Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 3.58

kalau yam vidvāmsah sphutam abhiyajante dyuti-bharād

akrishnāńgam krishnam makha-vidhibhir utkīrtana-mayaih

upāsyam ca prāhur yam akhila-caturthāśrama-jushām

sa devaś caitanyākritir atitarām nah kripayatu

SYNONYMS

kalau — in the Age of Kali; yam — Him whom; vidvāmsah — the learned men; sphutam — clearly manifested; abhiyajante — worship; dyuti-bharāt — due to an abundance of bodily luster; akrishna-ańgam — whose body is not blackish; krishnam — Lord Krishna; makha-vidhibhih — by the performances of sacrifice; utkīrtana-mayaih — consisting of loud chanting of the holy name; upāsyam — worshipable object; ca — and; prāhuh — they said; yam — whom; akhila — all; caturtha-āśrama-jushām — of those who are in the fourth order of life (sannyāsa); sah — He; devah — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; caitanya-ākritih — having the form of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; atitarām — excessively; nah — unto us; kripayatu — let Him show His mercy.

TRANSLATION

"By performing the sacrifice of congregational chanting of the holy name, learned scholars in the Age of Kali worship Lord Krishna, who is now nonblackish because of the great upsurge of the feelings of Śrīmatī Rādhārānī. He is the only worshipable Deity for the paramahamsas, who have attained the highest stage of the fourth order [sannyāsa]. May that Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Caitanya, show us His great causeless mercy."

PURPORT

This verse is Dvitīya Śrī Caitanyāshtaka 1, from the Stava-mālā of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

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