tathÄpi tÄá¹…ra darÅ›ana-Å›ravaṇa-prabhÄve
sakala deśera loka ha-ila 'vaiṣṇave'
tathÄpi - still; tÄá¹…ra - His; darÅ›ana - of seeing; Å›ravaṇa - of hearing; prabhÄve - by the potency; sakala - all; deÅ›era - of countries; loka - people; ha-ila - became; vaiṣṇave - pure devotees of the Lord.
Although ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu did not manifest His natural ecstatic love, everyone became a pure devotee simply by seeing and hearing Him.
ÅšrÄ«la RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ« has described ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu as mahÄ-vadÄnya-avatÄra, the most munificent incarnation. Although ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu is not physically present now, simply by chanting His holy name (Å›rÄ«-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityÄnanda Å›rÄ«-advaita gadÄdhara Å›rÄ«vÄsÄdi-gaura-bhakta-vá¹›nda) people throughout the world are becoming devotees. This is due to the ecstatic chanting of the holy name of the Lord. It is said that a pure devotee can see the Lord at every moment, and because of this he is empowered by the Lord. This is confirmed in the Brahma-saá¹hitÄ (5.38): premÄñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santaḥ sadaiva há¹›dayeá¹£u vilokayanti. ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu appeared five hundred years ago, but it cannot be said that now the potency of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahÄ-mantra is less than it was in His presence. By hearing ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu through the paramparÄ system, one can be purified. Therefore in this verse it is said, tathÄpi tÄá¹…ra darÅ›ana-Å›ravaṇa-prabhÄve. It is not that everyone is able to see Kṛṣṇa or ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa Caitanya MahÄprabhu physically, but if one hears about Him through books like ÅšrÄ« Caitanya-caritÄmá¹›ta and through the paramparÄ system of pure Vaiṣṇavas, there is no difficulty in becoming a pure Vaiṣṇava, free from mundane desires and personal motivations.
