Ādi-līlā, Chapter 8
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TEXT 4
জয় জয় শ্রীবাসাদি যত ভক্তগণ ।  
 প্রগত হইয়া বন্দোঁ সবার চরণ ॥ ৪ ॥
jaya jaya śrīvāsādi yata bhakta-gaṇa 
  praṇata ha-iyā vandoṅ sabāra caraṇa
SYNONYMS
jaya jaya—all glories; śrīvāsa-ādi—unto Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura, etc.; yata—all; bhakta-gaṇa—devotees; praṇata—offering obeisances; ha-iyā—doing so; vandoṅ—I pray; sabāra—all; caraṇa—lotus 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.
TEXT 5
মুক্ত কবিত্ব করে যাঁ-সবার স্মরণে ।  
 পদ্ম গিরি লঙ্ঘে, অত্র দেখে ভারাগণে ॥ ৫ ॥
mūka kavitva kare yāṅ-sabāra smaraṇe 
  paṅgu giri laṅghe, andha dekhe tārā-gaṇe
SYNONYMS
mūka—dumb; kavitva—poet; kare—becomes; yāṅ—whose; sabāra—all; smaraṇe—by remembering; paṅgu—the lame; giri—mountains; laṅghe—crosses; andha—blind; dekhe—sees; tārā-gaṇe—the stars.