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Chapter 15: The Lord's Paugaṇḍa-līlā

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Cc Ādi 15.1

কুমনাঃ সুমনস্ত্বং হি যাতি যস্য পদাব্জযোঃ সুমনো ঽর্পণমাত্রেণ তং চৈতন্যপ্রভুং ভজে

कुमनाः सुमनस्त्वं हि याति यस्य पदाब्जयोः सुमनो ऽर्पणमात्रेण तं चैतन्यप्रभुं भजे

ku-manāḥ su-manastvaṁ hi yāti yasya padābjayoḥ su-mano 'rpaṇa-mātreṇa taṁ caitanya-prabhuṁ bhaje

Synonyms

ku-manāḥ—a person interested in activities of material sense enjoyment; su-manastvam—the position of a devotee without material desires; hi—certainly; yāti—gets; yasya—whose; pada-abjayoḥ—at the lotus feet; su-manas—the flower of the name sumanas; arpaṇa—offering; mātreṇa—simply by doing so; tam—Him; caitanya-prabhum—Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; bhaje—I worship..

Translation

I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya because simply by offering a sumanas flower at His lotus feet even the most ardent materialist becomes a devotee.

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