### CC Adi 8.1

> বন্দে চৈতন্যদেবং তং ভগবন্তং যদিচ্ছয়া ।\
> প্রসভং নর্ত্যতে চিত্রং লেখরঙ্গে জড়োঽপ্যয়ম্ ॥১॥

> vande caitanya-devaṁ taṁ\
> bhagavantaṁ yad-icchayā\
> prasabhaṁ nartyate citraṁ\
> lekha-raṅge jaḍo 'py ayam

*vande*—I offer my respectful obeisances; *caitanya-devam*—unto Lord Srī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; *tam*—Him; *bhagavantam*—the Personality of Godhead; *yat-icchayā*—by whose desires; *prasabham*—all of a sudden; *nartyate*—dancing; *citram*—wonderfully; *lekha-raṅge*—in the matter of writing; *jaḍaḥ*—dull fool; *api*—although; *ayam*—this.

**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.**