loka-bhiá¸a-bhaye prabhu 'daÅ›ÄÅ›vamedhe' yÄñÄ
rÅ«pa-gosÄñire Å›iká¹£Ä karÄ'na Å›akti sañcÄriyÄ

 loka-bhiá¸a-bhaye - from fear of the great crowd of people; prabhu - ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu; daÅ›ÄÅ›vamedhe - to DaÅ›ÄÅ›vamedha-ghÄá¹­a; yÄÃ±Ä - going; rÅ«pa-gosÄñire - RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ«; Å›iká¹£Ä karÄ'na - teaches; Å›akti sañcÄriyÄ - endowing him with potency.


Text

Due to the great crowds in PrayÄga, ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu went to a place called DaÅ›ÄÅ›vamedha-ghÄá¹­a. It was there that the Lord instructed ÅšrÄ« RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ« and empowered him in the philosophy of devotional service.

Purport

ParÄsya Å›aktir vividhaiva Å›rÅ«yate. The Supreme Lord has multipotencies, which the Lord bestows on His fortunate devotees. The Lord has a special potency by which He spreads the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. This is explained in the Caitanya-caritÄmá¹›ta (Antya 7.11): kali-kÄlera dharma — kṛṣṇa-nÄma-saá¹…kÄ«rtana/ kṛṣṇa-Å›akti vinÄ nahe tÄra pravartana. “One cannot spread the holy name of Kṛṣṇa without being specifically empowered by Lord Kṛṣṇa.†A devotee who receives this power from the Lord must be considered very fortunate. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is spreading to enlighten people about their real position, their original relationship with Kṛṣṇa. One requires Kṛṣṇa’s special power in order to be able to do this. People forget their relationship with Kṛṣṇa and work under the spell of mÄyÄ life after life, transmigrating from one body to another. This is the process of material existence. The Supreme Lord ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa personally descends to teach people that their position in the material world is a mistaken one. The Lord again comes as ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu to induce people to take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The Lord also empowers a special devotee to teach people their constitutional position.