Srila Prabhupadas appearance and accomplishments are a turning point not only in

Gaudiya Vaisnavism, but in the very history of human civilization, so it is not surprising
that they were predicted many centuries ago. In several ancient religious traditions, the
sacred scriptures usually include passages or whole sections dealing with predictions.
Some of these passages are marked by a veiled language and are often interpreted in
different ways. Interpretations are subjective and may be relatively taken as correct
according to time, place and circumstance, but they are conclusive when properly
substantiated by sufficient evidences. The meaning of some of the following verses and
statements might have been previously obscure or misunderstood, but since Srila
Prabhupadas deeds were self-evident, unprecedented and matchless, there is hardly any
scope to doubt that he is the personality who is being directly or indirectly pointed out
here. From diverse sources there is a general prediction that Vaisnavism would be
spread throughout the world, so it is also implied that there would be a pioneer
preacher. I am sure that there must be many more verses like these and it is just a
matter of time until we have a much longer list. This is a short compilation with the
original texts and exact references of what we have found so far.
In his Tiruvaymoli (5.2.1), a section of the Divya-prabandha, Nammalvar speaks about a
vision he had:
poliga poliga poliga! poyitru valluyir ccapam
naliyum naragamum nainda namanukkingu yadonrum illai
kaliyum kedum kandu kolmin kadalvannan budangal manmel
maliya ppugundisai padi adi ulidara kkandom

Victory ! Victory ! Victory ! I behold something wonderful: all the inauspiciousness of

the living entities is destroyed, no one is going to hell, Yamaraja has no more any work,
and the effects of Kali yuga ceased to exist. This is because all over the world an
increasing number of Lord Visnus devotees sing His names while dancing and playing
musical instruments.
In the Bhagavata-mahatmya in the Uttara-khanda (194.57) of the Padma Purana, bhakti
personified tells Narada muni that after travelling through several places in India, she
reached Vrndavana. Then she declares her resolution of leaving from Vrndavana to go to
foreign countries:
idam sthanam parityajya videsam gamyate maya
Leaving this place, I will go abroad.
By the end of the Brahma-vaivarta Purana (Krsna-janma-khanda, chap. 129, 49-51) we
find the narration of the departure of Lord Krsna from this world and how all the holy
rivers headed by the personified Ganges approached Him:
bhagirathy uvaca
he natha ramana-srestha yasi golokam uttamam
asmakam ka gatis catra bhavisyati kalau yuge
Ganga Devi said: O Lord, best of lovers, now that You are going to the supreme abode,
Goloka, what will be our situation here in this age of Kali?
sri bhagavan uvaca
kaleh panca sahasrani varsani tistha bhutale
papani papino yanti tubhyam dasyanti snanatah
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Sinful people will come to you and upon
bathing will give you their sins. You must remain like this on earth for 5,000 years of the
age of Kali.
man-mantropasaka-sparsad bhasmi-bhutani tat-ksanat
bhavisyanti darsanac ca snanad eva hi jahnavi
O Ganga, then there will be many devotees worshipping Me by My mantra, and merely
by their touch, glance and bathing all those sins will be immediately burnt.

In the Sri Caitanya-bhagavata (Antya, 4.126), Lord Caitanya declares:

prthivi paryanta yata ache desa grama
sarvatra sancara haibeka mora nama
In every town and village of the world, the chanting of My name will be heard.
In the Caitanya Mangala (Sutra-khanda, song 12, texts 564-565) Lord Caitanya clearly
mentions that He will send His leading preacher abroad:
ebe nama sankirtana tiksna khadga lana
antara asura jivera pheliba katiya
yadi papi chadi dharma dura dese yaya
mora senapati-bhakta yaibe tathaya
Taking the sharp sword of the congregational chanting of the Holy Name, I will root out
and destroy the demoniac mentality in the hearts of the conditioned souls.
If some sinful people escape and giving up religious principles go to
far off countries, then My commander in chief (Senapati Bhakta) will appear to chase
them and distribute Krsna consciousness.

In more recent days, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
also predicted the propagation of the sankirtana movement. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura
wrote in the Sajjana-tosani volume of 1885:
Lord Caitanya did not advent Himself to liberate only a few men in India. Rather, His
main objective was to emancipate all living entities of all countries throughout the entire
universe and preach the Eternal Religion. There is no doubt that this unquestionable
order will come to pass. Very soon the unparalleled path of hari-nama-sankirtana will
be propagated all over the world. Oh, for that day when the fortunate English, French,
Russian, German, and American people will take up banners, mrdangas, and karatalas
and raise kirtana through their streets and towns! When will that day come? That day
will witness the holy transcendental ecstasy of the Vaisnava dharma to be the only
dharma, and all the sects and religions will flow like rivers into the ocean of Vaisnava
dharma. When will that day come?
Devotee (1): We can understand all of your instructions simply by reading your books.
Prabhupada: Yes. Anyway, follow the instruction. That is required. Follow the
instruction. Wherever you remain, it doesn't matter. You are secure. Follow the
instruction. Then you are secure anywhere. It doesn't matter. Just like I told you that I
saw my Guru Maharaja not more than ten days in my life, but I followed his instruction. I
was a grhastha, I never lived with the Matha, in the temple. It is practical. So many
Godbrothers recommended that "He should be in charge in this Bombay temple, this,
that, that" Guru Maharaja said, "Yes, better he lives outside. That is good, and he will
do what is needed in due course of time."
(Morning Walk, February 3, 1975, Hawaii)
Prabhupada: And in my horoscope there was written there, "After seventieth year this
man will go outside India and establish so many temples.() I could not understand.
"What is this, that I have to go outside India? That is not" And Guru Maharaja foretold.
He told my Godbrothers, Sridhara Maharaja and others, that "He'll do the needful when
time comes. Nobody requires to help him." He told in 1935. And after all, this was
true(?). Guru Maharaja told. And in the beginning, first sight, he told, "You have to do
this."
(Room Conversation, June 17, 1977, Vrndavana)