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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 3: The External Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Chapter 3 Summary - Ādi-līlā 3.2

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 1

śrī-caitanya-prabhuṁ vande

yat-pādāśraya-vīryataḥ

saṅgṛhṇāty ākara-vrātād

ajñaḥ siddhānta-san-maṇīn

SYNONYMS

śrī-caitanya-prabhum — to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; vande — I offer my respectful obeisances; yat — of whom; pāda-āśraya — of the shelter of the lotus feet; vīryataḥ — from the power; saṅgṛhṇāti — collects; ākara-vrātāt — from the multitude of mines in the form of scriptures; ajñaḥ — a fool; siddhānta — of conclusion; sat-maṇīn — the best jewels.

TRANSLATION

I offer my respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. By the potency of the shelter of His lotus feet, even a fool can collect the valuable jewels of conclusive truth from the mines of the revealed scriptures.

Chapter 3 Summary - Ādi-līlā 3.2