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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXTS 227-228

advaita ācārya, nityānanda, śrīnivāsa

gadādhara, dāmodara, murāri, haridāsa

āra yata caitanya-kṛṣṇera bhakta-gaṇa

bhakti-bhāve śire dhari sabāra caraṇa

SYNONYMS

advaita ācārya — Advaita Ācārya; nityānanda — Lord Nityānanda; śrīnivāsa — Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita; gadādhara — Gadādhara Paṇḍita; dāmodara — Svarūpa Dāmodara; murāri — Murāri Gupta; haridāsa — Haridāsa Ṭhākura; āra — other; yata — all; caitanya-kṛṣṇera — of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya; bhakta-gaṇa — devotees; bhakti-bhāve — with a devotional attitude; śire — on my head; dhari — I take; sabāra — of all of them; caraṇa — the lotus feet.

TRANSLATION

Advaita Ācārya, Lord Nityānanda, Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita, Gadādhara Paṇḍita, Svarūpa Dāmodara, Murāri Gupta, Haridāsa Ṭhākura and all the other devotees of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya—bowing down with devotion, I hold their lotus feet on my head.

PURPORT

The author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta 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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