# Cc. Madhya 10.13 > বৈষ্ণবের এই হয় এক স্বভাব নিশ্চল ৷ > তেঁহো জীব নহেন, হন স্বতন্ত্র ঈশ্বর ৷৷ ১৩ ৷৷ ॥১৩॥ ## Text > vaiṣṇavera ei haya eka svabhāva niścala > teṅho jīva nahena, hana svatantra īśvara ## Synonyms *vaiṣṇavera*—of great devotees; *ei*—this; *haya*—is; *eka*—one; *svabhāva*—nature; *niścala*—unflinching; *teṅho*—He; *jīva*—conditioned soul; *nahena*—is not; *hana*—is; *svatantra*—independent; *īśvara*—controller. ## Translation **"A Vaiṣṇava travels to places of pilgrimage to purify them and reclaim fallen conditioned souls. This is one of the duties of a Vaiṣṇava. Actually, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is not a living entity but the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. Consequently, He is a fully independent controller, yet in His position as a devotee, He carries out the activities of a devotee."** ## Purport Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura points out that because there are many permanent residents in holy places who do not precisely follow the rules and regulations governing living in a sacred place, exalted devotees have to go to these places to reclaim such persons. This is the business of a Vaiṣṇava. A Vaiṣṇava is unhappy to see others materially enmeshed. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught these activities of a Vaiṣṇava although He is the worshipable Deity of all Vaiṣṇavas, the complete and independent Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is *pūrṇaḥ śuddho nitya-muktaḥ*-complete, completely uncontaminated and eternally liberated. He is *sanātana,* for He has no beginning or end.