ei mata yÄá¹…ra ghare kare prabhu bhiká¹£Ä
sei aiche kahe, tÄá¹…re karÄya ei Å›iká¹£Ä

 ei mata - in this way; yÄá¹…ra - of whom; ghare - at the home; kare - does; prabhu - Lord ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu; bhiká¹£Ä - accepting prasÄdam; sei - that man; aiche - similarly; kahe - says; tÄá¹…re - unto him; karÄya - does; ei - this; Å›iká¹£Ä - enlightenment.


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At whosever house ÅšrÄ« Caitanya accepted His alms by taking prasÄdam, He would convert the dwellers to His saá¹…kÄ«rtana movement and advise them just as He advised the brÄhmaṇa named KÅ«rma.

Purport

The cult of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu is explained here very nicely. One who surrenders to Him and is ready to follow Him with heart and soul does not need to change his location. Nor is it necessary for one to change his status. One may remain a householder, a medical practitioner, an engineer or whatever. It doesn’t matter. One only has to follow the instruction of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahÄ-mantra and instruct relatives and friends in the teachings of the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ and ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam. One has to learn humility and meekness at home, following the instructions of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, and in that way one’s life will be spiritually successful. One should not try to be an artificially advanced devotee, thinking, “I am a first-class devotee, so it is best not to accept any disciples.†Such thinking should be avoided. One has to become purified at home by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahÄ-mantra and preaching the principles enunciated by ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu. Thus one can become a spiritual master and be freed from the contamination of material life.

There are many sahajiyÄs who decry the activities of the six GosvÄmÄ«s — ÅšrÄ«la RÅ«pa, SanÄtana, RaghunÄtha dÄsa, Bhaá¹­á¹­a RaghunÄtha, JÄ«va and GopÄla Bhaá¹­á¹­a GosvÄmÄ«s — who are the personal associates of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu and who enlightened society by writing books on devotional service. Similarly, Narottama dÄsa ṬhÄkura and other great ÄcÄryas like MadhvÄcÄrya, RÄmÄnujÄcÄrya and others accepted many thousands of disciples to induce them to render devotional service. However, there is a class of sahajiyÄs who think that these activities are opposed to the principles of devotional service. Indeed, they consider such activities simply another phase of materialism. Thus opposing the principles of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, they commit offenses at His lotus feet. They should better consider His instructions and, instead of seeking to be considered humble and meek, should refrain from criticizing the followers of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu who engage in preaching. To protect His preachers, ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu has given much clear advice in these verses of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya-caritÄmá¹›ta.