Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 6.254

vairagya-vidya-nija-bhakti-yoga-

sikshartham ekah purushah puranah

sri-krishna-caitanya-sarira-dhari

kripambudhir yas tam aham prapadye

SYNONYMS

vairagya -- detachment from everything that does not help develop Krishna consciousness; vidya -- knowledge; nija -- own; bhakti-yoga -- devotional service; siksha-artham -- just to instruct; ekah -- the single person; purushah -- the Supreme Person; puranah -- very old, or eternal; sri-krishna-caitanya -- of Lord Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sarira-dhari -- accepting the body; kripa-ambudhih -- the ocean of transcendental mercy; yah -- who; tam -- unto Him; aham -- I; prapadye -- surrender.

TRANSLATION

"Let me take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna, who has descended in the form of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu to teach us real knowledge, His devotional service and detachment from whatever does not foster Krishna consciousness. He has descended because He is an ocean of transcendental mercy. Let me surrender unto His lotus feet.

PURPORT

This verse and the following verse are included in the Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka (6.74-75), by Sri Kavi-karnapura.

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