Adi-Līlā   CHAPTER 7
TEXT 1
অগত্যেকগতিং নদ্বা হীনার্থাধিকসাধকম্ । শ্রীচৈতন্ত্রং লিখ্যতেহন্ত প্রেমভক্তিবদ্বাস্তুতা ॥ ১ ॥
agaty-eka-gatiṁ natvā hīnārthādhika-sādhakam śrī-caitanyaṁ likhyate 'sya prema-bhakti-vadānyatā
SYNONYMS
agati —of the most fallen;  eka —the only one;  gatim —destination;  natvā —after offering obeisances;  hīna —inferior;  artha —interest;  adhika —greater than that;  sādhakam —who can render;  śrī-caitanyam —unto Lord Śrī Caitanya;  likhyate —is being written;  asya —of the Lord, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  prema —love;  bhakti —devotional service;  vadānyatā —magnanimity.
TRANSLATION
Let me first offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is the ultimate goal of life for one bereft of all possessions in this material world and is the only meaning for one advancing in spiritual life. Thus let me write about His magnanimous contribution of devotional service in love of God.
PURPORT
A person in the conditional stage of material existence is in an atmosphere of helplessness, but the conditioned soul, under the illusion of  māyā , or the external energy, thinks that he is completely protected by his country, society, friendship and love, not knowing that at the time of death none of these can save him. The laws of material nature are so strong that none of our material possessions can save us from the cruel hands of death. In  Bhagavad-gītā  (13.9) it is stated,  janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam : one who is actually advancing must always consider the four principles of miserable life, namely, birth, death, old age and disease. One cannot be saved from all these miseries unless he takes shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is therefore the only shelter for