Ādi-līlā

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

Verse 22 of 84
Cc Ādi 8.22

অদ্যাপিহ দেখ চৈতন্যনাম যেই লয কৃষ্ণপ্রেমে পুলকাশ্রুবিহ্বল সে হয

अद्यापिह देख चैतन्यनाम येइ लय कृष्णप्रेमे पुलकाश्रुविह्वल से हय

adyāpiha dekha caitanya-nāma yei laya kṛṣṇa-preme pulakāśru-vihvala se haya

Synonyms

adyāpihaeven up to date; dekhayou see; caitanya-nāmaLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's name; yeianyone; layawho takes; kṛṣṇa-premelove of Kṛṣṇa; pulaka-aśrutears in ecstasy; vihvalaoverwhelmed; sehe; hayabecomes..

Translation

Whether he is offensive or inoffensive, anyone who even now chants śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu nityānanda is immediately overwhelmed with ecstasy, and tears fill his eyes.

Purport

The prākṛta sahajiyās who chant nitāi gaura rādhe śyāma have very little knowledge of the Bhāgavata conclusion, and they hardly follow the Vaiṣṇava rules and regulations, and yet because they chant bhaja nitāi gaura, their chanting immediately invokes tears and other signs of ecstasy. Although they do not know the principles of Vaiṣṇava philosophy and are not very advanced in education, by these symptoms they attract many men to become their followers. Their ecstatic tears will of course help them in the long run, for as soon as they come in contact with a pure devotee their lives will become successful. Even in the beginning, however, because they are chanting the holy names of nitāi-gaura, their swift advancement on the path of love of Godhead is very prominently visible.

Verse 22 of 84
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