CC Adi 3.1
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 3: The External Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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.