Ādi-līlāChapter 3: The External Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 3.1

śrī-caitanya-prabhum vande

yat-pādāśraya-vīryatah

sańgrihnāty ākara-vrātād

ajñah siddhānta-san-manīn

SYNONYMS

śrī-caitanya-prabhumto Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; vandeI offer my respectful obeisances; yat — of whom; pāda-āśraya — of the shelter of the lotus feet; vīryatah — from the power; sańgrihnāti — collects; ākara-vrātāt — from the multitude of mines in the form of scriptures; ajñaha fool; siddhānta — of conclusion; sat-manīn — the best jewels.

TRANSLATION

I offer my respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. By the potency of the shelter of His lotus feet, even a fool can collect the valuable jewels of conclusive truth from the mines of the revealed scriptures.

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