CC Adi 8.4 (1975)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 4
- jaya jaya śrīvāsādi yata bhakta-gaṇa
- praṇata ha-iyā vandoṅ sabāra caraṇa
SYNONYMS
jaya jaya—all glories; śrīvāsa-ādi—unto Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura, etc.; yata—all; bhakta-gaṇa—devotees; praṇata—offering obeisances; ha-iyā—doing so; vandoṅ—I pray; sabāra—all; caraṇa—lotus feet.
TRANSLATION
Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura and all other devotees of the Lord. I fall down to offer them respect. I worship their lotus feet.
PURPORT
Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī teaches us first to offer respect to the Pañca-tattva-Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Nityānanda Prabhu, Advaita Prabhu, Gadādhara Prabhu and Śrīvāsa and other devotees. We must strictly follow the principle of offering our respects to the Pañca-tattva, as summarized in the mantra śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda. At the beginning of every function in preaching, especially before chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra-Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare-we must chant the Pañca-tattva's names and offer our respects to them.