuity of that same motion, is now spreading all over the world, and in this way it will gradually spread all over the universe.

With the spread of the Krsna consciousness movement, everyone will merge in an ocean of love of Krsna.