### CC Adi 3.1

> শ্রীচৈতন্যপ্রভুং বন্দে যৎপাদাশ্রয়বীর্যতঃ ।\
> সংগৃহ্ণাত্যাকরব্রাতাদজ্ঞঃ সিদ্ধান্তসন্মণীন্ ॥১॥

> śrī-caitanya-prabhuṁ vande\
> yat-pādāśraya-vīryataḥ\
> saṅgṛhṇāty ākara-vrātād\
> ajñaḥ siddhānta-san-maṇīn

*śrī-caitanya-prabhum*—to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; *vande*—I offer my respectful obeisances; *yat*—of whom; *pāda-āśraya*—of the shelter of the lotus feet; *vīryataḥ*—from the power; *saṅgṛhṇāti*—collects; *ākara-vrātāt*—from the multitude of mines in the form of scriptures; *ajñaḥ*—a fool; *siddhānta*—of conclusion; *sat-maṇīn*—the best jewels.

**I offer my respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. By the potency of the shelter of His lotus feet, even a fool can collect the valuable jewels of conclusive truth from the mines of the revealed scriptures.**