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  "name":"Cc. Antya 2.14",
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  "label":"Text 14",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 2.14",
  "description":"Thus He empowered living beings [His pure devotees] by manifesting in them so much of His own devotion that people in all other countries became devotees by seeing them."

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Cc. Antya 2.14

Text

sei jīve nija-bhakti karena prakāśe
tāhāra darśane 'vaiṣṇava' haya sarva-deśe

Synonyms

sei jīve—in that living being; nija-bhakti—His own devotion; karena prakāśe—manifests directly; tāhāra darśane—by seeing such an empowered devotee; vaiṣṇava—devotees of Kṛṣṇa; haya—become; sarva-deśe—in all other countries.

Translation

Thus He empowered living beings [His pure devotees] by manifesting in them so much of His own devotion that people in all other countries became devotees by seeing them.

Purport

As stated in Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Antya 7.11):

kali-kālera dharma-kṛṣṇa-nāma-saṅkīrtana
kṛṣṇa-śakti vinā nahe tāra pravartana

Unless one is empowered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, one cannot spread the holy names of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra throughout the world. Persons who do so are empowered. Therefore they are sometimes called āveśa-avatāras or incarnations, for they are endowed with the power of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.