Skip to main content
Library » Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta » Ādi-līlā » CHAPTER EIGHT

CC Ādi 8.4

Bengali

জয় জয় শ্রীবাসাদি যত ভক্তগণ ।
প্রণত হইয়া বন্দোঁ সবার চরণ ॥ ৪ ॥

Text

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 the 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 Prabhu 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.