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| Ādi-līlā | Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 4.227-228
advaita ācārya, nityānanda, śrīnivāsa
gadādhara, dāmodara, murāri, haridāsa
āra yata caitanya-krishnera bhakta-gana
bhakti-bhāve śire dhari sabāra carana
SYNONYMS
advaita ācārya — Advaita Ācārya; nityānanda — Lord Nityānanda; śrīnivāsa — Śrīvāsa Pandita; gadādhara — Gadādhara Pandita; dāmodara — Svarūpa Dāmodara; murāri — Murāri Gupta; haridāsa — Haridāsa Thākura; āra — other; yata — all; caitanya-krishnera — of Śrī Krishna Caitanya; bhakta-gana — devotees; bhakti-bhāve — with a devotional attitude; śire — on my head; dhari — I take; sabāra — of all of them; carana — the lotus feet.
TRANSLATION
Advaita Ācārya, Lord Nityānanda, Śrīvāsa Pandita, Gadādhara Pandita, Svarūpa Dāmodara, Murāri Gupta, Haridāsa Thākura and all the other devotees of Śrī Krishna Caitanya — bowing down with devotion, I hold their lotus feet on my head.
PURPORT
The author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmrita teaches us that we must offer our respectful obeisances to all such pure confidential devotees of Lord Caitanya if we indeed want to know Him in truth.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness