Page 22 - Jaya Srila Prabhupada (English)

4 Jaya Çréla Prabhupäda!

And in Caitanya-maìgala, Locana däsa Öhäkura foretold
that a great senäpati (military general) would appear to
widely and powerfully preach Lord Caitanya’s message.
That confidential task of spreading Kåñëa consciousness
all over the world was entrusted to His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupäda.
Çré Caitanya-caritämåta confirms that unless one is
specifically empowered by Kåñëa, he cannot infuse Kåñëa
consciousness into the hearts of the masses. Bhaktivinoda
Öhäkura, a great Vaiñëava äcärya who appeared in the

nineteenth century, predicted that very soon a great
personality would appear and spread Kåñëa consciousness
all over the world. That person is clearly His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupäda.
Bhaktivinoda Öhäkura also said that the greatness of a
Vaiñëava can be understood by seeing how many
nondevotees he converts to Vaiñëavism. To bring even a
highly qualified person to Kåñëa consciousness is difficult,
but Çréla Prabhupäda was so empowered by Kåñëa that he
went amongst the most unlikely candidates—the hedonistic
youth of the Western countries—and made devotees by the
thousands. No one can fully understand the extraordinary
task Çréla Prabhupäda performed. He went alone amongst
persons with no standard of Vedic culture, persons brought
up in a society which vigorously promotes meat-eating,
illicit sex, gambling, and intoxication. They had no idea how
to receive a sadhu and were almost completely disqualified
as candidates for spiritual life.

Çréla Prabhupäda not only entered amongst such
people, but gradually managed to train many of them to
the extent that now they are accepted everywhere as first-