Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 3.63

smitālokah śokam harati jagatām yasya parito

girām tu prārambhah kuśala-patalīm pallavayati

padālambhah kam vā pranayati na hi prema-nivaham

sa devaś caitanyākritir atitarām nah kripayatu

SYNONYMS

smita — smiling; ālokah — glance; śokam — the bereavement; harati — takes away; jagatām — of the world; yasya — whose; paritah — all around; girām — of the speech; tu — also; prārambhah — the beginning; kuśala — of auspiciousness; patalīm — the mass; pallavayati — causes to blossom; pada-ālambhah — the taking hold of the lotus feet; kam vā — what possibly; pranayati — leads to; na — not; hi — certainly; prema-nivaham — quantity of love of Godhead; sah — He; devah — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; caitanya-ākritih — having the form of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; atitarām — excessively; nah — unto us; kripayatu — may He show His mercy.

TRANSLATION

"May the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the form of Lord Śrī Caitanya bestow His causeless mercy upon us. His smiling glance at once drives away all the bereavements of the world, and His very words enliven the auspicious creepers of devotion by expanding their leaves. Taking shelter of His lotus feet invokes transcendental love of God at once."

PURPORT

This verse is Dvitīya Śrī Caitanyāshtaka 8, from the Stava-mālā of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

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