keha kÄ«rtana nÄ kariha sakala nagare
Äji Ämi ká¹£amÄ kari' yÄitechoá¹… ghare
keha - anyone; kÄ«rtana - chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahÄ-mantra; nÄ - do not; kariha - perform; sakala nagare - in the whole town; Äji - today; Ämi - I; ká¹£amÄ kari' - excusing; yÄitechoá¹… - am returning; ghare - home.
Such orders stopping saá¹…kÄ«rtana in the streets of the world’s great cities have been imposed upon members of the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement. We have hundreds of centers all over the world, and we have been specifically persecuted in Australia. In most cities of the Western world we have been arrested many times by the police, but we are nevertheless executing the order of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu by chanting on the streets of all the important cities, such as New York, London, Chicago, Sydney, Melbourne, Paris and Hamburg. We must remember that such incidents took place in the past, five hundred years ago, and the fact that they are still going on indicates that our saá¹…kÄ«rtana movement is really authorized, for if saá¹…kÄ«rtana were an insignificant material affair, demons would not object to it. The demons of the time tried to obstruct the saá¹…kÄ«rtana movement started by ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu. Similar demons are trying to obstruct the saá¹…kÄ«rtana movement we are executing all over the world, and this proves that our saá¹…kÄ«rtana movement is still pure and genuine, following in the footsteps of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu.