Ādi-līlā

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

Verse 4 of 84
Cc Ādi 8.4

জয জয শ্রীবাসাদি যত ভক্তগণ প্রণত হৈযা বন্দোঙ্সবার চরণ

जय जय श्रीवासादि यत भक्तगण प्रणत हैया वन्दोङ्सबार चरण

jaya jaya śrīvāsādi yata bhakta-gaṇa praṇata ha-iyā vandoṅ sabāra caraṇa

Synonyms

jaya jayaall glories; śrīvāsa-ādiunto Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura, etc.; yataall; bhakta-gaṇadevotees; praṇataoffering obeisances; ha-iyādoing so; vandoṅI pray; sabāraall; caraṇalotus 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.

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