Ādi-līlā

Chapter 10: The Trunk, Branches and Sub-branches of the Caitanya Tree

Verse 89 of 158
Cc Ādi 10.89

পশ্চিমের লোক সব মূঢ অনাচার তাহাঙ্প্রচারিল দোঙ্হে ভক্তিসদাচার

पश्चिमेर लोक सब मूढ अनाचार ताहाङ्प्रचारिल दोङ्हे भक्तिसदाचार

paścimera loka saba mūḍha anācāra tāhāṅ pracārila doṅhe bhakti-sadācāra

Synonyms

paścimeraon the western side; lokapeople in general; sabaall; mūḍhaless intelligent; anācāranot well behaved; tāhāṅthere; pracārilapreached; doṅheŚrīla Rūpa and Sanātana Gosvāmī; bhaktidevotional service; sadācāragood behavior..

Translation

The people in general on the western side of India were neither intelligent nor well behaved, but by the influence of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī they were trained in devotional service and good behavior.

Purport

Although it is not only in western India that people were contaminated by association with Mohammedans, it is a fact that the farther west one goes in India the more he will find the people to be fallen from the Vedic culture. Even until 5,000 years ago, when the entire planet was under the control of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, the Vedic culture was current everywhere. Gradually, however, people were influenced by non-Vedic culture, and they lost sight of how to behave in connection with devotional service. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī very kindly preached the bhakti cult in western India, and following in their footsteps the propagators of the Caitanya cult in the western countries are spreading the saṅkīrtana movement and inculcating the principles of Vaiṣṇava behavior, thus purifying and reforming many persons who were previously accustomed to the culture of mlecchas and yavanas. All of our devotees in the western countries give up their old habits of illicit sex, intoxication, meat-eating and gambling. Of course, 500 years ago these practices were unknown at least in eastern India, but unfortunately at present all of India has been victimized by these non-Vedic principles, which are sometimes even supported by the government.

Verse 89 of 158
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