4.79
eka-dinera udyoge aiche mahotsava kaila
gopala-prabhave haya, anye na janila
SYNONYMS
eka-dinera udyoge—by one day’s attempt; aiche—such; mahotsava—festival; kaila—performed; gopala—of Gopala; prabhave—by the potency; haya—is possible; anye—others; na—not; janila—know.
The wonderful festival and installation of Sri Gopalaji was arranged in one day.
Certainly all this was accomplished by the potency of Gopala.
No one but a devotee can understand this.
PURPORT
The Krsna consciousness movement has spread all over the world within a very short time (within five years), and mundane people are very astonished at this.
However, by the grace of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, we understand that everything is possible by the grace of Krsna.
Why does Krsna have to take five years? In five days He can spread His name and fame all over the world like wildfire.
Those who have faith in and devotion to Krsna can understand that these things happen so wonderfully by the grace of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
We are simply the instruments.
In the fierce Battle of Kuruksetra, Arjuna was victorious within eighteen days simply because Krsna’s grace was on his side yatra yogesvarah krsno
yatra partho dhanur-dharah
tatra srir vijayo bhutir
dhruva nitir matir mama “Wherever there is Krsna, the master of all mystics, and wherever there is Arjuna, the supreme archer, there will also certainly be opulence, victory, extraordinary power and morality.
That is my opinion.” (Bg.18.78) If the preachers in our Krsna consciousness movement are sincere devotees of Krsna, Krsna will always be with them because He is very kind and favorable to all His devotees.
Just as Arjuna and Krsna were victorious in the Battle of Kuruksetra, this Krsna consciousness movement will surely emerge victorious if we but remain sincere devotees of the Lord and serve the Lord according to the advice of predecessors (the six Gosvamis and other devotees of the Lord).
As Narottama dasa Thakura has stated:
tandera carana sevi bhakta-sane vasa, janame janame haya ei abhilasa.
The Krsna consciousness devotees must always desire to remain in the society of devotees.
Bhakta-sane vasa: they cannot go outside the Krsna conscious society or the movement.
Within the society we must try to serve the predecessors by preaching Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s cult and spreading His name and fame all over the world.
If we attempt this seriously within the society, it will be successfully done.
There is no question of estimating how this will happen in the mundane sense.
But without a doubt, it happens by the grace of Krsna.