pÄá¹£aṇá¸Ä« saá¹hÄrite mora ei avatÄra
pÄá¹£aṇá¸Ä« saá¹hÄri' bhakti karimu pracÄra

 pÄá¹£aṇá¸Ä« - demons, atheists; saá¹hÄrite - to kill; mora - My; ei - this; avatÄra - incarnation; pÄá¹£aṇá¸Ä« - atheist; saá¹hÄri' - killing; bhakti - devotional service; karimu - I shall do; pracÄra - preaching.


Text

“I have appeared in this incarnation to kill the demons [pÄá¹£aṇá¸Ä«s] and, after killing them, to preach the cult of devotional service.â€

Purport

Lord Caitanya’s mission is the same as that of Lord Kṛṣṇa, which He states in the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (4.7-8):

yadÄ yadÄ hi dharmasya glÄnir bhavati bhÄrata
abhyutthÄnam adharmasya tadÄtmÄnaá¹ sá¹›jÄmy aham
paritrÄṇÄya sÄdhÅ«nÄá¹ vinÄÅ›Äya ca duá¹£ká¹›tÄm
dharma-saá¹sthÄpanÄrthÄya sambhavÄmi yuge yuge

“Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion — at that time I descend Myself. In order to deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I advent Myself millennium after millennium.â€

As explained here, the real purpose of an incarnation of Godhead is to kill the atheists and maintain the devotees. He does not say, like so many rascal incarnations, that atheists and devotees are on the same platform. ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, or Lord ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa, the real Personality of Godhead, does not advocate such an idea.

Atheists are punishable, whereas devotees are to be protected. To maintain this principle is the mission of all avatÄras, or incarnations. One must therefore identify an incarnation by His activities, not by popular votes or mental concoctions. ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu gave protection to devotees and killed many demons in the course of His preaching work. He specifically mentioned that the MÄyÄvÄdÄ« philosophers are the greatest demons. Therefore He warned all others not to hear the MÄyÄvÄda philosophy: mÄyÄvÄdi-bhÄá¹£ya Å›unile haya sarva-nÄÅ›a. Simply by hearing the MÄyÄvÄda interpretation of the Å›Ästras, one is doomed (Cc. Madhya 6.169).