Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 10.1

taḿ vande gaura-jaladaḿ

svasya yo darśanāmṛtaiḥ

vicchedāvagraha-mlāna-

bhakta-śasyāny ajīvayat

SYNONYMS

tam — unto Him; vande — I offer my respectful obeisances; gaura — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; jala-dam — rain cloud; svasya — of Himself; yaḥ — He who; darśana-amṛtaiḥ — by the nectar of the audience; viccheda — because of separation; avagraha — scarcity of rain; mlāna — morose, dried up; bhakta — devotees; śasyāni — food grains; ajīvayat — saved.

TRANSLATION

I offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is compared to a cloud that pours water on fields of grain, which are like devotees suffering due to a shortage of rain. Separation from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is like a drought, but when the Lord returns, His presence is like a nectarean rain that falls on all the grains and saves them from perishing.

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