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CC Adi 8.1 (1975)



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 1

vande caitanya-devaṁ taṁ
bhagavantaṁ yad-icchayā
prasabhaṁ nartyate citraṁ
lekha-raṅge jaḍo 'py ayam


SYNONYMS

vande—I offer my respectful obeisances; caitanya-devam—unto Lord Srī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; tam—Him; bhagavantam—the Personality of Godhead; yat-icchayā—by whose desires; prasabham—all of a sudden; nartyate—dancing; citram—wonderfully; lekha-raṅge—in the matter of writing; jaḍaḥ—dull fool; api—although; ayam—this.


TRANSLATION

I offer my respects to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, by whose desire I have become like a dancing dog and, although I am a fool, I have suddenly taken to the writing of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta.