sei saba tÄ«rtha sparÅ›i' mahÄ-tÄ«rtha kaila
sei chale sei deÅ›era loka nistÄrila
sei saba - all those; tÄ«rtha - holy places; sparÅ›i' - touching; mahÄ-tÄ«rtha - into great places of pilgrimage; kaila - made them; sei chale - under that plea; sei deÅ›era - of those countries; loka - the people; nistÄrila - He delivered.
On the plea of visiting all those holy places, the Lord converted many thousands of residents and thus delivered them. Simply by touching the holy places, He made them into great places of pilgrimage.
It is said, tÄ«rthÄ«-kurvanti tÄ«rthÄni. A tÄ«rtha, or holy place, is a place where great saintly personalities visit or reside. Although the holy places were already places of pilgrimage, they were all purified by ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu’s visit. Many people go to these holy places and leave their sinful activities there, thus becoming free from contamination. When these contaminations pile up, they are counteracted by the visit of great personalities like ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu and His strict followers. Many kinds of patients come to a hospital, which may be infected by many types of diseases. Actually the hospital is always infected, but the expert physician keeps the hospital sterilized by his expert presence and management. Similarly, places of pilgrimage are always infected by the sins left by the sinners who go there, but when a personality like ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu visits such a place, all contaminations vanish.
