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ei mata bangera lokera kaila maha hita
’nama’ diya bhakta kaila, padana pandita
SYNONYMS
ei mata—in this way; bangera—of East Bengal; lokera—of the people; kaila—contributed; maha—great; hita—benefit; nama—the holy name of the Lord; diya—giving them; bhakta—devotees; kaila—made them; padana—by educating them; pandita—learned scholars.
In this way Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu contributed the greatest benefit to the people of East Bengal by initiating them into hari-nama, the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, and making them learned scholars by educating them.
PURPORT
Following in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Krsna consciousness movement is distributing the Hare Krsna maha-mantra and inducing people all over the world to chant.
We are giving people an immense treasury of transcendental literature, translated into all the important languages of the world, and by the grace of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu this literature is selling profusely, and people are chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra with great delight.
This is the preaching process of the Caitanya cult.
Since the Lord wanted this cult preached all over the world, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness is acting in a humble way so that the vision of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu may be fulfilled all over the world, especially in the Western countries.