9.7-8
purvavat pathe yaite ye paya darasana
yei grame yaya, se gramera yata jana
sabei vaisnava haya, kahe ’krsna’ ’hari’
anya grama nistaraye sei ’vaisnava’ kari’
SYNONYMS
purva-vat—as done previously; pathe—on the way; yaite—while going; ye—anyone who; paya—gets; darasana—audience; yei—which; grame—in the village; yaya—Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu goes; se—that; gramera—of the village; yata—all; jana—people; sabei—all of them; vaisnava haya—become devotees; kahe—say; krsna hari—the holy names of Lord Krsna and Hari; anya grama—other villages; nistaraye—delivers; sei—He; vaisnava—devotees; kari’-making.
As previously stated, all the residents of the villages visited by Lord Caitanya became Vaisnavas and began to chant “Hari” and “Krsna.” In this way, in all the villages visited by the Lord, everyone became a Vaisnava, a devotee.
PURPORT
The holy names of Krsna and Hari, or the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, are so spiritually powerful that even today, as our preachers go to remote parts of the world, people immediately begin chanting Hare Krsna.
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself.
There cannot be anyone who can compare to Him or His potencies.
However, because we are following in His footsteps and are also chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, the effect is almost as potent as during the time of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Our preachers mainly belong to European and American countries, yet by the grace of Lord Caitanya they have tremendous success wherever they go to open branches.
Indeed, everywhere people are very seriously chanting Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.