Ādi-līlā

Chapter 8: The Author Receives the Orders of Kṛṣṇa and Guru

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Cc Ādi 8.1

বন্দে চৈতন্যদেবং তং ভগবন্তং যদিচ্ছযা প্রসভং নর্ত্যতে চিত্রং লেখরংগে জডো ঽপ্যযম্

वन्दे चैतन्यदेवं तं भगवन्तं यदिच्छया प्रसभं नर्त्यते चित्रं लेखरंगे जडो ऽप्ययम्

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

Synonyms

vandeI offer my respectful obeisances; caitanya-devamunto Lord Srī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; tamHim; bhagavantamthe Personality of Godhead; yat-icchayāby whose desires; prasabhamall of a sudden; nartyatedancing; citramwonderfully; lekharaṅgein the matter of writing; jaḍaḥdull fool; apialthough; ayamthis..

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.

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