CC Madhya 7.13

Madhya-līlā, Chapter 7, Text 13

বিশ্বরূপ-সিদ্ধি-প্রাপ্তি জানেন সকল ।
দক্ষিণ-দেশ উদ্ধারিতে করেন এই ছল ॥ ১৩ ॥

viśvarūpa-siddhi-prāpti jānena sakala
dakṣiṇa-deśa uddhārite karena ei chala

Word by word

viśvarūpa — of Viśvarūpa; siddhi — of perfection; prāpti — achievement; jānena — the Lord knows; sakala — everything; dakṣiṇa-deśa — South India; uddhārite — just to liberate; karena — makes; ei — this; chala — pretense.

Translation

Knowing everything, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was aware that Viśvarūpa had already passed away. A pretense of ignorance was necessary, however, so that He could go to South India and liberate the people there.