Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 3.66

sadopāsyah śrīmān dhrita-manuja-kāyaih pranayitām

vahadbhir gīr-vānair giriśa-parameshthi-prabhritibhih

sva-bhaktebhyah śuddhām nija-bhajana-mudrām upadiśan

sa caitanyah kim me punar api driśor yāsyati padam

SYNONYMS

sadā — always; upāsyah — worshipable; śrīmān — beautiful; dhrita — who accepted; manuja-kāyaih — the bodies of men; pranayitām — love; vahadbhih — who were bearing; gih-vānaih — by the demigods; giriśa — Lord Śiva; parameshthi — Lord Brahmā; prabhritibhih — headed by; sva-bhaktebhyah — unto His own devotees; śuddhām — pure; nija-bhajana — of His own worship; mudrām — the mark; upadiśan — instructing; sah — He; caitanyah — Lord Caitanya; kim — what; me — my; punah — again; api — certainly; driśoh — of the two eyes; yāsyati — He will go; padam — to the abode.

TRANSLATION

"Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is always the most worshipable Deity of the demigods, including Lord Śiva and Lord Brahmā, who came in the garb of ordinary men, bearing love for Him. He instructs His own pure devotional service to His own devotees. Will He again be the object of my vision?"

PURPORT

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

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