eka-dinera udyoge aiche mahotsava kaila
gopÄla-prabhÄve haya, anye nÄ jÄnila
eka-dinera udyoge - by one day's attempt; aiche - such; mahotsava - festival; kaila - performed; gopÄla - of GopÄla; prabhÄve - by the potency; haya - is possible; anye - others; nÄ - not; jÄnila - know.
The wonderful festival and installation of ÅšrÄ« GopÄlajÄ« was arranged in one day. Certainly all this was accomplished by the potency of GopÄla. No one but a devotee can understand this.
The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement has spread all over the world within a very short time (within five years), and mundane people are very much astonished at this. However, by the grace of Lord ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, we understand that everything is possible by the grace of Kṛṣṇa. Why does Kṛṣṇa have to take five years? In five days He can spread His name and fame all over the world like wildfire. Those who have faith in and devotion to Kṛṣṇa can understand that these things happen so wonderfully by the grace of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu. We are simply the instruments. In the fierce Battle of Kuruká¹£etra, Arjuna was victorious within eighteen days simply because Kṛṣṇa’s grace was on his side.
yatra yogeÅ›varaḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pÄrtho dhanur-dharaḥ
tatra Å›rÄ«r vijayo bhÅ«tir dhruvÄ nÄ«tir matir mama
“Wherever there is Kṛṣṇa, the master of all mystics, and wherever there is Arjuna, the supreme archer, there will also certainly be opulence, victory, extraordinary power and morality. That is my opinion.†(Bg. 18.78)
If the preachers in our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement are sincere devotees of Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa will always be with them because He is very kind and favorable to all His devotees. Just as Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa were victorious in the Battle of Kuruká¹£etra, this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement will surely emerge victorious if we but remain sincere devotees of the Lord and serve the Lord according to the advice of the predecessors (the six GosvÄmÄ«s and other devotees of the Lord). As Narottama dÄsa ṬhÄkura has stated: tÄá¹…dera caraṇa sevi bhakta-sane vÄsa, janame janame haya ei abhilÄá¹£a. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness devotees must always desire to remain in the society of devotees. Bhakta-sane vÄsa: they cannot go outside the Kṛṣṇa consciousness society or movement. Within the society we must try to serve the predecessors by preaching Caitanya MahÄprabhu’s cult and spreading His name and fame all over the world. If we attempt this seriously within the society, it will be successfully done. There is no question of estimating how this will happen in the mundane sense. But without a doubt, it happens by the grace of Kṛṣṇa.
